Norman Roy “Snow” Bishop, 88, of Bardstown, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at his residence. He was born Oct. 15, 1927, in Louisville. He retired from CSX Railroad after 42 years of service and then worked a their consultant for 14 more years. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, a member of Highland Park Masonic […]
Joseph Edward “Joe Eddie” Mouser, 96, of New Haven, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was born Sept. 24, 1919 to the late Adrian and Mary Alice Boone Mouser. He served 17 years as a magistrate on Nelson Fiscal Court. He and his wife owned and operated Mouser’s Liquors […]
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. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, April 10, 2016, 6 p.m. — The City of Bardstown’s new Code Enforcement Board met Thursday to review the status of pending citations and to discuss the board’s ability to affect landscaping in certain areas, including parts of Broadway in the city historic district. REVIEW […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, April 10, 2016, 6 p.m. (UPDATED 9 p.m.) — The City of Bardstown’s new Code Enforcement Board met Thursday, April 7 to discuss the scope of the board’s power and authority and to discuss the latest enforcement actions. ENFORCEMENT IN HISTORIC DISTRICT. During a […]
Joseph Russell “J.R.” Ballard, 88, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Washington County. He was a retired dairy farmer and school bus driver. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Blanche Ballard; one daughter, Patsy Bartley; his parents, Arch and Elsie […]
Margaret Jean Vargas, 64, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at her residence. She was born Nov. 25, 1951, in Hazard. She was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Arnold Shepherd; her mother, Nancy Mae Holt; one daughter, Leslie Caudill; one sister, Lexine Shepherd; and […]
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. […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, April 10, 2016, 2 a.m. — Lots of retired teachers bared their angry fists at me following my recent column about the soon-to-retire public school administrator who will, if he fulfills life expectancy, collect pension checks for longer than he worked, enjoy annual cost-of-living increases that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, April 10, 2016, 2 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called out Saturday afternoon for a vehicle fire in the Kroger parking lot near the gas pumps. Firefighters were dispatched at 3:08 after dispatchers received multiple calls due to the number of vehicles parked in close […]
