Walter L. “Buck” Durbin, 88, of Bardstown, died Friday, March 21, 2014, at his home. He was born August 5, 1925, in Bardstown. He retired from Heaven Hill Distillery and was also a farmer. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post 121. He was preceded in […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, March 22, 2014, 1 a.m. — The driver of a Toyota Corolla died Friday night in a single vehicle crash on Bellwood Road off of Boston Road. Nelson County EMS, police and the Bardstown and Boston Fire departments responded to a report of the crash at about 10:24 p.m. Apparently the vehicle […]
William Raymond “Pup” Gootee, 54, died Thursday, March 20, 2014, at his home. He was born Jan. 23, 1960, in Lebanon and was a graduate of Marion County High School. He was a member of Valley View Church in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rob and Peggy Devine Gootee; and one […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, March 21, 2014, 2:45 p.m. — When current Nelson County school board member Nicky Rapier’s term ends this year it will be his last. Rapier, who is in his second term, confirmed that he will not seek re-election to the county school board and said when he ran for the position he […]
Catherine Hill McIlvoy, 82, formerly of Burgin and Lebanon, died Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Springfield Nursing and Rehab Center in Springfield. She was born April 5, 1931 in Washington County. She was a former member of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Harrodsburg and St. Charles Catholic Church in St. Mary’s. She was preceded in […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, March 21, 2014, 12:31 p.m. –– The Kentucky House of Representatives approved legislation that will prevent companies like the Bluegrass Pipeline from using eminent domain to acquire easements. House Bill 31 excludes Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) from the official definition of “oil and gas products,” thereby preventing the […]
STAFF REPORT UPDATED — Thursday, March 20, 2014 — The Bardstown Tigers topped first-round Sweet 16 opponent Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers Thursday night in play at Rupp Arena in Lexington. WBRT’s broadcast team of Kenny Fogle and Hall of Fame Coach Minor Harmon provided the county’s only local play-by-play coverage of the game. WBRT’s own […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, March 20, 2014, 9 p.m. — Thomas Nelson teacher and head girls’ soccer coach Paul Brooks has stepped down from the position according to Principal Wes Bradley. After spending two years laying the foundation for one of the most successful programs in the area, Brooks will focus his energies on pursuing a […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, March 20, 2014, 9 p.m. — Respected economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore claim the most important tools in a state’s economic toolbox are a right-to-work law and lower taxes. The economists’ analysis of states with humming economies versus those with sputtering ones – along with […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, March 20, 2014, 2:30 p.m. — Former Bardstown Police Officer Joseph A. “Tony” Satterly was indicted Wednesday, March 19, 2014, on 10 counts of fraudulently obtaining prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone. According to the indictment issued by the Nelson County grand jury, on July 29, Aug. 1, Aug. 7, Nov. 2, Nov. […]
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