By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Feb 13, 2014, 4:55 p.m. — “No man is an island” English poet John Donne wrote in 1623. Neither is any state – at least not in 2014. With each company’s decision to expand or relocate to Tennessee to the south or Indiana to the north […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — Nelson County High School senior Lori Allen has been named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. “This is a huge deal and we are thrilled for her,” said NCHS Principal Shelly Hendricks about the honor. Nelson County Schools Superintendent Anthony Orr described the honor […]
Delores Marie Violette, 82, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. She was born Aug. 15, 1931, in Lebanon and was retired from Telecom. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Lillian Young; and one daughter, Lisa Gale Violette Yates. Survivors include her husband, Larry S. Violette […]
Paula Faulkner, 52, of New Hope, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at her daughter’s Bardstown home. She was born April 16, 1961, in Bardstown. She was a former employee of American Greetings. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Mary Beatrice and Percy Nally; her paternal grandparents, Mary Beatrice and J.W. Culver; and […]
By DAVID FLOYD 50th State Representative Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 3 p.m. — I can’t tell you how good it was to have Sen. Jimmy Higdon at Rooster Run last week. It can be difficult to spend much time with individuals at these events, especially when you’re having a heart-to-heart with someone who needs to […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 3 p.m. — Kentucky State Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a Nelson County woman and her two juvenile sons who were last seen on Friday, Jan. 31st. Rachael Lynn Madison, 42, picked up her sons, Jacob Cole Stone, 8, and Morgan Lee Stone, 6, from their […]
Annette Clark Pyle, 96, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born March 31, 1917 in New Hope. She was a Catholic by faith. She worked at Bardstown Laundry for many years and retired from Sunbeam Laundry in Bardstown. She was preceded in death by her husband, […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 9:40 a.m. — A longtime employee of the City of Bardstown was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly stealing from the cash drawers at City Hall. Patricia C. Greer, 32, of Bardstown, was charged Tuesday with felony theft by unlawful taking over $500 after an internal investigation determined she had […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, 7 a.m. – Tuesday’s “Brooks & Company” will be an “Open Lines Tuesday,” giving listeners an opportunity to sound-off on the issues they wish to discuss. Among today’s topics: What grade would you give the city, county and state for snow removal and treatment of our roads in the wake […]
Theresa Marie Boone Lagerstrom Hargadon, 95, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Howardstown, died quietly Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, with family at her side in Louisville. She was born to the late Susan Mattingly Boone and James Franklin Boone on Sept. 21, 1918 in Howardstown. She traveled the world with her nine children and late husband, […]
