Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 – The Nelson County Fair Board Pageant Committee is hosting a Snow Pageant at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Nelson County Civic Center. The deadline has been extended to Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. This pageant is open to all females, grades K-12th, who are residents of Nelson County. […]
To the editor, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Nelson County’s 4th District. Throughout the campaign season you have endured knocks on your door, countless phone calls and hundreds of campaign signs, yet many took the time to watch debates, listen to radio interviews and read about the candidates. Informed […]
To the editor, In his op-ed that appeared recently, Jim Waters offers flawed logic in his defense of Anheuser-Busch’s acquisition of Budweiser of Owensboro. To begin and offer background, it should be noted that Anheuser-Busch’s full name is in fact Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInBev), and today the company is headquartered in Belgium and led by a […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, 9:35 p.m. — At its first meeeting since the Nov. 4 election, the current Bardstown City Council was joined in the audience by the three incoming council members Fred Hagan, Bill Buckman and Kecia Copeland. The first order of business when Mayor […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, 12:04 p.m. — Retired Brigadier Gen. Julius “Bud” Berthold reminded those attending Tuesday morning’s Veterans Day observance of the challenge our country faces today — of an enemy that wants to destroy American and our way of life — is nothing new […]
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. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, 12:30 a.m. — Nelson County EMS responded Monday afternoon about 1:40 to a report of someone injured in a fall at Foster Heights Elementary School, 211 East Muir Ave. A 53-year-old staff member was transported to Flaget Memorial Hospital with complaints of right shoulder, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, 12:25 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded Monday at about 1 p.m. to the Wilson Motel, 530 North Third St., for a reported fire in the pool area at the hotel. Firefighters found the fire was extinguished when they arrived. Apparently some shrubbery had […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, 12:02 a.m. — A 25-year-old woman was injured Monday morning when her bicycle crashed on East Broadway near the Civil War Museum. Bardstown Police and Nelson County EMS were dispatched to the area at 10 a.m. The injured was transported to Flaget Memorial Hospital […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 — Police were dispatched to Parkway Baptist Church, 2580 Springfield Road Monday afternoon on a theft report. Bardstown Police were dispatched at 2:48 p.m. According to a dispatcher, a church representative reported the catalytic converters were stolen from three of the church’s vehicles in […]
