Derek Justin Harless, 37, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, June 13, 2021. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his mother, Robin Humphrey; and his grandparents, Vernon and Mary Helen Harless. He is survived by his father, George Harless (Lilian); three sisters, Amelia Early (Daniel), Valene Wheatley (Darin), and Ashley Bates; […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 15, 2021 — In an effort to control spiraling medical cost at the Nelson County Jail, Nelson Fiscal Court a contract with Tennessee-based Southern Health Partners, a company that has a 26-year track record of providing medical services to jails and correctional facilities. Judge Executive […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 — Bardstown Police have charged a Bloomfield man for robbing the Bardstown Speedy Mart, 603 Bloomfield Road, Monday night just before 10 p.m. Demetrius “Meece” Dewjun Watkins, 43, of Bloomfield, is charged with a single count of second-degree robbery. Monday night, city police officers were […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 — An online petition is gaining momentum in an effort to rename Fort Benning after Bardstown-born military leader Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julie Moore. The Fort Benning military base in Georgia is being renamed, and a petition now is gathering signatures to […]
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 Monday, June 14, 2021 — The Nelson County Republican Party completed its reorganization process Monday evening and elected a new slate of officers. Trey Bradley was elected as the party’s chairman for the next four years. “The turnout for the precinct elections last week and the turnout for the […]
Grace Shelburne Barnes, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 13, 2021, at Baptist Health of Louisville. She was born Dec. 11, 1927. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Richard “Rod” Barnes; her parents, Fred and Lucille Shelburne; three sisters, Betty Hahn, Shirley Martin, and Eleanor Wahle; three brothers, Jack Shelburne, Joseph Lee Shelburne, […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, June 14, 2021 — Criminal justice and public safety are two of the most bedrock functions of government. After all, our ability to keep communities safe is critical to success in everything else. During the 2021 Regular Session, my colleagues and I made criminal justice one of our […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 14, 2021 — Gov. Andy Beshear was on hand Monday morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience at the distillery’s location in Bardstown, and to present a proclamation declaring June 14th and National Bourbon Day in Kentucky. The expansion, renovation and renaming […]
Danny Edward Bishop, 66, of Hodgenville, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown. He was born March 3, 1955, in Elizabethtown to the late William Floyd and Elizabeth Flora Hawkins Bishop. He was a die-hard dedicated Louisville Cardinal fan. He lived his life to the fullest for the Lord and Savior […]
