By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 25, 2025 — Opening arguments in the trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson took place this morning at the Warren County Justice Center before Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III. Houck is facing charges of murder and tampering with evidence, while his co-defedent is […]
Patricia “Pat” Ford, 76, of Garner, N.C., formerly Lawrenceburg and Chaplin, is finally at peace after a long, difficult battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). She spent the first half of her life in Washington, Penn., where she graduated from Trinity High School. She raised two children, then received a degree from the Art Institute […]
Jean Warner, 86, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 12, 1939, in Bloomfield to the late Earl and Nora Lewis Satterly. She was a self-employed beautician for 2 4r807 years; she loved to cook and formerly worked at Ann’s Florist. She was a member of Bloomfield […]
Thomas Hubert “Tony” Nalley Jr., 58, of Bardstown, died Saturday, June 21, 2025, at his home. He was born Nov. 19, 1966 in Nelson County to Elizabeth Marie “Libby” and Thomas Hubert “Tom” Nalley Sr. He was a musician and author and was a Christian by faith. He had a lifelong love for music and […]
Billie Paige Carney Cox, 90, of Lawrenceburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2025, at her home. She was born Jan. 14, 1935, in Washington County to the late William Maxwell and Rayma Darland Boblitt. She was a former employee of the Louisville Store in Bardstown for 18 years and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed […]
Rachel Tyree Hardesty, 85, of Bardstown, Kentucky, died peacefully, surrounded by family Friday June 20, 2025. She was a beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma whose absence will be deeply felt by all. She was born Dec. 9, 1939, in Tompkinsville. She went on to attend Bowling Green Business College, where she completed a […]
James Lewis Nalley Sr., 86, of New Haven, died Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was retired from 3N Basement Walls. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and enjoyed playing cards and fishing. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Nalley; his parents, Joseph William […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Jury selection was completed today, the first day of the Brooks Houck murder trial in the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green. Houck is charged with murder and tampering with evidence, charges stemming from the investigation into the July 2015 disappearance […]
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 […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 23, 2025 — The trials of Crystal Rogers defendants Brooks Houck, the man accused of the 2015 murder of Crystal Rogers, and Joseph Lawson, a Houck employee who is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with physical evidence, begins Tuesday morning at the Warren […]
