By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, 6:30 p.m. — Though there always are those fighting for – and against – liberty throughout Kentucky, these two candidates finish on top of the latest edition of the Bluegrass Beacon’s “Liberty Lovers and Losers.” Liberty Lover: Louisville entrepreneur Denis Frankenberger While downtown […]
Clara Mae Brown, 88, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was a native of Washington County, a retired cafeteria manager for Bloomfield Mid dle School for 33 years, and a member of Little Union Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Brown Sr.; her parents, […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Editor’s note: This column was published Tuesday on the Bluegrass Institute of Public Policy Solutions web site and can be found there at this link. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, 11:20 p.m. — Did you know that the full Kentucky Senate planned to meet on short notice […]
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, 10 p.m. — The Alzheimer’s Association will be providing a class this month at the local public library. “Know the Ten Signs” is a presentation to increase your awareness of the warning signs of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and give insight to the benefits of early detection and early diagnosis. The […]
Monday, Jan. 29, 2013, 9 a.m. — Two people were injured Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle rear-end collision that happened on New Haven Road near St. Thomas Lane just after 8 a.m. Both were transported by Flaget Memorial Hospital by Nelson County EMS. The 80-year-old driver of a Chevrolet Equinox rear-ended a pickup truck in […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, 8:14 a.m. — State Sen. Jimmy Higdon will be a guest on today’s edition of WBRT’s “Brooks & Company” to provide a legislative update on the General Assembly’s 2013 30-day session. Higdon will join the show by telephone at about 11:15 a.m. Other topics for discussion during the show […]
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, 1:03 a.m. — The Rolling Fork Fire Department was called back to the location of a Sunday night house fire on Nelsonville Lane for a rekindling of that fire. The department was called back to 22o Nelsonville Lane at about 9:15 p.m. Monday evening when the fire reportedly rekindled. Firefighters were […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, 2:45 p.m. — Kentucky Tea Party groups who seek to oust Sen. Mitch McConnell — whom they say has attempted to co-opt the movement’s message — will have friends with deep pockets in the Democratic party. As noted in a McConnell campaign e-mail, big Democratic donors, the […]
STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 — The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 1051, The Gold Vault Patriots, will be holding their monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in the Nolin RECC conference room, 411 Ring Road, Elizabethtown. Membership is open to all Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans (August 1964-May 1975) and both […]
STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, 9:30 p.m. — A Sunday evening structure fire destroyed a Nelsonville Lane home and sent an individual who was burned to a Louisville hospital. The Rolling Fork Fire Department and Nelson County EMS responded to the fire at about 8:13 Sunday night at 220 Nelsonville Lane in the Boston area. […]
