Melissa Carol Auberry, 51, of Shepherdsville, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Helen Auberry. She is survived by two daughters, Jessica Hicks (Travis) and Ashley Auberry; two brothers, William Hawkins (Debra) and Billy Auberry; one sister, Patricia Ann McKeehan; and five grandchildren, Kaydin […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 — Eric Shelburne, currently the elected magistrate representing the county’s fifth magisterial district, filed Friday afternoon as a Democrat for the office of Nelson County judge executive. The 49-year-old Bloomfield resident is completing his first term as a magistrate, and said he’s been […]
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. […]
Jane Cecil, 85, of Louisville, formerly of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, at the Christian Care Community Home in Louisville. She was born Sept. 24, 1936, in Bloomfield to the late Richard Allen and Sarah Margaret McClaskey Sowers. She was a lifelong member of Big Spring-Bloomfield Presbyterian Church. She devoted countless hours volunteering for […]
Dear Editor, There is a large group of people in Nelson County that feel they don’t have a voice in government. The Nelson County Schools Local Planning Committee voted to approve a merger plan last night. The plan, if approved by the Kentucky Department of Education, will go to the board of education for a […]
Mary Freda Hardin, 82, of Pensacola, Fla., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. She was born March 15, 1939, in Washington County to William A. Faulkner and Mary N. Faulkner. She moved from Bardstown to Pensacola in 1961. She married James M. Hardin and together they had four sons. She […]
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. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 — The Nelson County Schools’ Local Planning Committee voted Wednesday night to accept the Community Campus model as its recommendation for the school district’s District Facilities Plan (DFP). The committee’s 15-to-3 vote in favor of the Community Campus model — if approved by […]
William “Bill” Bernard Edelen Sr. 99, died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. He was the youngest of eight children born to John Simms and Elizabeth Whelan Edelen in Bardstown. He worked at Barton’s Distillery, entered the Navy as an x-ray tech then worked at the Pentagon. He later worked and retired from L&N Railroad/CSX. Recently, he […]
Dear Editor, Abraham Lincoln once said in a debate with Stephen A. Douglas, “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” That was on Aug. 21, 1858. Lincoln lost the Senate race to Douglas but it was the debates with Douglas that thrust him into the national spotlight […]
