By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Thursday, April 8, 2021 (UPDATED 10 p.m.) — The General Assembly successfully passed nearly 200 pieces of legislation during the 30-day 2021 Session. Bills covered a wide variety of topics, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to loom over the legislature, our state, and the nation. This is certainly […]
Frederick Jerome “Freddy” Hill, 66, of Manton, died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at University of Louisville Hospital. He was born Jan. 23, 1955, in Marion County to the late Joseph Raymond and Mary Josephine Greenwell Hill. He was employed by Toyotomi America Corporation in Springfield and was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in […]
Durinda Anne Cowen, 68, of Louisville, formerly of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Norton Women’s and Children Hospital. She was the 10th of 11 children born to Elmer and Nancy Coomes on July 22, 1952. She graduated from Bardstown High School in 1971 and later moved to Louisville where she met her life […]
Michael Anthony Coulter, 59, formerly of Bardstown, died Monday, April 5, 2021, at his home in Louisville. He was born Nov. 24, 1961, in Nashville. He was a self-employed truck driver for many years, a former employee of Bullitt Truck Repair as a mechanic, and a former employee of Ice’s Produce at a truck driver. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, April 8, 2021 — The Lincoln Trail District Health Department has been advised that the number of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Kentucky is going to receive has been cut by 78 percent. This cut will impact the following upcoming health department vaccination clinics that were […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — Nelson County residents can sign up now for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic set for tomorrow, Thursday, April 8th in Hardin County. Call (270) 769-1601 for an appointment. The clinic will be administering the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Anyone over age 18 is eligible […]
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 RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 5, 2021, 3 p.m. — Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts took time at the start of Tuesday’s meeting of Nelson Fiscal Court to publicly thank the Nelson County Gazette and WBRT Radio. Watts told the court that last Thursday, the Lincoln Trail District Health Department director […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 5, 2021 (Revised Wednesday, April 6, 2021) — While Nelson County’s bulky item pickup is in its final phase, progress is slow because the amount of items picked up has increased. John Greenwell, the county’s solid waste coordinator, told Nelson Fiscal Court in its meeting […]
Judy Carol Gray Colvin, 77, of Chaplin, died at 7:15 p.m., Friday, April 2, 2021, at Baptist Health in Louisville. She was a native of Nelson County and was born Oct. 6, 1943, to the late Jesse and Dorothy Hupp Gray. She was a member of the Chaplin Christian Church, a 1961 graduate of Bloomfield […]
