NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 — Nine Elizabethtown Community and Technical students — including two from Nelson County — were awarded scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year through the college’s STEM Stars program. The STEM Stars program was introduced to recruit students with an ACT of 25 or higher […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, 12:41 a.m. — A Louisville man was indicted Wednesday by a Nelson Circuit Court grand jury for passing counterfeit $50 bills last month at several retail stores in Bardstown. Jad G. Farris, 33, was indicted on charges of possession of a forged […]
Editor’s Note: The indictment of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 – The following people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. They are scheduled for arraignment Thursday, Dec. 18, […]
Jack M. Wheeler, 57, of Boston, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at his home a long illness. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a Catholic by faith and a welder with Kentucky Trailers in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his father, William Robert Wheeler Sr.; and one sister […]
Robert Tilden “Bobby” Hourigan, 77, of Lebanon, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Spring View Hospital. He was born Jan. 1, 1937, in Marion County. He was a retired member of International Union of Operating Engines 181 for 46 years and was a part-time farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tilden and […]
Ruby Faulkner O’Bryan, 86, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at her home. She was born Aug. 25, 1928, in Springfield. She taught school at New Hope, Culvertown, Boston, Bloomfield, Bardstown and Elizabethtown. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Arthur and Mary Nellie Green Faulkner; one brother, Theodore Faulkner; and two […]
Joseph Ronald “Joey” Lyvers Jr., 47, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at University of Louisville Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 1967, in Marion County to Joseph R. and Diane Thompson Lyvers Sr. He was an employee of David Newton Construction. He loved NASCAR and rooting for the No. 2 Miller Lite car. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 8:55 p.m. — Nelson County Schools need to do a better job of promoting themselves to parents and potential students. That was the message Frank Hall, the outgoing chairman of the Nelson County Board of Education, had for his fellow board members […]
Laurita Mattingly Ballard, 88, of Louisville, formerly of Holy Cross, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Norton Suburban Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1926, in Holy Cross to the late Albert Sydney and Gertrude Clayton Medley. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William Lawrence Mattingly; her second husband, Francis Augustine Ballard; […]
Marie Louise Clayton Simms, 95, of Louisville, formerly of Loretto, died on Dec. 2, 2014, at Seneca Place. She was born March 12,1919, in Holy Cross to Allen Eugene and Katherine Coy Clayton. She married Cyril Simms and they lived in the small farming community of Manton until Cyril died at the early age of […]
