By MARK BALLARD Guest columnist Editor’s note: The original headline on this column suggested Nelson Fiscal Court is considering a new fairness-type ordinance. The court is examining changes to an existing ordinance and not creating a brand new ordinance. The proposed changes include the addition of language found in nearly all fairness ordinances that create […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette (UPDATED Jan. 22 with draft of proposed ordinance) Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 7:30 a.m. — Nelson Fiscal Court today will discuss updates to the city and county’s human rights commission ordinance that adds fairness ordinance legal protection against discrimination for “sexual orientation (real or perceived) or gender identity (real […]
Mary Susan Brady, 82, of St. Joe, formerly of Louisville, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 at Campbellsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 25, 1931, in Marion County. She was a retired employee of Phillip Morris Company in Louisville and was a member of Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church in Finley. […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2013, 6 p.m. — Nelson County Schools have called off school for Thursday, Jan. 23, due to ice remaining on some county roads and the forecast for extremely low temperatures overnight. Child care programs will be open. Nelson County is under a Wind Chill Advisory from now until 1 p.m. […]
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, 1 p.m. — Kentucky students in grades K-6 have the opportunity to win $1,500 toward college and $500 for their school in the “Dream Out Loud Challenge.” Students are invited to submit an original drawing, poem, essay or video answering the question: “How will I change the world after I go […]
Paul Lawrence Coomes, 76, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at his home. He was born Nov. 29, 1937, in Nelson County to the late James Felix and Mary Alma Goben Coomes. He was a retired employee of Armour Foods. He was a farmer, a member of the Kentucky Home Pork Producers and St. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — Donna Molyneaux of Bardstown is the first Republican candidate to file for the office of Nelson County Property Valuation Administrator. She turned in her candidacy paperwork at the Nelson County Clerk’s office Tuesday afternoon about 4 p.m. Incumbent PVA Democrat Barbara Tichenor […]
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 9:45 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to an active fire alarm at St. Joseph School, 320 W. Stephen Foster Ave. at 9:21 Tuesday morning. Firefighters reported a construction crew was sanding drywall inside the school and the dust triggered the alarm. The alarm company was responding to service the […]
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 12:38 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded Monday night about midnight to an active fire alarm at the Five Star Food Mart at 1855 New Haven Road. Employees reported a burning odor in the building and white smoke coming out of the air vents. When firefighters arrived the building had […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 — Join host Jim Brooks and his special studio guests for “Brooks & Company” 11 to noon Tuesday on WBRT 1320 AM, 97.1 FM and streaming live online. Jim’s guests are a group of residents of the Maple Hill neighborhood who are working to help each other improve the […]
