By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 11 p.m. (UPDATED with video, April 13, 2016, 5 p.m.) — A request to reimburse a Bardstown City councilwoman’s trip to a black elected officials conference turned into a discussion of racism and the appropriate use of training money for council […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 1 p.m. (UPDATED with video, April 14, 2016, 5 p.m.) — The changes in the command staff in the Bardstown Police Department apparently took the Bardstown City Council by surprise when they were announced Tuesday. The revelation surfaced at the end of Tuesday’s […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 11 p.m. (UPDATED with video, April 13, 5 p.m.) — The Bardstown City Council approved the Bardstown Fire Department’s request to solicit bids for a new ladder truck — but only after a close and sometimes testy examination of the need for […]
Sylvester “Tooter” Janes, 86, of Bardstown, died Monday, April 11, 2016, at Kindred Hospital in Louisville. He was the son of the late Elmer “Jake” and Emma Hardesty Janes and was born July 29, 1929, in Bloomfield. He was a retired employee of General Electric and a member of St. Gregory Catholic Church. He was […]
Katherine Louise Tillett, 85, of Bardstown, died Monday, April 11, 2016, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born Nov. 15, 1930, in Frankfort to the late Charles and Alta Shearer Deakins. She was a former employee of Holiday Inn in Elizabethtown, a homemaker, and a member of the Baptist faith. She was preceded […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 11 a.m. (UPDATED 1 p.m.) — A Nelson County School bus was involved in an injury accident Tuesday morning before 7 a.m. Nelson County EMS, the New Hope Fire Department and Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at about 6:48 a.m. for a two-vehicle […]
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 Monday, April 11, 2016, 9 p.m. — A Hardin County school bus driver was seriously injured when the bus she was driving crashed into a home Monday on Leitchfield Road near Stephensburg. Troopers from KSP Post 4 in Elizabethtown were dispatched Monday afternoon at about 3:25 after bus […]
Karia Annette Crowe, 38, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at her residence. She was born Jan. 15, 1978, in Nelson County. She worked 20 years loyal service at B.J.s Restaurant. She was a member of Souls Harbor Church. She was preceded in death by her baby, Alaya Crowe; her paternal grandmother, Mattie J. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, April 11, 2016, 4:30 p.m. — Legislative leaders have delayed the final day of the 2016 General Assembly to allow lawmakers more time to reach an agreement on the state’s two-year budget. According to a press release, the final day of the 2016 session is changed from […]
