By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — After running a budget deficit since 2014, the joint city-county E-911 Dispatch Board has been told it must take over its payroll and accounting services that the City of Bardstown has provided since 2006. The move was a recommendation […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 11 p.m. — Mayor John Royalty announced Tuesday night that the City of Bardstown has a new fire chief. The mayor’s appointment of Kentucky native Randy Walker as chief was unanimously approved by the Bardstown City Council. Walker currently serves as fire […]
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NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 2:30 a.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Bardstown Police and Kentucky State Police responded to the area of US 150, the Springfield Road between Bardstown and the Washington County line to search for a vehicle reportedly involved in a police-involved shooting Monday afternoon. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 2:16 a.m. — An Elizabethtown man was injured Monday evening after the car he was driving struck a semi tractor-trailer parked on the side of the Bluegrass Parkway. Just after 7 p.m., the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Nelson County EMS and Bardstown Fire responded for […]
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. […]
Lesli Noel Vaughan, 60, of Bardstown, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 20, 1954, to Gerald and Dolores Clarke Vaughan. She was a homemaker and was of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her mother, Dolores Clark. She is survived by one daughter, Shray (Keith) […]
Larry Gayle Slaughter, 66, of New Haven, formerly of Bardstown, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at his home in New Haven. He was born on Nov. 14, 1949, in Louisville. He was a retired facility tech for AT&T, past president of Kentucky Motorcycle Association of Bardstown Chapter and a U.S. Navy veteran. He was preceded […]
Joseph David Riggs, 66, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at his home. He was born Aug. 2, 1949, in Holy Cross. He was a former truck driver with C-Jam Trucking in Sellersburg, Ind. and a Catholic by faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Coffey Riggs; one son, Joseph B. […]
Eloise Head Howard, 87, of Louisville, formerly of New Haven, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, at her home with her loving family by her side. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She was a lifelong member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in New haven. She was born Aug. 31, […]
