To the editor: Do we live in a democracy? The dictionary defines a democracy as a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. The passage of HB 31 by the House was an indication of […]
Monday, March 24, 2014, 12:15 a.m. — Nelson County EMS and police responded Sunday evening to a reported suicide attempt at a home on Meadow Lane. Police and EMS responded at about 6 p.m. to a report of a male subject who took an intentional overdose of hydrocodone pills. The subject left the home before […]
Eudora Mattingly, 81, of Bardstown, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Nelson County. She was a homemaker and an avid quilter. She was preceded in death by her parents, Palmer and Nora Auberry; two sisters, Elizabeth Downs and Thelma Wheeler; two brothers, William Auberry and […]
Editor’s Note: The indictment of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Sunday, March 24, 2014 – The following people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. They are scheduled for arraignment April 3, 2014, […]
To The Editor: I would just like to write a note of thanks to all the volunteers, participants, and local media who worked on and covered last Friday’s Lincoln Day Dinner. Without your talent and endless hard work, we would never have been able to successfully coordinate this event. I would especially like to thank […]
James Robert “Robbie” Hardin, 43, of Bardstown, died Friday, March 21, 2014, as a result of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle accident on Bellwood Road. He was born Aug. 18, 1970, in Bardstown. He was a construction worker and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hobart and Margaret […]
Sunday, March 23, 2014, 12:17 p.m. — The 86-year-old driver of a Mercury Grand Marquis was injured Sunday morning in a rollover accident on the Blue Grass Parkway. Police, Nelson County EMS and the Bardstown Fire Department were called out at 11:25 Sunday morning for a single-vehicle crash in the parkway’s westbound lanes at the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Sunday, March 23, 2014 — Fresh from his second-consecutive CPAC straw poll win, Sen. Rand Paul’s popularity was near rock-star status at Friday night’s Nelson County Lincoln Day Dinner at the Bardstown Country Club. When Paul walked in the country club’s doors, he was immediately swarmed with fans (both […]
STAFF REPORT Sunday, March 23, 2014, 2:30 a.m. — The Boston Community Center was heavily damaged by a fire reported by a passerby at 11:43 Saturday night. A responding Boston firefighter reported flames were through the roof of the structure and it was largely engulfed in flames. The Boston Fire Department requested additional manpower and […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, March 22, 2014, 10 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department had a busy Saturday responding to minor fires in the department’s service area. The fire department was dispatched at about 1:30 Saturday afternoon to field fire reported at an address in the 3000 block of Old Nazareth Road. Firefighters found the fire […]
