By ROBERT AUGUSTINE Chairman, Republican Party of Nelson County Saturday, April 27, 2013, 7:40 p.m. — Self-described as “a network of over 1,000,000 activists committed to making a difference, fighting for progressive causes,” Left Action is fighting for increasing the minimum wage. A recent post to Left Action’s Facebook Page explains necessity for indexing minimum wage […]
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 10:51 a.m. — Bardstown Police are searching for a 2008 Dodge Avenger that is believed to be involved with a theft of copper wire from the construction site behind Flaget Memorial Hospital. An eyewitness saw the vehicle leave the scene with at two very large spools of wire at about 10:15 […]
John Prewitt, 93, of Bardstown, died Friday, April 26, 2013, at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1919, in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He attended East Mississippi State Junior College where he played football for two years before entering the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in Indochina theater where he met his loving wife. He […]
Patricia Rae “Pat” Auge, 69, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was born May 19, 1943, in Duluth, Minn., and worked as a home health aide. She was a member of The Red Hat Society, the Nelson County Library quilters club and a member of the Catholic faith. She […]
Friday, April 26, 2013 Dear Editor What images do the names Michael Vick and Kermit Gosnell conjure? Vick engaged in dog fighting and got wall to wall coverage for months on end. “Dr.” Gosnell savagely killed a number of black babies after botched abortions and gets practically no media coverage. What else are we to […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, April 26, 2013, 2:50 p.m. — Fine Arts Bardstown Society (FABS) has been selected to receive a $4,725 grant that will help the group offer visual art classes for seniors 65 and older. The grant was announced Friday by the Kentucky Arts Council. The grant for FABS was part of $50,000 in […]
By SEN. RAND PAUL Guest columnist Friday, April 26, 2013 — Every time I listen to the parents of the children who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, I am profoundly sad. I have three boys and the grief and pain that a parent feels when their child is taken is hard to fathom. I […]
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 Thursday, April 25, 2013, 1:35 p.m. — Bardstown Police arrested a 20-year-old Bardstown man Wednesday night in connection to a bomb threat called in the Bardstown Walmart on Thursday, April 18. The Nelson County Gazette had the exclusive story minutes after the store’s customers and employees were evacuation. Acting on tips and phone […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette April 24, 2013, 11:20 p.m. — Thomas Nelson Jr. was born into the Virginia aristocracy in December 1738. His parents sent him at age 14 to England to attend high school and college. He graduated from Cambridge, and returned to Virginia about 1761. He married the year after his […]
