By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 — My hat is off to those who showed up last Friday to voice their opinions on moves to increase the city’s occupational tax rate. They exercised their right to freedom of assembly and speak their minds in public — its a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, 1 a.m. — The Bardstown City Council will consider one of three possible occupational tax increases at its 7 p.m. meeting tonight. The occupational tax currently is one-half of one cent per dollar of income for anyone working inside the Bardstown city limits. The […]
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. […]
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 Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, 11 a.m. — The former pastor of St. Thomas Catholic Church who resigned as pastor of a Louisville parish earlier this week amid child porn allegations was arrested Friday evening in Florida. Father Stephen Pohl was arrested by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Friday […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, 1 a.m. — More than a dozen people turned out on a busy Friday afternoon to attend a protest on the city’s Court Square to oppose the Bardstown City Council’s plans to raise its occupational tax. The protest was organized by Wilma […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor John Royalty and Nelson County Judge Executive have signed an agreement that will keep the City of Bardstown involved in the operation and funding of the E-911 Dispatch Center. The announcement comes roughly one month before the existing agreement […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 1 p.m. — Three people were injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of East Stephen Foster and Bloomfield Road. Nelson County EMS, Bardstown Police and the Bardstown Fire Department’s EMTs responded to the reported crash at 3:24 p.m. A man […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, 2 p.m. — A Nelson County woman has planned a rally to protest the Bardstown City Council’s plans to raise the city’s occupational tax by as much as 150 percent. The event is slated for 6 p.m. Friday at the Old Courthouse on Court […]
Jimmy Edward “Jim” Cox, 73, of Lawrenceburg, formerly of Ashland City, Tenn., died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at his home. He was born Aug. 6, 1942, Brodhead. He was a former vice president of Brandeis Machinery and Supply in Louisville where he worked for 25 years. He was also an endowment member of the National […]
