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, 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 [...]…
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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 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 [...]…
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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 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 [...]…
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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 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 [...]…
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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 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 [...]…
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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 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 [...]…
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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 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, [...]…
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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. 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 [...]…
Jan 22 2012 / Read More »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »Bluegrass Beacon: Charter school foes offer up a skewed perspective
Redistricting plan puts Nelson in Northern Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District
Bluegrass Beacon: ‘Smurfers’ beware: Proposal punishes meth makers, not soccer moms
Beshear wins in landslide over Williams; Republican wins ag commissioner race
Judge lifts restraining order on ‘Restoring America’ political ads
Legislators ask AG’s office to intervene on legality of ‘instant racing’ machines
Council approves paving list, stormwater ordinance, finalizes tax rates
Annual Nelson County Republican picnic set for Sunday, Sept. 25
Nelson Democratic Women’s Club to meet Wednesday, Aug. 24
Bardstown mayor is studio guest for Tuesday’s ‘Brooks & Company’
Nelson Democratic Women’s Club will meet Wednesday at City Hall
State Sen. Higdon, Rep. Floyd, guests on WBRT’s ‘Brooks & Company’
Secretary of state, auditor, AG candidates stump at Fancy Farm
Congressional delegation, Beshear, Williams, Galbraith hit Fancy Farm
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, 1:15 a.m. — There’s a battle underway for the ears – and ear buds – of America’s hippest digerati, and…
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STAFF REPORT Sunday, July 3, 2011, 6 p.m. – There’s a rumor spreading like wildfire across the Facebook social media website that…
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STAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 2:45 p.m. – AT&T* today announced the expansion of its mobile broadband network in Bardstown and…
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 8 a.m. – Technology changes so rapidly it not only makes my…
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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, 6 p.m. – Pennsylvania taxpayers were cutting a big pension check…
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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, 11 p.m. – Now would be a good time for…
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, 11:30 p.m. – Election Day is upon us, and Kentucky voters –…
Nov 7 2011 / Read More »By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, 8 p.m. – Have you heard the one about the analysts bullied by a powerful president to change their…
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