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 Monday, July 14, 2014, 9:35 a.m. (Updated 5 p.m.) — Three people were injured Monday morning in a three-vehicle crash on West John Rowan at Lincoln Way. Two Nelson County EMS ambulances were dispatched to the scene at 8:55 a.m. for the crash involving a Ford van, Chevrolet […]
Girls 12-17 months From left, first place: Zilaziah Ranae Poynter, daughter of Brianna Poynter of Bardstown; second place, Ann Marie Star Pennington, daughter of Tiffany and Jimmie Pennington of Bardstown; third place, Harper Mae Frye, daughter of Jeremiah and Sara Frye of Bardstown. Click image to enlarge. Boys 12-17 months From left, first place, Hank […]
Sunday, July 13, 2014, 1:05 a.m. — A 25-year-old man playing football at the Nelson County High School football field was knocked unconscious Saturday evening about 8 p.m. Nelson County EMS was called to respond to the football field at 8:05 p.m. for a possible victim with a concussion. Witnesses said the man was unconscious […]
Sunday, July 13, 2014, 12:45 a.m. — Nelson County EMS was called Saturday evening to the 100 block of Hubbards Lane for a report of a 17-month-old boy who was unresponsive and not breathing. EMS received the call at 6:25 p.m., and police also responded to the residence. CPR was ongoing prior to the arrival […]
Mary Ann Brown, 81, of Bardstown, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, at her home. She was the former Mary Ann Newton and was born March 5, 1933, in Nelson County. She was a homemaker, and a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church, where served on the Bereavement committee, Rosary Club and Youth Leadership. She was […]
Samuel Augustine “Sam” Willett, 88, of Loretto, died July 11, 2014, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. He was born April 6, 1926 in Nelson County. He was a retired employee of Seagram’s Distillery in Bardstown and an Army Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel A. and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, July 12, 2014, 1 a.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education discussed which building project the district should make its priority at its working session Thursday. The discussion arose during a review of an early proposal to enlarge the Early Learning Center (ELC) on […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, July 11, 2014, 5 p.m. — Special education policies in the Nelson County school district may follow the letter of the law, but school board Chairman Frank Hall said he didn’t believe they are working. Halls comments came at the end of the board’s working […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, July 10, 2014, 11:50 p.m. — Some of the energy management projects now underway at several Nelson County Schools facilities are facing tight schedules in order to be completed in time for the start of classes on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Rodney Pickering of CMTA Consulting […]
