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 Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 — The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority has approved incentives for a $150 million distillery project for the Bardstown area proposed by a subsidiary of the same company that owns Stolichaya Vodka. According to documents released Thursday, Strigiformes LLC plans a distillery, rickhouses, visitor […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 (Revised 9 a.m.) — Bardstown’s new police chief told the Bardstown City Council Tuesday night her plans to strengthen the department by making changes to its command staff positions. Chief Kim Kraeszig told the council she would like to make changes to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 —The Central Kentucky Community Foundation recently announced the addition of two new individuals to its board of directors. The board recently approved adding Hardin County residents Chris Carter and Jamie Sizemore to help guide the organization forward. Carter is a CPA and shareholder of […]
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 Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, 1 p.m. — Traffic was brisk Thursday morning at the corner of Portland and Pennsylvania avenues as puzzled passers-by slowed to look at a display of commodes outside a Bardstown daycare business owned by former Mayor John Royalty. Motorists slowed to look at […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 — Bardstown resident Nick Kipper and a sizable group of supporters attended Tuesday evening’s Bardstown CIty Council meeting to lobby for making city ordinances more urban agriculture-friendly. After explaining to the council his involvement in raising chickens as a hobby, he explained […]
By BOB MARTIN Guest columnist Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 — There are two types of pension systems: the defined benefits program and the defined contributions program. It is telling that private employers totally abandoned defined benefits pensions in the 70’s and 80’s, while almost all public-sector employers still rely on defined benefits pensions. Private sector […]
William “Billy” C. Beavers Jr., 68, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at his residence. He was born April 9, 1949, in Bardstown to the late William C. Sr. and Maggie Holderman Beavers. He was a former truck driver for Mago. He was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church, loved antique cars and […]
Ann “Charlie” Cecil, 95, of Balltown, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, at her home. She was a retired employee of Bardstown Manufacturing, a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, a lifetime member of St. Thomas Catholic Church, and a Kentucky Colonel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bertrand L. Cecil Sr.; four […]
