Norma Lou Metcalfe Ball Ballard, 88, of Culvertown, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. She was a Catholic by faith. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and a member of the Culvertown Senior Citizens. She was a retired employee of Jim Beam Distillery. She was […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 11:45 p.m. — More than 100 people packed into the Great Hall at My Old Kentucky Home State Park for the Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner. After a catered meal featuring prime rib and fried chicken, chamber members turned […]
By Kentuckians for Entrepreneurs and Growth (KEG) Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 — Local jobs, family businesses and consumer choice are on the line here in Kentucky. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Kentucky’s legislature returns to debate a host of important topics including House Bill 168 introduced by Speaker Greg Stumbo. It is an act that will […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 2 p.m. – Legally challenging the validity of local right-to-work laws passed by Kentucky counties seems the only viable option for labor-union officials concerned about losing money and members if individual workers gain the freedom to say “no” to union dues without […]
Stacy Jo Lawson, 30, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1984, in Marion County. She was a student attending Elizabethtown Community and Technical College where she studied criminal justice. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Jim Lawson and Jean Jones. She is […]
Martha Isabelle Hall, 99, of Bardstown, passed peacefully to her heavenly Father on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. She was born April 5, 1915, in Trappist to the late Henry Bernard and Annabelle Boone Hall. She was a resident of Colonial Health & Rehab Center for 27 years. She had a delightful, peaceful personality and was […]
Dear Editor: One of my first life lessons I can clearly recall, but before I tell you, let me say it was one of the most valuable lessons I ever learned at an early age. Some studies claim better than 50 percent of all we’ll ever know, we’ll learn by age 5. Studies show that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 2 p.m. — Three people were arrested Tuesday by the Kentucky State Police on manufacturing methamphetamine charges after an investigation prompted by a complaint by the Kentucky Department of Social Services. KSP troopers accompanied Social Services representatives Tuesday in a visit to a home […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 — A Danville man suspected of being one of two men involved in the armed kidnapping of a Kansas City, Mo., man on Jan. 22 was arrested in Lincoln County Tuesday after a vehicle and foot pursuit. The FBI confirmed that Robert “Robbie” Caldwell, […]
Hansford Cull Lanham, 92, of Fairdale, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. He was born Feb. 8, 1922, in Marion County. He was a retired employee of Gamble Brothers in Louisville and a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church in Fairdale. He served in the U.S. […]
