By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Saturday, June 8, 2013 — Tea-party activists led by Jessamine County’s David Adams recently filed lawsuits in Franklin Circuit Court challenging Gov. Steve Beshear’s arrogant use of executive power to force Kentuckians to participate in the federal health-care boondoggle known as “Obamacare.” Beshear claims he has the […]
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 1:30 a.m. — A 74-year-old man died Friday afternoon when the mowing equipment he was operating overturned, trapping him beneath it. At about 5 p.m. Friday, Nelson County EMS and the New Hope Fire Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1600 block of Coon Hollow Road, southwest of New […]
Thomas Bernard Norris, 74, of Loretto, died Friday, June 7, 2013, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born Sept. 18, 1938, in Nelson County. He was a retired employee of Barton Distillery in Bardstown and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Lee and Agnes […]
STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The indictment of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Friday, June 7, 2013 – The following people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. They are set for arraignment […]
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 Friday, June 7, 2013, 9:30 a.m. — The Bardstown man who was indicted in May on 10 counts of first-degree cruelty to animals has been arrested. John C. Lewis, 25, was arrested and booked into the Nelson County Jail at 2:16 Thursday afternoon, jail records indicated. In addition to the animal cruelty charges, […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, June 6, 2013, 5 p.m. — The owners of On The Spot Car Wash, 613 N. Third St., will donate the car wash proceeds from this Saturday, June 8, 2013, to the family of Officer Jason Ellis. Stop by and show your support while getting your car clean in the process. Donations […]
June 5, 2013 Dear Editor, I just heard a suggestion to rename Dean Watts Park in Bardstown in honor of our local hero Officer Jason Ellis. This is a wonderful idea!! No offense to Dean Watts but do we really need a politician’s name attached to something that will hopefully live on for generations to […]
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 10:55 a.m. — Bardstown Police were called Thursday morning to a home in the 100 block of West Beall Street for a reported theft from a vehicle overnight. An unknown person or persons entered the resident’s car and took cash and a purse. Police responded to the call at about 9:25 a.m. […]
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. […]
