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 Correctional Center. 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. Everyone […]
Loretta Jean “Retta” Wendelgast, 65, of New Haven, died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. She was born March 6, 1959, in Louisville to the late Silas L. Davidson Sr. and Shelby J. Easter. She was a former pharmacy technician for Medica Pharmacy and was of the Christian faith. She was a woman […]
Stacey Johnson-Patton, 39, of Bagdad, died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at UofL Jewish Hospital in Louisville after a short illness. She was a loving wife, sister, mother and friend. She loved her family with all her heart and loved being a mother that was able to be home with her children. She will be missed […]
John Allen, 86, of Bardstown, died Monday, July 8, 2024, in Louisville. He was born on July 12, 1937, in Nelson County. He enjoyed going to the Bardstown Senior Center, being a Scoutmaster in Boy Scouts for many years, and farming. He was a licensed ham radio operator who held the FCC issued callsign KO4GGE. […]
Michael Brian Drury, 46, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 7, 2024 at Jewish Hospital. He was baptized and raised in Fairmont Church of Christ. He later became a member of Parkway Baptist Church. He enjoyed spending time with family, having cookouts and taking his niece and nephew fishing. He also enjoyed cars, working on them, […]
Linda Alene Thurman Kramer, 67, heard and answered her call to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday July 7, 2024. She was the fourth child born Nov. 17, 1956, to the late Donald LaRue and Stella Williams Thurman. She gave her life to Christ at an early age and became a lifelong member of […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, July 8, 2024 — Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III heard arguments kMonday, July 8, 2024, by attorneys defending Crystal Rogers defendant Brooks Houck in regard a request to sever his trial from that of his co-defendants, Steve Lawson and Joey Lawson. Houck’s attorneys argued that […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 8, 2024 — Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III last week denied a request from Steve Lawson to dismiss the charges against him in the Crystal Rogers murder case. Lawson’s attorney, Ted Lavitt, argued before the court last month that his client had given investigators […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 8, 2024 — Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III heard arguments in court this morning to hear arguments by Brooks Houck’s attorneys regarding a motion for a separate trial in the Crystal Rogers murder case. Prosecutors have asked the court to try the three co-defendants […]
John Francis Stefater, 75, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Norton Women and Children’s Hospital after a fiercely fought battle with emphysema. He was born Oct. 4, 1948, in Jefferson County to the late John Edwin and Mary Eulalia Stull Stefater. He was a 25-year U.S. Navy veteran who commanded a 16-man crew […]
