By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, July 10, 2016, 10 a.m. — While folklore about Davy Crockett is filled with stories of courage and daring, it’s Horatio Bunce, a respectable farmer in the Tennessee district represented by Crockett in Congress – at least in the version found in Edward S. Ellis’ biography […]
Education News Sunday, July 10, 2016 — Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is offering students a one-stop enrollment opportunity during the week of July 18. Express Enrollment week is a statewide event for all community and technical colleges to help with one-on-one advising regarding enrollment, financial aid, scheduling and other items that prospective students need […]
Stephen Anthony “Steve” Mudd, 36, of Main Street, Willisburg, died Thursday, July 7, 2016, at his home. He is survived by his wife, Andrea Lay Mudd; one son, Dalton Mudd at home; his parents, Steve and Ona Killian Mudd of Springfield; one sister, Leigh Wimsatt of Springfield; his paternal grandmother, Thelma Mudd of St. Catharine; […]
Robert Larry Shields, 58, of Cox’s Creek, died Friday, July 8, 2016, at Robley Rex VA Medical Center. He was born Nov. 2, 1957, in Bardstown to the late Estel and Marietta Downs Shields. He was a retired employee of Publishers Printing, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of St. Gregory Catholic […]
Deborah M. Meenach, 65, of Shepherdsville, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at Jewish Medical Center South. She enjoyed sewing and spending time with her grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her parents, Marvin and Norma Marcum; and one brother, Ronnie Marcum. Survivors include three daughters Carrie “CJ” Mann, Candice Renfrow (Ron) and De’Ette Etherton […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, July 8, 2016, 12:45 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor John Royalty is asking Bardstown residents and businesses who display the American flag to lower them to half-staff for 12 days in honor of the 12 police officers who were killed or injured in an ambush-style attack Thursday night […]
Mary Helen Riley Cox, 69, of Bardstown, died Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Jewish Hospital. She was born Dec. 31, 1946, in Spencer County and was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bobby” Cox; two sons, Joe Cox and Eddie Cox; here parents, Harvey Lee […]
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 SEN. RAND PAUL U.S. Senator, Kentucky Friday, July 8, 2016 — It is said — and most of us have spent our lives believing — that we are a nation of laws. If the FBI’s decision to not prosecute Hillary Clinton is accepted, we will have become a nation of two sets of laws: […]
Susan Elaine Hammond, 67, of Lexington, wife of Gerald Smith, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016. She was a graduate of the University of Alabama and received her Master’s Degree in English from the University of Kentucky. She had a long and distinguished career in public relations. She served as managing editor of The Thoroughbred Record […]
