NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, 1 a.m. – Nelson Fiscal Court met on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, and approved funding for a “rocket docket” program that will move some non-violent offenders through the court system in a more timely manner. The court also approved first reading of a measure to […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, 11 p.m. — It’s bad enough that Washington, D.C.-area groups use Kentucky’s inflated high school graduation rates to make wild claims about how the commonwealth is a leader among states in handing out diplomas and closing graduation gaps between poor and better-off […]
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 Saturday, Aug. 8, 2016, 10:45 p.m. — A go-kart driver was injured Saturday night in races held at the Nelson County Fairgrounds. Nelson County EMS responded to the track after the 22-year-old male driver was injured when he maneuvered to avoid hitting another go-kart and the vehicle he […]
Dennis H. Borders, 54, of Bardstown, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born May 19, 1962, in Bardstown. He loved sports and was an avid card player. He attended Mill Creek Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Bennie and Della Gilkey; and paternal grandmother, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, 11:40 a.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of gunfire early Saturday morning in downtown Bloomfield near city hall and the fire station. At 1:29 a.m., officers responded to multiple reports of as many as 10 gunshots in the area near […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, 11:30 a.m. — Bardstown Police were called Friday night for a report of an individual who was robbed at gunpoint. At about 11:55 p.m., Nelson County Dispatch was advised of an individual who had been robbed at gunpoint by two black males at an […]
Paula Ann Burress, 56, of Hodgenville, formerly of Bardstown, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgeville. She was a homemaker and caretaker before becoming disabled. She was a member of The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Bardstown. She was born March 5, 1960, and was the daughter of the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 5 p.m. — Lee Grigsby Evans has filed as a candidate for Bardstown City Council. Evans, 73, is a resident of East Stephen Foster Ave. She has performed the past several seasons with the Stephen Foster Story, portraying Stephen Foster’s mother. With the withdrawal […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 3 p.m. — One of the 16 people who have filed as candidates for Bardstown City Council withdrew from the race Friday. Michael Johnson was one of the first candidates to file for a seat on the Bardstown City Council. In an email to […]
