STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, 11:15 a.m. — Three people were arrested Tuesday at a Cox’s Creek home after police found an active meth lab while they were arresting another man on felony warrants at the home. Detectives Michael Watts and McKenzie Mattingly working with the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and the Greater Hardin […]
By DAVID FLOYD 50th State Representative It was, shall we say, an interesting drive over to Boston on Saturday for Coffee with Dave. Snow started about 6:30 and kept up a good part of the morning. My truck doesn’t have four-wheel drive so I allowed double the time to get there, and needed it. Can’t […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 11 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval to a new mobile food vendor ordinance Tuesday night regulating food trucks and making it legal again for ice cream trucks to sell their wares on the streets of “The Most Beautiful Small Town in […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 4:45 p.m. — The field is set for the county races in the May primary. The Democratic nominee in three county races will be decided in the May 20 primary election: NELSON COUNTY SHERIFF. A three-way primary race between Ed Mattingly, Brooks Houck and Kenny […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 3:20 p.m. — Kenny Downs of Bardstown filed Tuesday afternoon as the third Democrat seeking the office of Nelson County sheriff. Downs currently serves the Bloomfield police chief. He will face fellow Democrats Brooks Houck — who filed earlier today — and Ed Mattingly in the May primary. The winner of […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 2:30 p.m. — Brooks Houck of Bardstown has filed as a Democrat for the office of Nelson County sheriff. Houck’s filing sets up a Democratic primary meeting between Houck and fellow Democrat Ed Mattingly, who filed to run for office in early November. The winner of the Democratic primary […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 2:25 p.m. — Bardstown attorney Audrey Haydon has filed as a Democrat for 50th state representative. Haydon filed Tuesday at the Secretary of State’s office in Frankfort. She is a 2007 graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where she received a B.S. in Foreign Service. After college, Audrey […]
Shirley Summitt Wilson, 69, of Bardstown, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 21, 1945, in Nelson County. She was a certified Nursing Technician for Colonial Health and Rehab and a member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kimberly Ann “Kim” […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 — KentuckyOne Health, the parent company of Bardstown’s Flaget Memorial Hospital, is facing a $218 million deficit and might have to lay off employees. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports today that a message on the KentuckyOne Health employee website states “At KentuckyOne today, costs are greater than revenue. To date, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, 9:30 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council held a special meeting Monday night to hold first reading on an ordinance governing food trucks — and make legal the operation of ice cream trucks in the city limits. The council will give final approval to the […]
