Donald Clifford Sowder, 83, of Bardstown, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 26, 1931, in Jelico, Tenn. He was a former truck driver for Trade Winds Transit and an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Coulter Sowder; his parents, John Clifford and Christine […]
Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, 1:45 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the 1000 block of Whispering Oak Drive off Old Bloomfield Road for a report of a pickup truck that left the road and crashed party through a garage. Nelson County EMS and police also responded to the scene at 4 p.m. Sunday […]
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. This information is public […]
Elinor Burdette Goodin, 84, of Lebanon, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Charles R. Goodin, Sr. The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Lebanon, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, at […]
Jewell Faye Graham, 72, of Lebanon, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. She was born Jan. 3, 1942, in Marion County. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Edward and Mattie Roberta Brockman Settles; one daughter, Mary Frances Graham; brother, J.E. Settles; and […]
John Donald “Johny” Bryan Sr., 84, of New Haven, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, peacefully at his home. He was a Catholic by faith, and a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Military Police during the Korean War. He retired from the Nelson […]
Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 2:45 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to a home in the 200 block of Meadow Ridge Drive for an odor investigation about 1:40 Friday afternoon. Firefighters investigated the smell and determined the home’s heating system was malfunctioning. The resident was advised to have the system serviced. Firefighters were […]
To the Editor, This letter is in response to the Feb. 9, 2014 Kentucky Standard editorial which presented a scathing attack on our magistrates regarding their questioning of proposed revisions to the Nelson County Human Rights ordinance. The editorial board collectively deserves the title of “arch-bigot.” What hypocrisy — attacking the magistrates because they are […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 10 a.m. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul filed a class action lawsuit against President Barack Obama earlier this week to challenge the National Security Agency’s practice of collecting “metadata” — information about the phone calls placed by millions of U.S. citizens. Sen. Paul spoke with […]
STAFF REPORT (UPDATED with Principal Shelly Hendricks’ One Call message) Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 9:10 a.m. — Reports that Nelson County High School is under a lockdown due to a shooting or other gun violence at the school are untrue. Anthony Orr, superintendent of Nelson County Schools, told WBRT listeners Friday morning before 9 a.m. […]
