STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, 1:28 a.m. — The flood warning for the Rolling Fork River near Boston remains in effect. Minor flooding will impact largely agricultural land in Hardin and Nelson Counties near the Boston community. According to an update last night about 10:20 p.m., the National Weather Service expected the Rolling Fork […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, 9 p.m. – Jim Waters, the president of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, will be the guest on Tuesday’s edition of “Brooks & Company” airing 11 to noon on 1320 WBRT, 97.1 FM and streaming live online at www.NelsonCountyGazette.com and www.WBRTCountry.com. This is Waters’ first appearance on “Brooks […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 – American revolutionary James Otis gets credit for saying: “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” Whoever said it, those words ring just as true here today in Kentucky as they did in 18th century colonial Massachusetts. Thankfully, State Auditor Adam Edelen also is demonstrating […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 — Bardstown Police are investigating two possible abduction attempts that took place in the Lowe’s parking lot involving female employees of Cracker Barrel restaurant. On Friday afternoon, a female Cracker Barrel employee was walking to work from the area near Chili’s Restaurant when she was approached by an white […]
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 Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, 12:01 p.m. — Heavy weekend rains have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for the Rolling Fork River at Boston, affecting portions of both Nelson And Hardin County. At 10:30 Monday morning, the river was at 32 feet, three feet below flood stage. The river […]
Mabel Catherine Hobbs Biven, 97, of Bardstown, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born August 22, 1915, in Washington County. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Monica Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent Louis Biven; one daughter, Alice Irene Biven; […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, 1 p.m. — Flower Foods Inc., the parent company of Flower Baking of Bardstown, will acquire six bread brands from bankrupt baker Hostess for $390 million. The announcement came late Friday. According to the Associated Press story posted Friday night, the fate of Hostess’ snack cakes remains undecided, though […]
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, 12:30 a.m. — A 37-year-old woman suffered severe chest injuries Friday night when she was trapped between two pieces of machinery at Flowers Baking Co. of Bardstown, 1755 Parkway Drive. Nelson County EMS and the Bardstown Fire Department were called to the Flowers Foods bakery at 11:32 Friday night for a […]
Pat Davis, 66, of Bardstown, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Baptist Hospital East. He was born August 15, 1946, in New Haven. He was retired from General Electric, and a member of Masonic Duvall Lodge # 6, St. Joseph Catholic Church and a Kentucky Colonel. He was preceded in death by his parents, John […]
