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Chlorine leak prompts hazmat response at city water treatment plant

By NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, April 27, 2015, 5:30 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County EMS responded to a report of a possible chlorine gas leak at the Bardstown Water Treatment Plant, 2535 Boston Road at 1:55 p.m. Monday. According to firefighters, water treatment plant personnel were changing […]

April 27th, 2015 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Analysis: Common Core standards wrongly ignore higher-level courses

By RICHARD G. INNES Education Analyst Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions   Monday, April 27, 2015, 10:50 a.m. – There’s been a lot of discussion about how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are moving Kentucky education forward. However, while both standards seem somewhat better than the former, highly […]

April 27th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Education,News,Opinion | Read More »

Obituary: Kenny Downs, 62, Bardstown

Kenny Downs, 62, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Norton Audubon Hospital. He was born June 13, 1952, in Bardstown. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and a devout Christian. He took pride and love in mowing grass for himself and others. He was involved with a UK study to benefit individuals with […]

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Obituary: Lula Elizabeth Gant, 90, Nazareth

Lula Elizabeth Gant, 90, of Nazareth, died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Colonial Health and Rehab in Bardstown. She was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Balltown to the late Joseph Alton and Geneva Beatrice Phillips Miles. She was a former employee of Old Stag Distillery in Bardstown and a homemaker. She was a member of […]

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Saturday thunderstorms dump rain and hail, prompt tornado warning for county

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8:35 p.m. — The storms that passed through Nelson County Saturday evening prompted at least four Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and a single Tornado warning for central and eastern Nelson County. Reports of downed tree limbs followed the storms’ track through the county, with a […]

April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

Obituary: Alma Curtsinger, 76, Bardstown

Alma Curtsinger, 76, of Bardstown, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born Sept. 6, 1938, in Bloomfield to the late Milton Sr., and Eva Frances King Richardson. She was a former employee of the Bardstown Board of Education as a custodian for 15 years. She was a homemaker and […]

April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Video: Nelson County Schools Board of Education, April 21, 2015

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, April 25, 2015 — The Tuesday, April 21, 2015, regular monthly meeting of the Nelson County Schools Board of Education at Central Office on Wildcat Lane. Video courtesy of WBRT Radio and The Nelson County Gazette. -30- Please follow and like us:

April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Education,News | Read More »

Video: Bardstown Independent Schools Board of Education, April 21, 2015

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, April 25, 2015 — The Tuesday, April 21, 2015, regular monthly meeting of the Bardstown Independent Schools Board of Education at the district offices on North Fifth Street. Video courtesy of WBRT Radio and The Nelson County Gazette. -30- Please follow and like us:

April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Education,News,Video | Read More »

Driver injured in single-vehicle pickup truck crash on Loretto Road

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, April 24, 2015, 9:45 p.m. — A 60-year-old man was injured Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on Loretto Road past Heaven Hill. At 3:51 p.m., Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched for what initially was reported as a two-vehicle injury accident. […]

April 24th, 2015 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Police called to investigate possible theft of concrete forms

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, April 24, 2015, 9 p.m. — The Bardstown Police were called to Douglas Concrete, 5000 Pennebaker Ave., Friday afternoon at about 2:30 for a report that some concrete wall forms had apparently been taken from the property. Officer Michael Medley took a report on the incident. -30- […]

April 24th, 2015 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

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