Herschell D. Burgess Jr., 77, of New Haven, originally of Glasgow, died Sunday, April 25, 2014 at University Hospital in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herschell D. Burgess and Ruby Staples Burgess. The funeral is 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff with the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 11 p.m. — The proposed budget Mayor Bill Sheckles introduced Tuesday night to the Bardstown City Council will — for the first time — fund all 27 of the authorized police positions in the city’s police department. The proposed $45.5 million 2014-15 […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 11:55 p.m. — Residents of Maple Hill who have complained about tractor-trailer traffic blocking neighborhood streets and sidewalks found relief at Tuesday night’s Bardstown City Council meeting. Therese Johnson, owner of Maple Hill Accounting, was joined by other residents in asking the […]
Mary Alice Smith, 90, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was the former Mary Alice O’Bryan and was born Feb. 22, 1924, in Nelson County. She was a homemaker and member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Domino” Smith; her parents, […]
NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 2 p.m. — One motorcyclist died and her husband suffered severe injuries Sunday afternoon when their motorcycles collided with an SUV on Interstate 65 near the 85 mile marker. Miranda Flowers, 42, and her husband, Gerald Flowers Jr., 43, were traveling south on […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 7 a.m. – Tuesday’s “Brooks & Company” will be an “Open Lines Tuesday,” giving listeners an opportunity to sound-off on the issues they wish to discuss. Among today’s topics: The Primary Election — will the Republican party unite behind Mitch McConnell? Or will a fractured GOP benefit Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes? […]
Timothy “Timmy” Dewayne Skaggs, 52, of Bonnieville, formerly of Hodgenville, died Sunday, May 25, 2014, at his home. He was a truck driver for Dan Sullivan and a member of the Mount Zion Separate Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, James “Bob” and Judy Owen Skaggs; one grandson, Keetyn Cundiff; and […]
Col. Harold V. Walsh, 85, of Howardstown, formerly of Ventnor, N.J., died Thursday, May 22, 2014. He was born in Philadelphia to the late Rosemary (O’Neill) and Harold Walsh, Sr. He was a 1950 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He was a career U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and a Korean War veteran with […]
Rose Marie Akin, 62, of Hodgenville died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. She was born Oct. 31, 1951, in Owosso Mich. She was a Catholic by faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dominick Thomas and Mary Magdalene Petrovich Rolando; her first husband, Jake O’Neal; her second husband, Gary Akin; and one son Jakie, […]
