NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sept. 10, 2015, 12:25 p.m. — Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin has suspended Bardstown Police Officer Nick Houck for unspecified reasons. Houck’s suspension is with pay. A brief press release faxed to news media earlier today said there will be no additional comment from the department on the […]
Henry Jeff Mirick Jr., 80, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was a native of Pineville and a retired driver for Smith’s Transfer. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a faithful member of the Vine Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Mirick […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, 9:16 a.m. — A 17-year-old Boston girl was killed in a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Nat Rogers Road and Simon Greenwell Lane Thursday morning. Taylor Martin, 17, a student at Thomas Nelson High School, was pronounced dead at the scene by the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 — The Bardstown City Council met Sept. 8, 2015, and discussed firefighter pay; voted to remove the cap on the occupational tax; approved leaving the property tax rate the same; OK’d several rezonings; and approved a group of zoning regulation amendments. Video courtesy […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, 2:45 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to the 300 block of Edgewood Drive for a report of the smell of smoke in a home. Firefighters responded to the call at 1:45 a.m. After investigating, firefighters traced the odor to a candle on […]
Community news Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 — Nelson County is a beautiful place to live and visit. Keeping it that way requires that we all pitch in to keep our roads, sidewalks, and open spaces litter-free. You are warmly invited to join the Summer Community Development Corps this weekend for the final 2015 community cleanup. […]
Margaret Waters Frazier, 85, formerly of Nelson County, died Feb. 13, 2015, in Arizona. Graveside services are 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Boston with a gathering to follow at the Boston Community Center. The Kappel Funeral Home in Boston is in charge of the arrangements. -30- Please follow and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, 8:30 p.m. — A five-vehicle accident on New Shepherdsville Road (KY245) near the Dollar General Store at Rooster Run snarled traffic Tuesday afternoon for about an hour. The Nelson County Fire Department, two Nelson County EMS ambulances and two Nelson County deputy sheriffs were […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, 8 p.m. — The Nelson County Fire Department responded Tuesday at about 3:50 p.m. to the 100 block of Country Squire Lane for a reported woods fire. Firefighters arrived and confirmed that about one-quarter of an acre was involved in a fire that was […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, 11:45 p.m. — Though it has been unable to reach agreement on raising the city’s occupational tax or how much to raise it, the Bardstown City Council gave its initial approval in a 5-1 vote to remove the $100,000 cap on income […]
