Nancy Brown Bowling, 100, of New Haven, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 27, 1912, in New Hope to the late Thomas Edward and Lillian Reid Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Raphael Bowling; one son, Thomas Brown Bowling; and […]
Florence Dean Clark, 71, of Bloomfield, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was the former Florence Dean Nesler, a native of Illinois, a retired employee of the Bullitt County School System where she worked in food service. She was a member of the Bloomfield Baptist Church, and a volunteer […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions The current discussion in Frankfort about how to address Kentucky’s corrupt legislative pension system is, to recast Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” line, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Or, certainly “very little.” While lawmakers from both parties in Frankfort finally realize that taxpayers’ fiscal fuses are growing […]
Veneta K. Hibbs Thompson, 91, of Bardstown, died Friday Jan. 25, 2013, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born April 5, 1921, in Lenore, a homemaker, and a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emmett Thompson; one son, Barry N. Thompson; three infant sons; his parents, Arch […]
STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. […]
STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. […]
By DAVID FLOYD 50th District State Representative Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 — Most Americans rightly look upon our U.S. Constitution with a form of reverence. So it might surprise you to learn that it was fiercely debated in the Congress and the state assemblies prior to its ratification. Why? Because the draft constitution authorized a […]
Pauline White, 71, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 at her home. She was the former Pauline Drury and a native of Anderson County. She was a former employee at International Paper and White’s Grocery. She was a charter member of the Lawrenceburg Community Baptist Church and a member of the Gideons International Auxiliary. […]
Randolph Davis “Randy” Maddox, 56, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at his residence. He was born March 10, 1956, in Lebanon. He was a 1975 graduate of Nelson County High School and was employed as a truck driver for Jack Cooper Transportation. He was a former employee of Barton Brands Distillery and Sysco […]
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, 2 p.m. — Bardstown police and Nelson County EMS responded Sunday morning about 10 a.m. to a report of a van that drove into a garage at 308 North Third St. Witnesses said the van left the road and drove into the garage at a low rate of speed. The 67-year-old […]
