Derrick Wayne Jenkins, 32, of Bardstown, died Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Norton Hospital-Brownsboro in Louisville. He was born Sept. 25, 1981, in Lawton, Oklahoma and attended the First Baptist Church in Bardstown. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Jerome and Barbara Crockett and Bessie and Dan Hays. He is survived by his […]
Kenneth William Smith, 83, of Bardstown, died Friday, July 4, 2014, at his home. He was a native of Louisville, a retired employee of Gamble Bros with 30 years of service, an Army veteran of the Korean War, and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Joseph and […]
Saturday, July 5, 2014 — The descendants of John Snellenbarger and related families (Snellen, Bowman, Ice, Portman, etc.) should mark their calendars for the Snellen Family Reunion on Aug. 2, 2014, at Samuels Hall at the Nelson County Fairgrounds on US31E, the New Haven Road, in Bardstown. There will be a door prize for the […]
Saturday, July 5, 2014, 2:20 p.m. — A male in his 20s was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon following an altercation at a home on Murray’s Run Road. At about 2 p.m., Nelson County EMS was dispatched to a residence for a report of an individual injured in an altercation. Police were already at […]
Saturday, July 5, 2014, 1:25 a.m. — Two teenagers suffered minor injuries early Saturday morning when the 1996 Ford Mustang they were in left the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway near the 33 mile marker and struck a tree. Two Nelson County EMS ambulances and police were called to the single-vehicle crash at 12:29 […]
William “Dub” Wright, 73, of Raywick, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Aug. 8, 1940, in Finley. He was retired, having worked in the food industry. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Leslie and Althea Ray Wright; one sister, Mary Susan Brady; […]
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 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, July 4, 2014, 12:14 p.m. — A Hardin County man died Thursday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a car that crossed the centerline of South Wilson Road. Kentucky State Police in Elizabethtown say Richard C. Lawler, 37, of Eastview, was traveling south […]
Editor’s note: This story was published in the Thursday, July 3, 2014, edition of The Mountain Advocate, a weekly newspaper published in Barbourville that covers Knox and surrounding counties. The story recounts the disastrous June 2011 flood that struck the community of Kayjay in southeastern Knox County. Bardstown-based Nally & Hamilton is being sued by […]
Editor’s note: This story was published in the Thursday, July 3, 2014, edition of The Mountain Advocate, a weekly newspaper published in Barbourville that covers Knox and surrounding counties. The story recounts the disastrous June 2011 flood that struck the community of Kayjay in southeastern Knox County. Bardstown-based Nally & Hamilton is being sued by […]
