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Judge orders Houck trial moved...

Brooks Houck’s trial for four counts of felony theft will be held in Bowling Green, according to a judge’s order filed in the case Thursday.

The location has been the subject of extended debate between prosecutors and the defense, who seemed to agree only that a fair trial could not be held in Nelson County because of intense media coverage of the Crystal Rogers disappearance.

Houck is Rogers’ former boyfriend and a named suspect in her July 2015 disappearance.

Child abuse and neglect cases up...

The number of children requiring services for abuse and neglect in Nelson County nearly doubled between 2017 and 2018, falling in line with several other counties in the Salt River Trail region, and an increase in substance abuse could be a contributing factor.

Deputies save man from hanging...

Correction: Because of the way a press release was worded, an earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa was present.

Nelson County deputies may have saved the life of a would-be suicide Sunday morning.

At 1:43 a.m., all sheriff’s officers on duty responded to a call about a suicide attempt on Woodlawn Road over the Bluegrass Parkway.

VALENTINE'S DAY: After...

“We’re still getting to know each other"

The first time Joe King noticed Jane from across the crowded room, he was smitten. And by the end of the evening, he knew she was the one.

Seventy-five years later, he is still charmed.

Casting out demons: Melgoza...

Louis Melgoza doesn’t have to believe in evil spirits on some theological level. He’s heard them, seen them, felt them.

He’s fought them. They are real, he says, and they’re all around us.

Melgoza is a religious demonologist who does consulting and gives lectures on how to protect against evil. He also has a local radio program.

Several indicted for passing...

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Five people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury Wednesday on charges of first-degree possession of a forged instrument for allegedly passing fake cash to various businesses.

The Bardstown Police Department announced Jan. 16 the arrests of David Wayne Works, 40, of Louisville, and Amanda Starr Frank, 37, who has a Florida address, after the two were accused of passing counterfeit bills to Kroger in Bardstown and Elizabethtown.

Jail log, Feb. 14-15, 2019

John Edward Coleman, 55, contempt of court.

Wallace Dawson Johnson, 48, operating on a suspended or revoked license.

Stephaney Annmarie Fields, 49, third-degree criminal trespassing.

Christopher Allen Farris, 37, failure to appear.

P.J. Milburn selected for 2019-...

P.J. Milburn, salesman for Meade Tractor who lives in Chaplin, has been selected to participate in KFB’s Leadership Enhancement for Agricultural Development (LEAD) program. Milburn joins 14 other Kentuckians for LEAD’s two-year, intensive learning experience — a program that KFB created to prepare future agricultural leaders for tomorrow’s challenges.

Heavy rainfall could cause...

UPDATE 2 (Thursday, Feb. 14): Flooding from heavy rainfall Tuesday closed two roads in Nelson County, but Emergency Management Director Joe Prewitt said Wednesday he had received no reports of anyone being stranded by floodwaters.
Dee Head Road in the southern part of the county and Old Nelsonville Road off of U.S. 62 at Boston were closed early Tuesday afternoon and remained closed late Wednesday.

Bardstown freshman first state...

David Ritchie emerged a victor in last week’s state bowling championship in Louisville, not only setting a personal and state record at 106 in his very first year of bowling, but also taking the first-ever state champion title for the adaptive division.