Jail Logs–Jan. 25-26, 2012
STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 11:54 p.m. – “Rethink Possible” is AT&T’s current marketing motto. Government’s dictum, on the other hand,…
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 9:30 p.m. – Marlin Howard, the former first assistant chief of the Bardstown Fire Department, is now its…
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STAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 10 a.m. – Mayor Bill Sheckles has called a special meeting of the Bardstown City Council this evening to address — and…
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STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, 11:55 p.m. — Bardstown Police have filed charges in an 11-year-old rape case after DNA evidence allegedly linked a man in the…
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 11:22 p.m. (REVISED Jan. 25, 2012 8:40 am.) – The Bardstown City Council met in a two-hour executive…
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 11:21 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council approved a bid for a new water transmission line that will…
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STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 24, 20-12, 2 p.m. – Sen. Jimmy Higdon may no longer represent Nelson County, but that could change depending on the outcome of a…
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STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, 10 p.m. – Weather spotters across Kentucky are preparing for what may prove to be the year’s first brush with severe weather.…
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STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The indictment of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless…
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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, 2 p.m. – Charter school: An autonomous public school free of many of the regulations that…
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STAFF REPORT Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, 5 p.m. – Snow continues to fall across all of Nelson County, and has already created hazardous road conditions. A Winter Weather…
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Bluegrass Beacon: Payphone-era regs make no sense in our wireless age »
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 11:54 p.m. – “Rethink Possible” is AT&T’s current marketing motto. Government’s dictum, on the other hand, is “Regulate Possible until rethinking possible becomes impossible.” Why does the Kentucky Public Service Commission still have regulations on the books that discourage established telecommunication companies such [...]…
Jan 27 2012 / Read More »Howard named fire chief; ordinance eliminates firefighters’ election of chief »
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 9:30 p.m. – Marlin Howard, the former first assistant chief of the Bardstown Fire Department, is now its interim fire chief. Howard was named interim chief during a special Bardstown City Council meeting Thursday night as firefighters filled the council chambers. The meeting began with [...]…
Jan 26 2012 / Read More »Gazette to tweet updates from today’s special-called Bardstown Council meeting »
STAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 10 a.m. – Mayor Bill Sheckles has called a special meeting of the Bardstown City Council this evening to address — and revise the — the selection process for chief of the city’s fire department. The meeting is set to begin at 5 p.m. at the City Hall Annex [...]…
Jan 26 2012 / Read More »Bardstown Police make arrest in 11-year-old nursing home rape case »
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, 11:55 p.m. — Bardstown Police have filed charges in an 11-year-old rape case after DNA evidence allegedly linked a man in the Marion County jail with the July 2000 sexual assault at a Bardstown nursing home. Michael Joseph Marino, 48, was charged with first-degree rape of a resident of [...]…
Jan 26 2012 / Read More »Burning issue: Feud over fire department leadership not yet settled »
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 11:22 p.m. (REVISED Jan. 25, 2012 8:40 am.) – The Bardstown City Council met in a two-hour executive session Tuesday evening in a matter related to the recent election of fire chief and the selection of chief for the city fire department. The council emerged [...]…
Jan 24 2012 / Read More »City council awards water line bid, OKs BB gun range plans »
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 11:21 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council approved a bid for a new water transmission line that will tie the Nelson County Industrial Park to an existing water main on US 62, the Bloomfield Road. Hubert Excavating and Construction of Salvisa was low bidder on [...]…
Jan 24 2012 / Read More »Higdon: Court challenges expected for Kentucky redistricting plan »
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 24, 20-12, 2 p.m. – Sen. Jimmy Higdon may no longer represent Nelson County, but that could change depending on the outcome of a pair of lawsuits that will be filed to challenge HB-1, the redistricting legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Steve Beshear. Higdon, a Marion County Republican, [...]…
Jan 24 2012 / Read More »Squall line to bring county high chance of severe weather in early morning hours »
STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, 10 p.m. – Weather spotters across Kentucky are preparing for what may prove to be the year’s first brush with severe weather. While the spring months are considered the optimum time for tornadoes, the squall line approaching Central Kentucky and set to arrive after midnight has a high probability [...]…
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Jail Logs–Jan. 25-26, 2012 »
STAFF REPORT 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. [...]
Jan 27 2012 / Read More »Jail Logs–Jan. 20-23, 2012 »
STAFF REPORT 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. [...]
Jan 27 2012 / Read More »Beware of high water on KY 48 between High Grove, Fairfield »
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 8:35 p.m. – Nelson County Dispatch is advising caution to motorists who are using KY 48 between High Grove and Fairfield due to areas of high water due to steady recent rainfall. The National Weather Service reports rain is expected to continue overnight as rain pushes east and out of the [...]
Jan 26 2012 / Read More »Bardstown Police make arrest in 11-year-old nursing home rape case »
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, 11:55 p.m. — Bardstown Police have filed charges in an 11-year-old rape case after DNA evidence allegedly linked a man in the Marion County jail with the July 2000 sexual assault at a Bardstown nursing home. Michael Joseph Marino, 48, was charged with first-degree rape of a resident of [...]
Jan 26 2012 / Read More »Jail Logs–Jan. 24-25, 2012 »
STAFF REPORT 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. [...]
Jan 25 2012 / Read More »Kitchen fire damages home on Aspen Street in Bardstown »
Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, 6 p.m. – The Bardstown Fire Department was called about 3:25 Monday afternoon to a grease fire in the kitchen of a home at 106 South Aspen St. Firefighters arrived to find a working fire underway. Crews quickly brought the fire under control and extinguished it. The American Red Cross was [...]
Jan 23 2012 / Read More »Firefighters investigate active alarm at Town & Country Bank »
Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, 1:18 p.m. – The Bardstown Fire Department responded to an active alarm at Town & Country Bank’s main branch at the corner of North Third and Flaget. Firefighters determined the alarm sounded due to a problem with a pull station. There was no fire. -30-
Jan 23 2012 / Read More »Bardstown Fire called to activated alarm at Trim Masters »
Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, 9:50 a.m. – The Bardstown Fire Department was called out early Sunday morning to Trim Masters, 1051 Withrow Court, for an active fire alarm. Firefighters were met by an employee who told them that an employee had been using a torch near injection molding equipment, which activated the alarm. There was [...]
Jan 22 2012 / Read More »Man says he ‘died several times’ after smoking legal substance »
Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, 12:35 a.m. – A 24-year-old man was transported to the hospital about 5:30 Saturday evening after he allegedly smoked a legal substance and told dispatchers he thought he was dying. Nelson County EMS responded to an address in the 400 block of Harrison Fork Road where the man had walked to [...]
Jan 22 2012 / Read More »One dead, three injured in Woodlawn Road head-on collision »
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, 11:32 p.m. (UPDATED Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, 11:25 a.m) – A New Hope woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle head-on collision late Friday night on Woodlawn Road about 3/4 of a mile from its intersection with Bloomfield Road. Janice M. Hicks, 52, died when the 2003 Chevy Corsica [...]
Jan 20 2012 / Read More »
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