Peter W. Zubaty

Nelson County voters will have the option to vote in any of eight different polling places for the Nov. 5 General Election, with the County Clerk’s Office releasing a list of eight vote centers throughout the county.

Overdose deaths have hit Kentucky hard in recent years during the opioid epidemic, and especially so in Nelson County, where 140 people have lost their lives since 2015.

Nelson County aheriff’s deputies conducted a search warrant Wednesday at a residence on Bison Lane, resulting in a pair of arrests on drug trafficking charges.

Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa addresses gathered news reporters last week as the FBI returned to conduct a search for the remains of Crystal Rogers on property in Cox's Creek once owned by Brooks Houck's late grandmother, Anna Whitesides. Houck is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in Rogers' disappearance and presumed murder.

After several months of back-and-forth, the New Hope Fire Protection District will get its dues increased, but not at the level the department wanted.

Kentucky State Treasurer Marc Metcalf, right, was keynote speaker at Wednesday’s Patriot Day ceremony at Bardstown Fire Station 1, as he and other speakers reminded those in attendance of the sacrifices made by first responders during the attack on our country on Sept. 11, 2001. PETER W. ZUBATY/The Kentucky Standard

The City of Bardstown set its tax rate for the fiscal year at its meeting Tuesday, and most homeowners will see a small drop in their tax bills.

3 friends stop for a selfie during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival this weekend, which brought more than 7,000 people to Bardstown to experience all the bourbon the Commonwealth has to offer. KATELYN NORRIS/The Kentucky Standard

New Bloomfield Police Officer Eddie Whitworth, left, was introduced at Monday's City Council meeting. The city has been without a police officer since May 2023. PETER W. ZUBATY/The Kentucky Standard

Three years after he allegedly shot and killed George Riney in a drug exchange gone bad, Andrew Toogood pleaded guilty to murder last week in Nelson Circuit Court, avoiding a trial in the process.