Monday, July 8, 2013, 9:22 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded Monday morning at about 8:30 to the 100 block of Hurstland Drive for an report of a strong chemical smell in the kitchen of the residence. Firefighters investigated and determined the source was the fuel tank of a lawn mower in a storage […]
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. Saturday, July 6, 2013 – The following people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. They are set for arraignment […]
Bro. Jimmy Duke, 78, of Balltown, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Norton Health Care in Louisville. He was born in Breckinridge County on Nov. 9, 1934, and was the son of the late Vol and Janie Mae Smith Duke. He was the pastor of Calvary Temple Church of Jesus Christ in Hardinsburg and enjoyed […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10 a.m. — The flood warning for the Rolling Fork River near Boston remains in effect, and is expected to continue through Tuesday afternoon, July 9, 2013. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, the Rolling Fork River was staging at 32.7 feet. While this is still below flood stage (35 feet), […]
Thomas Lee “Tommy” Clark, 47, of New Haven, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born March 4, 1966, in Nelson County. He worked as a farmer and handyman and was a Catholic by faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Aline Donahue Clark; and one […]
Marjorie Jane Smith Gordon, 91, of Bardstown, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Colonial Health and Rehabilitation in Bardstown. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa. and attended school there. She and her husband, Harold D. Gordon, moved the family to Lexington in 1967. In Lexington, she taught English as a second language, worked as a […]
Raymond J. Edington, 74, of Bardstown, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. He was born Dec. 22, 1938, in Westport, Ind. He retired from the U.S. Navy, received a bachelor of science degree from Morehead State University and in retirement he pursued his passion in gemology. He was preceded in […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, July 5, 2013, 5 p.m. — The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a flood warning for the Rolling Fork River near Boston in western Nelson County from Saturday July 6, 2013 through Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Heavy rain over the last few days and rainfall anticipated over the next couple […]
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. […]
Friday, July 5, 2013, 2 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department will be testing and flushing fire hydrants in the New Haven Road area from Sutherland Lane area south to the Blue Grass Parkway on Friday, July 5 through Monday, July 8, 2013. Testing will then move to the area of Bloomfield Road and Guthrie […]
