Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 — No one was injured when a house on Campground Road never Bloomfield was struck by a black Ford Taurus just before midnight Saturday night. The Northeast Nelson Fire Department and Nelson County EMS were called to respond to the scene after the operator of the Ford was believed to trapped […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — The light snow that fell Saturday morning across Nelson County quickly created hazardous driving conditions that contributed to several injury accidents Saturday morning. A two-vehicle accident in the 600 block of Bloomfield Road at 10 a.m. sent the 39-year-old female driver of one of the vehicles […]
LRC Public Information Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, 10 a.m. — The state’s hourly minimum wage would increase for the first time since 2009 under a bill that passed the House today by a 54-44 vote. Under House Bill 1, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, Kentucky’s minimum wage would increase in increments from the […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, Feb 7, 2014, 9 a.m. — Raising the specter of hiking cigarette taxes is – for cash-starved politicians, big-government health nannies and their opinion-page enablers – the policy equivalent of ringing Pavlov’s bell. Seeing “cash trays” rather than ashtrays, these big spenders experience racing heartbeats and […]
Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, 7:30 a.m. — Firefighters from two departments battled a house fire in bitterly cold single-digit temperatures early Friday morning. At just after 2 a.m., the Bardstown Fire Department was called to the area of Stonehouse Flats subdivision for a report of a house on fire. Firefighters found a home at 1009 […]
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 8:26 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the 100 block of Cumberland Court for a report of a smoke detector that was arcing and smoking up the residence. Firefighters determined the detector had water in it causing it to short-circuit. The fire crew removed the detector and advised […]
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 5 p.m. — Bloomfield Road between the “Y” (KY 55) and the City of Bloomfield was reopened to traffic in both directions at 7:25 Thursday night following an overturned truck and a hazardous materials spill at that location, according to Nelson County Dispatch. The truck overturned at about 3:45 Thursday afternoon. […]
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 — CLA Estate Services is hosting a free Estate Planning Workshop 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown on the Court Square in Bardstown. The workshop will provide valuable information for seniors and others who seek information on how to secure one’s estate […]
Marie Michelle Payne Elmore, 76, of New Haven, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born in Owensboro to the late Drury Ignatius and Willie Mae Payne. She was a Catholic by faith and a member of the St. Vincent DePaul Church in New Hope where she was a […]
Paul McNear 74, of New Haven, formerly of Fairdale, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. He was a native of Lebanon and a former Figure 8 Champion at Louisville Motor Speedway. He was a retired truck driver with more than 40 years on the road. He was a member of the Teamster Union. He was preceded […]
