Bardstown News

The Bardstown Police Department announced Wednesday plans to dedicate a granite memorial plaque in memory of K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, who was shot and killed in the line of duty May 25. Keith Monument Company of Valley Station will be providing the black granite plaque, the department announced on its Facebook page Wednesday.

Jewish Hospital Shelbyville, in partnership with the KIDPA Rural Diabetes Coalition, is offering a free community smoking cessation class that will be begin next Wednesday and continue for 12 weeks.

Renaissance Recycling will have many recycled items for sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Renaissance Repeats shop located in the Hodgenville Woman's Club basement, 16 Lincoln Square.

Kentucky State Police have set up a special email address for tips in the ambush slaying of a young Bardstown police officer.

BARDSTOWN, Ky. Moving forward from the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis last month, the city is planning to fill his position soon.

The body of fallen Bardstown police officer Jason Ellis, who was killed in an ambush slaying on May 25, 2013, is placed in a hearse during his funeral at the Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown, Ky.

At least two cars go up in flames and others were damaged after arson investigators say a man threw a fire bomb into an empty car.

The Bardstown Police Department, still reeling from the ambush shooting death of Officer Jason Ellis last month, has received threats that more officers will be killed.

As dusk gathers and spotlights illuminate costumed actors, singers and dancers, a stage dressed with scenery and set with props emerges.

Yesterday was the second Bardstown Ghost Trek of the 2013 season. The trek is lead by Lexington's Patti Starr and lasts about 2 hours per night around the Bardstown, Ky area.

Kentucky was once home to hundreds of bourbon distillers. Now, there are seven major houses.

The first 48 hours are the most critical in any police investigation. Saturday, will be two weeks and there is still no arrest in the murder of a Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis.

Start at the Nelson County Extension Service, 317 S. Third St., in Bardstown. The tour includes 10 gardens, plus a silent auction, door prizes, refreshments and a plant sale.

A newspaper's review of Nelson County court records shows that a slain officer arrested more than 350 people in his seven years on the force, but few involved violent crimes.

A raffle drawing benefiting the family of murdered Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis will take place Thursday at 2 p.m. The Bardstown Police Department is raffling off a Jim Beam Distiller's Masterpiece bourbon bottle, Jim Beam will match the proceeds which will all go to Ellis' widow and two children.

In the wake of Gov. Steve Beshear's recent decision to expand Medicaid under federal health reform, there is concern that Kentucky's healthcare system will not be able to care for the newly insured.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- He still has a long way back, but this was a sign of progress for University of Louisville guard Kevin Ware -- he's able to wander out onto the U of L practice court and shoot Kevin Ware, who made international news when he broke his leg on national television in Louisville's NCAA Midwest Regional victory over Duke, is on the ... (more)

Many eyes filled with tears have now seen the photo taken by freelance photographer Jonathan Palmer of the police dog, Figo, extending his paw onto the casket of his fallen partner, Bardstown Officer Jason Ellis.

The Nelson County Fiscal Court on Tuesday was urged by some local landowners to learn more about a hazardous natural gas liquids pipeline proposed to cut across Kentucky on its way from shale drilling zones in Pennsylvania to the Gulf Coast.

Jeff Ruby, the Cincinnati restauranteur who owns Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse on Main Street in Louisville, has announced he will offer a $33,000 reward for information to help solve the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, adding to another $125,000 in reward money already pledged to the Bardstown Police Department.