NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — The Kentucky State Police are searching for a Marion County jail inmate who walked away from a work detail about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Darrell W. Arrwood, 28, was working at the Springfield Recycling Center when he left the facility. Arrwood is […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 3:45 p.m. — Kathy Reed and Jennifer H. Shrewsbury, both sitting members of the Bardstown Independent Schools board of education, filed Friday afternoon for re-election. They join incumbent board member James R. Roby, who filed his candidacy paperwork June 6. Two members […]
Edna Hamilton, 89, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, at Nazareth Home in Louisville. She was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Bardstown to Thomas and Mary Edna Edelen Filiatreau. She was a 1942 graduate of the old Fredericktown High School. She was a loving homemaker and also worked at Spalding & Sons in Bardstown. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 11 a.m. — Retired Bardstown Police officer Bill Buckman threw his hat in the ring Friday morning as a candidate for Bardstown City Council. Buckman retired recently from active duty, and continues to work as a gunsmith for the Kentucky Gun Co. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 9 a.m. (UPDATED 11 a.m.) — Bardstown City Councilman John Royalty filed this morning to run for mayor of Bardstown. Royalty said he entered the race at the urging of other members of the council and many Bardstown residents. He also cited […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, 6:30 p.m. — Rhonda Hagan, mayor of the City of Bloomfield, filed her paperwork Wednesday to seek re-election. Hagan, a former Bloomfield council member, is completing her first term as mayor. She won by a landslide in 2010 over then-Mayor Ronnie Bobblett. […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, 5 p.m. – While Senate Bill 99 was left to languish on the precipice during this year’s General Assembly, the legislature instead agreed to issue $30 million of taxpayer-backed bonds with the stated goal of providing broadband access in eastern Kentucky to promote […]
Dora Jean Brady, 68, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at her home. She was born March 31, 1946, in Paintsville, and was self-employed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Marion Brady; and one sister, Barbara Faye VanHoose. Survivors include two daughters, Carmen (Barry) Snider of Bloomfield and Deidra (Joey) Hamilton […]
Obie Slater, 85, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at the Village of Lebanon. He was born March 24, 1929, in Mississippi. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Len and Nellie Braxton Slater. Survivors include one son, Todd Anderson of Lebanon; one daughter, […]
Timothy Robert Auch, 67, of Raywick, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Taylor County Regional Hospital in Campbellsville. He was born July 3, 1947, in Detroit. He was the owner and operator of Serenity Farms in Raywick where he raised Alpaca. He was a Kentucky Colonel and former Toyota executive. He was preceded in death […]
