STAFF REPORT Friday, June 6, 2014 –– Barktown Rescue is celebrating the grand opening of their new “no-kill” animal shelter, formerly the Old Boston Elementary School, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, June 7, at 295 Petersburg Rd in Boston. The public is invited to visit the new 3,000 sq ft shelter, meet some of […]
Thursday, June 5, 2014, 5 p.m. — A Bardstown woman was arrested Thursday collecting thousands of dollars fraudulently by claiming her 12-year-old son had cancer. Nancye Beth Avis, 39, was charged with theft by deception under $10,000 following an investigation by Bardstown Police into her claim her son had cancer. Police say several fundraisers were held […]
Hollis Eugene Hodges, 70, of Elizabethtown, died Monday, June 2, 2014, at his home. He was retired from General Electric with several years of service. He was a member of Locust Grove Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hollis Lee and Mary Elizabeth Durrett Hodges; and one uncle, Oswald Hodges. He […]
Rose Aline Black, 88, formerly of Bardstown, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was born Dec. 2, 1925, in Spencer County. She was a homemaker and member of Huntsinger Lane Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Maxie Donald Black; one son, William Anthony Browning; her […]
Patricia Ann “Pat” Wheatley , 76, of Louisville, died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Baptist Health in Louisville. She was born on March 16, 1938, in St. Francis. She worked at the Kentucky School for the Blind for more than 20 years and was a longtime member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church. She […]
Anne Sheridan Hutchins, 68, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Norton Audubon Hospital. She was born July 18, 1945, in New York. She was retired from the State of Kentucky’s Cabinet For Families and Children. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gerald and Helen Sheridan. She is survived by her son, […]
Jerome Benjamin Mudd, 63, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Springfield Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born Aug. 8, 1950, in Bardstown and was a former lens technician for Southern Optical. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy Hall Mudd; and his mother, Jewell Price Mudd. He is survived by one daughter, Melissa […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 5, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — A discussion of student discipline policies and their effectiveness dominated Thursday’s working session of the Nelson County Board of Education. A committee formed of administrators across the district compiled a list of suggested changes. These were presented to the […]
Thursday, June 5, 2014, 10 a.m. — One person was injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Thursday morning on Ben Irvin Road in the area of Sympson Lake. Nelson County EMS and police were dispatched at 8:20 a.m. for a crash in the area of the lake. EMS transported a 16-year-old female from the scene for […]
By TOM DEKLE Nelson County Schools Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 11 p.m. — Former Cox’s Creek Elementary School teacher Angie Taylor was selected to serve as that school’s new principal. The action came Wednesday at a meeting of the school’s site-based council. Taylor follows Dr. Jan Lanham, who has announced her retirement as principal at […]
