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Bluegrass Beacon: State’s occupational regs may discourage entrepreneurs »

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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 18, 2012 –  The randomness of occupational licensing regulations in Kentucky, especially for jobs often filled by lower-income citizens, has specific – and unfortunate – consequences. For example, the fact that Kentucky law forces barbers to pay hundreds of dollars in fees and train hundreds [...]…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

Local high school students assist college with near-space balloon launch »

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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Wednesday, May 17, 2012, 1:30 p.m.  – Students from Nelson County High School assisted a team from Morehead State University with a near-space balloon launch Wednesday morning from Dean Watts Park. See more photos from the balloon launch and a map of its flight on the Nelson County Gazette [...]…

May 16 2012 / Read More »

Republican candidates for 50th District seat meet in only public debate »

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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 11:55 p.m. – The Republican candidates seeking the party’s nomination for 50th District state representative met for their first and only public debate Tuesday night at the Nelson County Library. The event was sponsored by the Bardstown-Nelson County Tea Party. Incumbent David W. Floyd and [...]…

May 16 2012 / Read More »

Legislative Update: Road plan includes several Nelson County projects »

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By DAVID FLOYD 50th District State Representative Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – Our newly enacted road plan includes the following projects for all of the 50th District, but in this column I’ll focus on Nelson County. All of these are scheduled with “real” money, which means that each is considered a high priority and is funded. [...]…

May 15 2012 / Read More »

Bluegrass Beacon: EPA using medieval tactics when dealing with Kentucky coal »

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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 11, 2012 –  Roman legions? Horrific crucifixions? Sacking dissenters and making examples out of their deaths? These may sound like some of the gruesome tactics used by military commanders of the ancient world, but according to Al Armendariz, who, until recently, was regional administrator for [...]…

May 15 2012 / Read More »

GOP primary candidate for 50th District are guests on ‘Brooks & Co.’ »

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STAFF REPORT Monday, May 14, 2012, 11:45 p.m. – Incumbent state Rep. David Floyd and his primary challenger Donna Pegago of Cox’s Creek will be studio guests Tuesday morning on 1320 WBRT’s “Brooks & Company” radio show. Floyd and Pegago will each have an opportunity to discuss their own candidacy prior to next week’s Primary [...]…

May 15 2012 / Read More »

Errors prompt city to vote anew on ordinance; sewer project bid awarded »

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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 2 a.m. – Due to some errors, omissions and misspellings, a revised chapter of ordinances that passed first reading last month had to be revised and voted on again at Tuesday night’s Bardstown City Council meeting. Among the original revisions, the ordinance deletes gun control [...]…

May 9 2012 / Read More »

City takes steps to shift more cable TV channels from analog to digital »

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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, May 8, 2012 – A vote Tuesday night by the Bardstown City Council begins a process that will eventually shift channels 23 to 72 of the city-owned Cable TV system from its current analog signals to high-definition digital signals. Moving this group of channels — the city’s Extended [...]…

May 9 2012 / Read More »

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City police called to Chapeze House to investigate reported break-in »

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Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:40 p.m. – Bardstown Police were called to the Chapeze House, 107 East Stephen Foster Ave., to investigate a break-in that happened over the weekend. Police were sent to the business at about 12:30 Thursday afternoon. -30-

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Jail Logs–May 14-17, 2012 »

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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. [...]

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Jail Logs–May 11-13, 2012 »

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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. [...]

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Jail Logs–May 5-10, 2012 »

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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. [...]

May 14 2012 / Read More »

Jail Logs–May 3-4, 2012 »

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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. [...]

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Jail Logs–May 1-2, 2012 »

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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. [...]

May 14 2012 / Read More »

Sexually assaulted young woman turns up near Relay site »

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Friday, May 11, 2012, 11:25 p.m. – A young woman who was reportedly sexually assaulted was found on the Bardstown Independent Schools campus Friday night while the school system’s football field hosted Relay for Life activities. The report surfaced about 10:55 p.m. when two young women stopped to talk to a police department chaplain at [...]

May 11 2012 / Read More »

Woman, infant daughter taken to hospital after vehicle hit by tanker »

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Friday, May 11, 2012, 8 p.m. – A 32-year-old woman and her 1-year-old infant were taken to Flaget Memorial Hospital after the vehicle they were in was hit from behind by a Newcomb Oil tanker truck. Witnesses said the woman was awake and talking, but when first-responders arrived she had passed out and was unresponsive. [...]

May 11 2012 / Read More »

Rolling Fork firefighters assist LaRue County with injury accident »

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Thursday, May 10, 2012, 2 p.m. – The Rolling Fork Fire Department was called to the area of Nelson-LaRue county line on US31E in LaRue County to assist LaRue County first responders with an injury accident with entrapment. The Rolling Fork firefighters were asked to provide extraction equipment to free an accident victim. The call [...]

May 10 2012 / Read More »

Man taken to hospital after falling down stairs outside apartment »

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 9:15 p.m. – A 32-year-0ld man was injured after he fell down a flight of stairs outside a residence in the 200 block of Honeysuckle Lane. The man was reportedly unresponsive, but the man was awake and alert when EMTs arrived a short time after being called. He told EMTs his [...]

May 9 2012 / Read More »

Politics

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    Legislative Update: Special Session ends successfully – with compromises

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    Tea party groups are grassroots voices for better government policy

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    Chiropractors want lawmakers to manipulate reimbursement rates

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    Bluegrass Beacon: Jeers for state meth bill; cheers for UK residence hall deal

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    Coulter: Fluke just another in long line of hysterical liberal drama queens

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    Newly elected Nelson GOP chair is guest today on ‘Brooks & Company’

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    Bluegrass Beacon: Federal government needs a dose of Constitutional restraint

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Tech

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Spotify giving streaming music sites a run for their money — and users »

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…

Oct 13 2011 / Read More »

Social Media matters: Facebook will not start charging users this summer »

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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…

Jul 3 2011 / Read More »

AT&T officially extends mobile broadband network to Bardstown »

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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…

Jun 7 2011 / Read More »

Review: USB LAN adapters give you wireless networking on the cheap »

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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…

Jun 1 2011 / Read More »

Opinion

Bluegrass Beacon: EPA using medieval tactics when dealing with Kentucky coal »

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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 11, 2012 –  Roman legions? Horrific crucifixions? Sacking dissenters and making examples…

May 15 2012 / Read More »

Bluegrass Beacon: Edelen takes the farm for government transparency »

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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 4, 2012 –  Actor Ed Norton warned: “Fame is very corrosive…

May 4 2012 / Read More »

Bluegrass Beacon: Stop digging and confiscate Frankfort’s shovels »

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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, April 26, 2012 – (Colorado Springs) – There’s a lot to “dig”…

Apr 26 2012 / Read More »
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Bluegrass Beacon: State’s occupational regs may discourage entrepreneurs »

By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 18, 2012 –  The randomness of occupational licensing regulations in Kentucky, especially for jobs often filled by lower-income citizens, has…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

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