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Today's News

  • Poor Post Position?

    A downed light post may not be a main concern for local officials, but it is becoming a major source of ire for drivers since its construction last year.

    Several light posts were set up around the old courthouse circle during last year’s Streetscape Project, which aimed to revitalize the downtown Bardstown area. The project widened the land area around the Old Courthouse Building, thus decreasing the size of the two driving lanes circling the building.

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  • Bardstown inmate escapes Hardin County Detention Center

    By BEN SHEROAN

    Landmark News Service

    A Bardstown man was one of two inmates who escaped the restricted custody area of the Hardin County Detention Center Thursday night or Friday morning.

    Jailers discovered that Brandon Board, 21, Bardstown, and Vance H. Tate, 37, Radcliff and Louisville, were missing early Friday morning.

    All law enforcement agencies were notified, Hardin County Jailer Danny Allen reported. Kentucky State Police are leading the investigation.

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  • Man may lose eye after assault

    A Bardstown man may lose his eye after reportedly being punched in the face with brass knuckles.

    The Nelson County Sheriff’s Department is seeking Timothy Yonts, 42, for allegedly delivering the blows.

    About 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Chrissy Barnes, 32, Bardstown, was driving a red pickup truck belonging to Steven Edelen, 35, Bardstown. Edelen was in the passenger seat, reportedly on his way to be dropped off at a residence to play cards, Dep. Kaelen Matthews said.

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  • New Haven approves $1.4 million budget on first reading

    New Haven Board of Commissioners approved the first reading of its $1.4 million budget Thursday.

    Road projects, routine maintenance, sewer and water issues, law enforcement and other improvements are being considered for the year. A pay raise of 3.6 percent for city employees was approved based on the Federal Cost of Living (COLI) rate. This pay increase excludes the police chief who received a $1.50 an hour increase this year.

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  • Bardstown Schools hires ‘green’ architectural firm

    An architectural firm responsible for building the first school in the nation to run on “net zero” energy has been selected to advise the Bardstown Independent School District on future projects — including the construction of a new school.

    Kentucky-based Sherman Carter Barnhart designed Richardsville Elementary in Warren County, which through the use of solar panels, active daylighting strategies and insulated concrete-block walls produces as much energy as it needs to operate.

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  • Officials predict low turnout for Tuesday’s primary

    Nelson County Clerk Elaine Filiatreau doesn’t anticipate a high turnout for Tuesday’s primary election. In fact, she predicts only 10 percent of Nelson County will cast their vote.

    “The ballot is pretty light,” she said. “(Citizens) are really not interested. They’re not being made aware and there hasn’t been much

    publicity.”

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  • Hazmat clean up at demolition site needed after oil spill

    TAYLOR PETTIT

     

    An oil spill at a demolition site of a house in Boston resulted in a visit from the state department of waste management Friday.

    The house, which burned in 2009, was being demolished Thursday by order of the county after it was left vacant by the property owners.

    Under the county’s nuisance ordinance, it was determined the home needed to be demolished as a matter of public health.

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  • Escapees apprehended after brief foot chase

    Two escapees from the Hardin County Detention Center were arrested early Sunday morning on U.S. 31W. 

    Brandon Board, 21, Bardstown, and Vance H. Tate, 37, Louisville and Radcliff, were reportedly spotted riding bicycles down U.S. 31W. WLKY reports they were caught about 12:49 a.m. after a brief foot chase. 

    The men may face first-degree escape charges. 

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  • 100th Graduation at Bethlehem

    Sixty-eight seniors in caps and gowns of blue and white will walk across the stage for their diplomas Sunday evening. They will represent more than the transition from one phase of life to the next, from childhood to adulthood, from reliance on teachers and parents to self-reliance.

    They will represent 100 years of seniors making the very same transitions.

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  • The Postal Service: Congress is its worst enemy

    Recent publicity about closing post office and mail processing plants, and massive financial losses, has Americans wondering if the Postal Service is an anachronism living on borrowed time in the electronic age. The answer is “maybe.” There is no shortage of opinions, for sure.

    I’d like to share some background from my perspective of 28 years as the postal chair of the National Newspaper Association.

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