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Bardstown committee reviews issues in update of city’s sign ordinance

By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, 5 p.m. — The committee that is charged with making updates to the City of Bardstown’s sign ordinance reviewed the existing ordinance and identified the rules that are working and those that needed to be addressed. Janet Johnston-Crowe, planning administrator, and Larry […]

August 30th, 2014 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

Obituary: Alvin Thomas Orberson, 71, Gravel Switch

Alvin Thomas Orberson, 71, of Gravel Switch, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at his home. He was born April 25, 1943, in Gravel Switch. He was a member of Beechfork Baptist Church and a retired employee of the Marion County Road Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Bessie Hollie Orberson. […]

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Obituary: Theresa Louise Cornett, 53, Shepherdsville

Theresa Louise Cornett, 53, of Shepherdsville, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. She was the former owner/operator of TLC Cleaning Services. She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Charlotte Howard Heichelbech. Survivors include her husband of 32 years, Ken Cornett; and her beloved pets, which were her children, K.C., Dawn and Fancy. The […]

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Obituary: Margaret ‘Marnie’ Swank Keesey, 83, of Athertonville, formerly of New Haven

Margaret “Marnie” Swank Keesey, 83, of Athertonville, formerly of New Haven, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at her home. She was born Oct. 28, 1930, in Westmoreland County, Penn. She was the daughter of the late Robert Newton and Gertrude Golden McCuthen Swank. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in New Haven, […]

August 29th, 2014 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Jail Logs–Aug. 26-28, 2014

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 record. […]

August 29th, 2014 | Posted in Courts,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Obituary: Clarence Roberts ‘Bobby’ Johnson Jr., 71, New Haven

Clarence Roberts “Bobby” Johnson Jr., 71, of New Haven, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born and raised in New Haven by the late Clarence Roberts Johnson Sr. and Mary Finetta Hayden Johnson. He was a Catholic by faith and a member of the St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church. […]

August 29th, 2014 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Bluegrass Beacon: Kentucky needs a new economic development story

By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, 9 p.m. – Jamestown now stands face-to-face with the impact of Fruit of the Loom’s announcement in April that its Russell County plant is closing, which will cost the county one-third of its manufacturing jobs and hit its budget hard. Judge Executive Gary […]

August 28th, 2014 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Opinion | Read More »

Roland Williams sworn-in as Optimist International district governor

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, 5:30 p.m. — Bardstown City Councilman Roland “Coach Roe” Williams was recently sworn-in as the next governor of the Kentucky/West Va. District of Optimist International. He was elected last year as governor-elect, and was sworn-in as the next district governor on Saturday, Aug. 23 […]

August 28th, 2014 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

Flags ordered to half-staff following death of New Haven Mayor Bobby Johnson

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 — New Haven Mayor Bobby Johnson died Thursday morning. Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts has ordered all flags in Nelson County to fly at half-staff from now through the sunset of Mayor Johnson’s burial. Funeral arrangements for Mayor Bobby Johnson are pending.   […]

August 28th, 2014 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

Bardstown man accused of alleged oral sex with minor child under age 12

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, 10:15 a.m. — A Bardstown man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on sexual abuse charges following an investigation by Bardstown Police and Child Protective Services. Trevor Mackenzie Walls, 24, was arrested after an investigation that was initiated following a report from a minor family member of […]

August 28th, 2014 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

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