By DAVID FLOYD 50th State Representative Wednesday, March 26, 2014 – Wednesday, March 26, 2014 — This is the last full week of the 2014 regular session, and Senator Higdon and I will be at this year’s final Coffee with Dave at Culver’s “Country Kwik Mart” in Culvertown 9 a.m. this Saturday. Drive south on US31E […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 10:15 a.m. — Bardstown remains behind in the voting Wednesday in Garden & Gun magazine’s Greatest Southern Towns bracket challenge. As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, Bardstown was behind Florence, Ala., by nearly 10 points — 45.6 percent of the vote compared Florence’s 54.4 percent. Individuals can only vote once per […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette UPDATED 4:45 p.m. – Tuesday, March 25, 2014 — Water skiing on Simpson Lake will be allowed under a revised ordinance that received the initial approval Tuesday night of the Bardstown City Council. Concerns about water quality and the impact of recreational boating raised last month led to the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip J. Shepherd ruled Tuesday that businesses like the Bluegrass Pipeline do not have the power to use eminent domain proceedings to acquire easements. Shepherd’s ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Kentuckians United to Restrict Eminent […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 10 a.m. — Bardstown Police arrested a Bardstown woman Monday on drug-related charges in connection with an apparent break-in attempt at a home on Atlantic Court. Willa Marie Stivers, 37, of Bardstown, was arrested and charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, first-degree; possession of marijuana; and possession of […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 7 a.m. — A Chaplin native was one of 13 individuals honored recently by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment as a member of its 2014 Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Herbert Ockerman was born in Chaplin in 1932 and original attended UK to play football […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, March 24, 2014, 11:55 p.m. — Bardstown Police were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the area of the 100 block of Atlantic Court off Susannah Drive just after 5 p.m. Monday. According to witnesses, two black males fled an Atlantic Court residence and got into a white SUV and left. […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 12:30 a.m. – Today’s “Brooks & Company” is “Open Lines Tuesday,” giving listeners an opportunity to sound-off on the issues they wish to discuss. Among today’s topics: The collapse of legislation that would “forgive” snow days; Sen. Rand Paul’s visit Friday night to Bardstown; House Bill 31 is now in the […]
Kenny Sherwood Simpson, 64, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at his home. He was born May 27, 1949, in Louisville. He was a farmer, a retired teacher at Nelson County High School where he was the former assistant and head basketball coach. He was also the former track and cross country coach at […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, March 24, 2014, 2:30 p.m. — Bardstown has advanced to the Sweet 16 in Garden & Gun magazine’s “Greatest Southern Towns” bracket challenge. After besting Greenwood, Mississippi, in last week’s first round that put 32 Southern towns head-to-head, Bardstown faces off this week against Florence, Ala. Bardstown took an early lead in […]
