Steve W. Auslander DMD, 69, of Bardstown, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville. He was born Dec. 11, 1944, in Louisville. He was owner of Dr. Auslander Family Dentistry, a member of the American Dental Association, the Kentucky Dental Association, the Louisville Dental Association, the Flaget Advisory Board, and was […]
Sr. Carina Vetter, 94, of Nerinx, formerly of Missouri, died Thursday, June 26, 2014, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary at Nerinx. She was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Jefferson City, Mo. She entered religious life in 1941 and received her final vows in 1947. She earned her degree in Elementary Education from A.B. Webster College, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, June 28, 2014, 10:30 p.m. — The Joint City-County Ethics Board has fined and reprimanded Nelson County Coroner Field Houghlin for violating the county’s ethics rules on nepotism by hiring his daughter as a deputy coroner. Houghlin was fined $1,000, and the board will also seek […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, June 28, 2014, 2:30 p.m. — The former pastor of Bardstown Baptist Church entered pleaded guilty Friday to amended charges he used church funds to purchase at least $80,000 on guns, electronics and other items for his personal use. On Friday, Dylan Jonathan Mays, 43, pleaded […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, June 28, 2014, 1 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor Bill Sheckles has put the city council on notice of his plan to scrap his proposal for merit raises for the city’s employees. Instead, city employees will receive a 2 percent across-the-board pay increase. In a copy of an email […]
Alisha Marie Polly, 26, of Lebanon Junction, died Thursday, June 26, 2014. She was preceded in death by two grandfathers, Clarence William Polly and Chris Johns; and one uncle, Michael Polly. Survivors include her son, Daniel Wayne Burba, III; her parents, Mitchell Polly and Melissa MacDonald; one sister, Amber Blair Polly; one stepsister, Brooklyn Hawkins; […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 27, 2014, 11 p.m. — In a letter dated Thursday, June 26, 4th District Magistrate Jeff Lear expressed strong disagreement with conclusions stated by Planning Commission Chairman Todd Johnson in a response to a complaint about planning and zoning administrator Janet Johnston-Crowe. Lear’s aunt, Rosemary […]
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 […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 26, 2014, 6 p.m. — The Bourbon Capitol of the World will soon be home to its fifth Bourbon distillery. Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday morning that The Bardstown Bourbon Co. will build a new $25 million Bourbon distillery in the Nelson County Industrial […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 26, 2014, 4:40 p.m. — Republican Party Chairman Robert Augustine has filed to run for a seat on the Bardstown City Council. “My wife and I made a joint decision earlier this week that I should run for Bardstown City Council,” Augustine wrote in […]
