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E’town Mayor Honors Bobby Jack Murphy

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Yesterday, Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory proclaimed February 7th, 2022 as Bobby Jack Murphy Day. Murphy has served the community through Crusade with Children, Saint Jude and Hardin County Crime Stoppers.

To honor him, Mayor Gregory honored Murphy with a plaque and a key to the city of Elizabethtown. “The measure of a man is how you make others feel. I think everybody here will agree with me when they think of you. You’re always the same. You always have the same attitude and it’s always positive and you always make everybody feel good,” he stated.

Murphy is retiring from the radio business which he has been a part of since 1978.

Bardstown Man Charged with Murder

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A Bardstown man has been arrested and charged with murder.

On Friday evening, Bardstown Police officers were dispatched to a residence on Robin Drive for a welfare check. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female. Detectives later identified the deceased as the girlfriend of Richard Gray, who had fled the scene with his four male children to Mount Vernon, Illinois. Gray and all the children were located late on Friday night. Gray has been taken into custody. The investigation is ongoing.

Baptist Health Hardin Announces Parking and Entry Change

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Beginning today, Baptist Health Hardin has announced the relocation of the Radiology reception waiting area. The previous Radiology entrance at the rear of the hospital has closed due to construction of the new outpatient medical pavilion. Parking is located in the parking garage or along the front of the hospital, and patients should enter through the main entrance and process to Patient Registration. Once the registration process is complete, patients will be directed to the correct department to check-in.

Second Suspect Arrested in Bullitt County Homicide

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On February 2nd, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested the other suspect in the murder of Kevin Watts. “Bullitt County Sheriff’s Detectives developed viable information that the other suspect in the murder of Kevin Watts; Bradlee Simmons, 22 years old, was in Louisville in the vicinity of Southside Court and Southside Drive. 

While en route to the Southside Drive area, Detective Chris Hill, our lead investigator, was contacted by the Detectives of the Louisville Metro Police Department 3rd Division. He was advised that 3rd Division officers responded to a reported shooting at a parking lot at 6629 Southside Drive. Upon arrival, they found Bradlee Simmons, our murder suspect had apparently been shot. 

Due to previous communication between our two agencies, the officers and Detectives of LMPD’s 3rd Division recognized Simmons as our other murder suspect in the Kevin Watts murder,” stated Sheriff Walt Sholar. Simmons suffered non-life threatening injuries. He is now in the custody of the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, and is charged with murder and robbery of Kevin Watts.

Suspect Arrested in Bullitt County Homocide

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One suspect has been arrested in a Bullitt County homicide that occurred last month.

On Saturday morning, January 22,2022, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the 1600 Block of Woodsdale Road reporting a theft.

Upon arrival, deputies observed a lone victim, Kevin Watts, who had been fatally shot. Mr. Watts was the only person at the scene. 

The investigation into the shooting has led to the arrest of a viable suspect. 38-year-old Richard K. Reno, of Louisville, was taken into custody on Monday, January 31, 2022. He is being held in the Bullitt County Detention Center. The investigation is still ongoing. 

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office on the Crime Tip Line: (502) 543-1262.