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New Haven man dies after collision with farm machinery on Boston Road

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 10:45 p.m. (UPDATED Sept. 24) — A New Haven man died from injuries sustained after his pickup truck crashed into a piece of farm machinery Wednesday night on US 62, Boston Road, near its intersection with Airport Road. At 9:10 p.m., Nelson County EMS, Nelson […]

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Bardstown firefighters extinguish fires apparently set by teens

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPEORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 10 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was busy Wednesday night after a pair of teenagers appear to have intentionally set two fires in the Maple Hill area. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:28 p.m. to the city pool parking lot off West Broadway for a […]

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Driver arrested, son injured in alcohol-related crash near Howardstown

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 6:47 p.m. — Nelson County EMS, Rolling Fork Fire, New Hope Fire, New Haven Police and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded for a single-vehicle injury accident involving alcohol Tuesday evening in the 5900 block of Howardstown Road. At 6:55 p.m., first-responders were dispatched […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Public Safety | Read More »

Motorcyclist injured after laying bike down Tuesday on Solitude Rd.

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 6:20 p.m. — A 19-year-old male motorcycle rider was injured Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on KY 480, Solitude Road in Nelson County. At 5:25 p.m., Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded for the injury accident on KY480 about […]

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Obituary: Jeffrey Scot Sweasy, 49, Bardstown

Jeffrey Scot Sweasy, 49, of Bardstown, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2015, at his home. He was born Nov. 30, 1965, to the late Gilbert and Doris Wyatt Sweasy. He was a former employee of Leggett & Platt, attended the former Chaplin Fork Baptist Church, and was an avid UK fan. He is survived by one […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Obituary: Nora Ann Spalding Smith, 100, formerly of Howardstown

Nora Ann Spalding Smith, 100, of Louisville, formerly of Howardstown, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2015, at Mercy Sacred Heart Home in Louisville. She was born in Howardstown to the late Jessie and Nannie Richardson Spalding. She was a retired school teacher from the Jefferson County Public School System with 36 years of service. She was […]

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Judge-Executive Dean Watts is guest today on ‘Bradford & Brooks’

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 — Nelson County Judge-Executive Dean Watts will be the studio guest Wednesday with WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show from 11 to noon. Watts will update listeners on the progress of the county’s newly created recreation department, the status of county road and state […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,News,Politics,State government | Read More »

Sheriff’s office investigating thefts from vehicles in Nazareth Farms

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 9:40 a.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of several thefts from unlocked vehicles in the Nazareth Farms area, including victims who live Abbey Ridge and Coventry Lane. The thefts apparently took place overnight and were discovered Wednesday morning. Area residents […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

City council turns away request to reconsider occupational tax rate hike

By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, 2 a.m. — The majority of the Bardstown City Council has spoken — there will be no increase in the city’s occupational tax this calendar year. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, Councilman Fred Hagan asked members of the council if they would […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government,News | Read More »

Council delays vote to ask city residents to pay for large item removal

By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, 11:45 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council discussed changes to its solid waste rules that if approved will require city residents to pay a fee to have discarded bulky items removed that are currently hauled away for free. An updated solid waste […]

September 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government,News | Read More »

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