NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Oct. 16, 2015, 8 p.m. — Following a press conference by Mayor John Royalty Friday to announce the firing of Bardstown Police Officer Nick Houck, Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly revealed new details about the investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. Mattingly told reporters Friday afternoon that Rogers, missing […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, 3 p.m. — Former Bardstown Police Officer Nick Houck was terminated Friday in an order released by Mayor John Royalty following a four-hour administrative hearing Thursday. At a press conference Friday afternoon, City Attorney Tim Butler said Houck was terminated for […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 10 p.m. — Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen was in Bardstown Thursday to help Nelson County’s elected officials, industry and business leaders to help celebrate the county’s recent economic development successes. Hosted by BIDC, the county’s industrial development coalition and Wilson & Muir […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 4:30 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor John Royalty was the presiding officer Thursday at an administrative hearing regarding the continued employment of suspended Bardstown Police Officer Nick Houck. Houck has been a city police officer since 2006. The closed hearing began at 9 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 3 p.m. — A Bardstown woman was arrested Thursday after a traffic stop turned up drugs and a concealed deadly weapon. Seidah Marie Montgomery, 36, of Bardstown, was operating a Chrysler van when she was stopped by Officer Kyler Wright for operating a vehicle […]
Rose Mary Barnes, 80, of New Haven, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at her home with her family by her side. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenny Barnes. She is survived by one daughter, Becca Hardin (Dennis); one son, Michael […]
George Kaelin, 59, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at his home. He was born August 7, 1956, in Bardstown. He was a retired electrical engineer for the U.S.Navy and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was also an active Amateur Radio operator whose FCC-assigned callsign was KD4UKH. He was preceded in […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 10 a.m. — In a special meeting prior to Tuesday’s regular meeting, the Bardstown City Council overturned a decision by the Historic Review Board regarding the roof color of a home at 117 West Broadway Ave. On May 19, 2015, the HRB […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 — Three Bardstown men were arrested Wednesday on drug and theft charges following a police investigation of thefts from vehicles in the Springhill subdivision and Parkview Drive areas on Sunday, Oct. 11. On Wednesday, Bardstown Police located the vehicle believed to be involved in […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, 11:54 p.m. — Questions about street paving priorities led to some heated exchanges at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Bardstown City Council. Councilman Francis Lydian told the council that repaving a portion of Creekwood Drive had been on the city’s resurfacing list […]
