NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 — Incumbent state Rep. Chad McCoy eliminated all doubt about his political future by filing as a candidate seeking re-election to his seat as 50th District state representative. McCoy filed his paperwork earlier Wednesday in Frankfort. He was first elected to the seat in the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 — Sen. Jimmy Higdon was the guest speaker at “Coffee with the Legislators” on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bardstown. Higdon offered a preview of the issues the Kentucky General Assembly will try to address this year. He also answered […]
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 Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved funding that will allow the county to take over operation of the county’s animal shelter from the Nelson County Humane Society. The magistrates discussed Watts’ proposal for the move at the last Nelson Fiscal Court meeting, with several […]
Mary Leona Lyvers, 92, of Bardstown, died Jan. 3, 2022, at her home. She was born July 30, 1929, in Holy Cross. She was a homemaker, sales clerk, and loving grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Lyvers; two grandsons, Scott […]
Terrie Denise Burgan, 57, of Vine Grove, transitioned from her earthly home on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. She fought gallantly against an aggressive form of cancer called Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma. Terrie was born June 1, 1964 to Jimmie Charles and Ruby Ann Sturdivant. She was employed by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department most recently […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Jan. 3, 2021 — Sen. Jimmy Higdon welcomed about 45 people to “Coffee with the Legislators” Monday morning at the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bardstown. Higdon originally was to appear with 50th District state Rep. Chad McCoy, however, McCoy’s flight home had been canceled over […]
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. […]
Carole Jean Hall Shelburne, 80, died Sunday Aug. 29, 2021, and her husband Tommy Shelburne, 80, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. Both were residents of Cox’s Creek. She was born March 8, 1941 and lived in Nelson County all her life. She worked for the Bardstown School System for over 30 […]
Connie Elizabeth Meadows, 59, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Louisville. She was born Dec. 31, 1962, in Louisville to the late Harold and Mary Frances Murphy Whittaker. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Charlotte Schmidt; three brothers, Gary Whittaker, Tommy Whittaker […]
