By JIM BROOKS NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 9 p.m. — Nelson County Coroner Field Houghlin’s attorney apologized on Houghlin’s behalf in a public hearing Wednesday before the Joint City-County Ethics Board. The public hearing was a milestone of sorts: It was the first public hearing the joint ethics board […]
Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 1 p.m. — Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon in an accident at a construction site on Lincoln Way near Lincoln National Bank. According to witnesses, a worker fell when one of the roof trusses gave way. The Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County EMS were dispatched to the scene at […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 11 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council gave Mayor Bill Sheckles’ proposed $45.5 million 2014-15 budget a close examination during a 2-1/2-hour working session Tuesday in the council chambers on Xavier Drive. Many of the questions were based on a list Councilman […]
Anna Ruth Bryant, 93, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at her daughter’s home. She was born Aug. 14, 1920, in Taylorsville. She was a homemaker and member of Mill Creek Baptist Church where she served for more than 30 years as Vacation Bible School director, Sunday school teacher, and a member of the […]
Ella M. Sowder, 80, of Clearwater, Fla., died Monday, June 2, 2014, at her daughters home in Cox’s Creek. She was born May 18, 1935, in Bullitt County. For the past 33 years she was a resident of Clearwater, Fla., where she worked as a waitress/hostess. She was preceded in death by her husband, William […]
Patty Thompson Richie, 67, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 1, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 26, 1947, in Louisville. She was a graduate of University of Kentucky, a member the UK Alumni Association, Delta Gamma Society, and a supporter of the Humane Society. She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis […]
NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 2 p.m. — The family of Kathy and Samantha Netherland have designed a bracelet in their honor. The bracelets will be sold to fund a scholarship in Samantha’s honor. The family’s goal is to award a yearly scholarship to a Bardstown High School […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 3 p.m. — Nelson Fiscal Court approved final reading of its $22.4 million 2014-15 budget at its meeting this morning. Magistrates closely reviewed the budget at the last meeting, and it passed Tuesday without additional discussion. INSPECTIONS EXPANDED. The court also gave […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 1:30 a.m. (UPDATED 8 A.M.) — A mobile home in Rogan’s Mobile Home Park was damaged early Tuesday morning by a fire of suspicious origin. At 12:06 a.m., Nelson County Dispatch sent the Bardstown Fire Department and Bardstown Police to a mobile home at […]
Monday, June 2, 2014, 11:45 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called out at 8:10 p.m. Monday night for a vehicle fire in the 100 block of Wickland Court. Firefighters arrived to find an SUV behind a residence with heavy flames coming from the engine compartment. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it could spread […]
