Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 3:12 p.m. — The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for south central Nelson County has expired, but the storm that prompted the warning is continuing to push through Nelson County. The storm is no longer severe, but is capable of heavy rain and 40 to 50 mph wind gusts. The National Weather Service […]
Marion Houston “M.H.” Proffitt, 71, formerly of Bardstown, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home in Oakland. He was the retired owner/operator of the former M.H. Proffitt Funeral Home in Bardstown and a member of the Funeral Directors of Kentucky Association. He was an airplane, automobile and motorcycle enthusiast, a member of the Experimental […]
STAFF REPORT May 20, 2013, 11:55 p.m. — Former Bardstown City Councilman Fred Hagan will be the studio guest at 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday on WBRT’s “Brooks & Company” program. Hagan and host Jim Brooks will discuss the advantages of long-range planning, which Hagan advocated during his time on the council as a way […]
Monday, May 20, 2013, 11:45 p.m. — Nelson County EMS and sheriff’s deputies were called about 9:30 Monday night to the 4000 block of Nat Rogers Road for a possible suicide attempt. Police and EMS found a deceased male subject inside the residence with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Nelson County Coroner and a police […]
Joe Dittman, 68, of Bardstown, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. He was born November 2, 1944, in Cincinnati. He was a graduate of the University of Louisville and a retired police officer for UofL after 38 years. He worked with the FBI Homeland Security and was a member […]
Edward Ernest “Ed” Fowler, 88, formerly of Bardstown, died May 13, 2013 in Lansdale, Penn. He was born Nov. 19, 1924, in Denver, Colo. He retired from Burroughs Corporation in 1989 and was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp during WWII. He was a member of the Bardstown United Methodist Church, an […]
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 Saturday, May 18, 2013, 11:30 p.m. (Updated Sunday, May 19, 2013, 2 a.m.) — Two siblings were killed and three injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a truck pulling a closed trailer and a passenger car on KY245 near Rooster Run. Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, EMS, police and firefighers were dispatched to the […]
Jim Rooney, 74, of Bardstown, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at UofL Hospital. He was born Feb. 23, 1939, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He was a retired mechanical engineer for General Electric, a self-employed writer for computer software, and raised two of his grandchildren, Monica Carr and David Wells. He was a member […]
Verna Lucille Mouser, 81, of New Haven, died at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at Sunrise Manor in Hodgenville. She was a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in New Haven where she often sang in the choir. She was born in Laurel County on Jan. 14, 1932, to the late Hansford […]
