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Police investigate man expressing suicidal thoughts in online chats

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 1 p.m. — Nelson County sheriff’s deputies investigated a report of an individual who was depressed and considering suicide. Police were called about 1:15 Wednesday morning after an individual in Greenville requested a welfare check on the individual after chatting with him on the Internet. Police were dispatched to a home […]

February 27th, 2013 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

House update: Bonding, taxing, redistricting and state pension reform

By Rep. David Floyd 50th District State Representative Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 1 a.m. — Let’s just hit a few highlights, now that we’ve passed the halfway mark in this session. HB 7 was signed into law by Governor Beshear, paving the way for universities to issue bonds for capital construction projects like academic buildings and dormitories. […]

February 27th, 2013 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Video | Read More »

James William Summitt, 84, of Florence

James William Summitt, 84, of Florence, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at University Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born Aug. 25, 1928, in Nelson County. He was a retired truck driver, a U.S. Army Veteran of Korean War, a member of American Legion Post 121 of Bardstown, and of First Christian Church (D.O.C.) of Bardstown. […]

February 26th, 2013 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Ruby Couch, 87, of Bloomfield

Ruby Couch, 87, of Bloomfield, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Flaget Hospital in Bardstown. She was the former Ruby Burkhead and a native of Washington County. She was a former employee of Springfield Tobacco Redryer, a member of the Bloomfield Church of God and a homemaker. She was the daughter of the late Helem […]

February 26th, 2013 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Bluegrass Institute’s Jim Waters is guest Tuesday on ‘Brooks & Company’

STAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 25, 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 atwww.NelsonCountyGazette.com and www.WBRTCountry.com. The show will also feature a call from an industrial […]

February 26th, 2013 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Opinion | Read More »

Debra Jean ‘Debbie’ Hall, 57, of Bardstown

Debra Jean “Debbie” Hall, 57, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born March 14, 1955, in Jefferson County. She was a graduate of Nelson County High School, a deli manager at the former Foodland, a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Women and sang […]

February 25th, 2013 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Bluegrass Beacon: Federal Reserve has a long history of failure of its mission

By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Feb. , 2013  – Steve Horowitz’s recent lecture at Western Kentucky University may have directly concerned failures of the Federal Reserve System, but the nationally known economist’s presentation also offered crucial reminders of how central planning in any sector is a failure. Proponents of a command-and-control […]

February 25th, 2013 | Posted in Breaking News,Community News,Opinion | Read More »

Police investigate naked woman reported at subdivision entrance

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, 2 a.m. — A deputy sheriff was dispatched to Hialeah Drive in Ridge Crest Farms subdivision about 1:15 Sunday morning for a report of a naked woman with blonde hair and a tattoo on her lower back sitting at the subdivision entrance. The deputy searched the area but the naked woman […]

February 24th, 2013 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Mary Ann Peake, 86, Lebanon

Mary Ann Peake, 86, of Lebanon, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. She was born on Oct. 8, 1926, in Holy Cross and graduated from Holy Cross High School. She was a lifelong resident of Marion County. She worked at Heaven Hill Distillery for almost 40 years. She also worked […]

February 23rd, 2013 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Jacquelyn ‘Jackie’ Lee, 85, of Bardstown (updated)

Jacquelyn “Jackie” Lee, 85, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Norton Health Care in Louisville. She was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Omaha, Neb. and was a retired registered nurse. She is survived by her husband, Gilbert E. Lee Jr., of Bardstown; one son, Patrick Lee of Bardstown; one sister, Gloria Ohrt of […]

February 21st, 2013 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

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