Robert “Gary” Goff, 58, of Ruidoso, New Mexico, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was an employee for Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc. He was an avid motorcycle rider and a native of Bardstown. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank […]
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 JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, May 30, 2013 – Recently, I was a panelist on KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” program about the commonwealth’s public-pension crisis.Much of the discussion reminded me of an annoying rhetorical tactic generally reserved for parrots, but often employed by cheerleaders for bigger, more -costly government: repeating the same […]
William Ernest “Ernie” Coomes, 71, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at his home. He was born March 17, 1942, in Nelson County. He was retired from Medusa and employed with his brother at Val Coomes Service Center. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a U.S. Navy veteran. He was […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette May 30, 2013, 6 p.m. — Hundreds of first-responders, family and friends of fallen Officer Jason Ellis crowded into Parkway Baptist Church to mourn his loss and to celebrate his life. Traffic along Springfield Road near the Blue Grass Parkway interchange was backed up for miles in both directions […]
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. […]
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 8:45 a.m. — The owner of a Louisville lending company who was touched by the loss of Bardstown Officer Jason Ellis came forward Thursday to donate money that more than doubled the Officer Jason Ellis reward fund. Gus A. Goldsmith, owner of Louisville lending company Action Loan, announced Thursday morning he […]
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 1:30 a.m. — A man described as being about 40 years old was injured Thursday morning when his vehicle rear-ended a tractor-trailer rig at the intersection of East John Rowan and Bloomfield Road. The accident happened about 12:15 a.m. Police and Nelson County EMS responded to the reported accident. The man […]
May 29, 2013, 11:55 a.m. — The body of an unidentified woman was found Wednesday morning about 9:30 a.m. along Interstate 65 by a mowing company cutting the right-of-way near the 99 mile marker on the northbound lanes. The Kentucky State Police have closed the right land of I-65 from the 98 mile market to the […]
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. […]
