By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 11 p.m. — Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants and the rest of the Viacom family TV networks will continue to be part of the Bardstown Cable TV system, Mayor Bill Sheckles announced at Tuesday’s city council meeting. With a SpongeBob plush toy at his side, Sheckles said the […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 8, 2014 — An Owensboro couple who visited Bardstown is asking the public’s help in recovering an item they left behind. Juli O’Bryan and her husband, Craig, left a picture wrapped in brown paper on the hood of a car somewhere between the Talbott Tavern and McDonald’s restaurant. If you know […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 8:25 a.m. — The eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway were shut down at the 21 mile marker for nearly 2-1/2 hours after a semi tractor-trailer rig ran off the road into the media at about 5 a.m. To get the semi out of the media, sheriff’s deputies closed […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, April 7, 2014, 11 p.m. — Tuesday morning on “Brooks & Company,” host Jim Brooks will be joined by union representatives who will discuss union membership versus the Right To Work movement. Right to Work provisions — state statutes that prohibit unions from forcing employees to pay union dues — exist in […]
Hope Mattingly, 62, of Lebanon, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born Oct. 5, 1951, in Marion County. She was a retired RN for Caritas Home Health. She was a member of the Lebanon Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, John Henry […]
David Harry Ritchie, 67, of Bardstown, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at University Hospital in Louisville. He was born Aug. 21, 1946, in Bardstown. He was a Master Plumber and was in the plumbing business for more than 50 years. He was an avid toy tractor collector and a member of Faith Worship Center. He […]
To the Editor, On March 21, with a bipartisan 75-16 vote, HB 31, passed the House and was sent to the Senate. Senate Leadership refused to assign this bill to a committee or allow a vote on Sen. Higdon’s related SB 14. In an effort to protect land owners’ rights Sen. Higdon filed floor amendments […]
Joseph Gary Smith, 62, of Springfield, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Oct. 27, 1951, in Lebanon. He was a real estate agent for several years and was a consultant with G. Smith Consulting and Courier. He was a member of River of Life Community Church in Springfield. He […]
Joseph Allen Dorsey, 53, formerly of New Haven, died Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Hazelwood Center in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his father, Shelby Howard Dorsey. He is survived by his mother, Anna Catherine Mitchell Dorsey of Bardstown; three sisters, Helen Andrews and Mary Cecilia Maddox both of Bardstown, and Elizabeth Ann Dorsey […]
STAFF REPORT Sunday, April 6, 2014 — A candidate for judge-executive has asked his fellow candidates to ask those who wish to donate to their political campaigns to instead give the money to local charities. In an e-mail sent to local media on Tuesday, April 1st, Pete Trzop suggested the move as a way of […]
