STAFF REPORT Thursday, March 13, 2014, 4:45 p.m. — Spencer County Jailer Darrell Herndon was disarmed and threatened with his own weapon by a juvenile prisoner he was transporting to Elizabethtown on the Blue Grass Parkway Wednesday afternoon. During the trip to Lincoln Village Detention Center in Elizabethtown, the juvenile slipped free from his restraints […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, March 13, 2014, 2:35 p.m. — Legislation that would make the Kentucky Retirement Systems transparent for those paying its bills has danced into the spotlight during the 2014 session of the Kentucky General Assembly. Passage of transparency bills filed by Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Latonia, and Rep. […]
Thursday, March 13, 2014 — The Kentucky Bourbon Festival recently made a $2,000 donation to the United Way of Nelson County as their way of giving back to the community that supports the annual event. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, the many agencies receiving grants from the United Way and most importantly the […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10 p.m. — A Spencer County deputy jailer was disarmed and held at gunpoint by a juvenile prisoner the deputy was transporting back to Hardin County Wednesday afternoon on the BG Parkway about 4:30 p.m. Nelson County Dispatch received numerous calls from motorist about a Spencer County prisoner transport […]
Sr. Jane Marie Richardson, 85, of Nerinx, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She formerly served as spirituality counselor and overseer of “Cedars of Peace” retreat center at Nerinx. Prior to that, she served as superior of Loretto House of Studies in Webster Groves, Mo. A Mass of Christian Burial is […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10 a.m. — A Bardstown man was arrested by Bardstown Police and charged with unlawful access to a computer after he made cash withdrawals with a stolen gift card. James Patrick Wathen Jr., 40, was arrested Wednesday, March 11, 2014 following a police investigation involving a purse reported stolen […]
Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 8:55 a.m. — The driver of a green SUV received multiple citations Wednesday morning after leading police on a chase that began on KY 245 and ended in the parking lot of Nelson County High School. At about 8:10 a.m., a Bardstown City Police officer reported he was in pursuit of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 11:55 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval of the hiring of an additional Customer Service Representative at Bardstown City Hall at its meeting Tuesday night. Mike Abel, the city’s chief financial officer, explained at an earlier meeting that helping new and upgrading […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 11 p.m. — The threat to remove recreational boating from Sympson Lake appears to be over, thanks to the input from boaters determined to reach a compromise and the work of the Bardstown City Council. The original revisions to the lake rules would have limited […]
Ethel Mae Smith, 71, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born June 27, 1942, in Nelson County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Ida Jackson; and two brothers, Charles Jackson, and Harlan […]
