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Man sets car on fire after assault, high-speed chase that ends on I-65 ramp

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, 3:15 p.m. (ADDED photo, 3:45 p.m.) — A 30-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times Friday morning and her alleged assailant led police on a high speed pursuit that began in Bardstown and ended on the I-65 southbound ramp off the Bluegrass Parkway in Hardin […]

August 26th, 2016 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Safety | Read More »

Council hears benefits of needle exchange program, approves pay scales

  By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, 12:15 a.m. — Kentucky leads the nation in the number of new Hepatitis C infections, and Nelson County’s infection rate is the second highest among the eight counties in the Lincoln Trail Area Development District. The increase, according to a presentation […]

August 26th, 2016 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government | Read More »

Video: Bardstown City Council police body cam discussion, Aug. 23, 2016

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 10 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council discussed the merits, issues and possible costs of body cameras for the city police department. The existing body camera program was suspended July 26, 2016. Running time: about 16 minutes.   -30- Please follow and like us:

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Video | Read More »

Video: Bardstown City Council meeting, Aug. 23, 2016

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 10 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council met Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 to discuss the negotiations with the county regarding the 911 dispatch agreement; police department body cameras; approve Historic Review Board recommendations, and other items. NOTE: This meeting video runs 3 hours and six […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

Video: Nelson County Schools Board of Education, Aug. 4, 2016

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, 5:30 p.m. – The Nelson County Board of Education met on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2016. Running time: about 1:54.   -30- Please follow and like us:

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Education,Video | Read More »

Obituary: Margaret Clara Coulter, 82, Lawrenceburg

Margaret Clara Coulter, 82, of Lawrenceburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, at Bradford Square in Frankfort. She was born Oct. 27, 1933 in Anderson County to the late Levy and Gladys Robinson Waldridge. She was a retired employee of Louisville Textile & Union Underwear, a homemaker, and a member of Van Buren Baptist Church. Along […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Obituary: Louise Harrison Troutt, 82, Cox’s Creek

Louise Harrison Troutt, 82, of Cox’s Creek, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, at her residence. She was born July 28, 1934, in South Carolina. She was a hairdresser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Harrison; her parents, Cordell and Louise Smith Troutt; and one brother, Edward Troutt. She is survived by her […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Obituary: Terry Wayne Fulkerson, 56, Bardstown

Terry Wayne Fulkerson, 56, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 in Bardstown. He was born March 11, 1960, in Cox’s Creek to Mason Fulkerson and Rose Newton. He was a former construction worker for Buzick Construction, an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He was a member of Cox’s Creek Baptist Church. He was preceded in […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Police body cameras spark heated discussion at Tuesday council meeting

  By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 12:15 p.m. — Questions about the future of the Bardstown Police Department’s body camera program led to some heated exchanges between the members of the Bardstown City Council and with Mayor John Royalty at its meeting Tuesday night. During the council’s comment […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Politics,Public Safety | Read More »

Horizons locked down as police investigate report of a student with weapon

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 11:30 a.m. — Horizon Academy on Wildcat Lane was placed on soft lock-down Thursday morning after the school received information that a student at the school was possibly be carrying a weapon. At about 10:30 Thursday morning, Bardstown Police officers were dispatched to the […]

August 25th, 2016 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

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