By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor John Royalty removed a Facebook post Friday from his personal social media page that included an allegation that Kecia Copeland made an insensitive statement regarding the 2013 murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis at her workplace months […]
LRC Public Information Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, 10 p.m. — The Kentucky General Assembly crossed another mile marker this week by reaching the deadline for the introduction of new bills in the House of Representatives. The Senate crossed a similar deadline on Feb. 13. With these two deadlines in the rear-view mirror, Kentuckians now have […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, 9 p.m. — Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen will visit Bardstown at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015, for the official announcement that Itsuwa KY, LLC, a new Japanese automotive manufacturer, will locate a plant in Bardstown that will create 43 jobs. The announcement will […]
James Ray “Petie” Allen, Jr, 55, of Lebanon, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at University of Louisville Hospital. He was born July 13, 1959, in Lebanon. He was preceded in death by his father, James Ray Allen, Sr. Survivors include his mother, Edna Mae Wayne Allen of Lebanon; one daughter, Megan Ann Allen of Lebanon; […]
Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 — Hundreds of education advocates and generous hearts will come together on Saturday, March 7 to celebrate more than 40 years of child education at St. Jospeh Montessori Children’s Center. The 7th annual Celebration for Education “Boots and Bling” gala and auction is 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at the Blue […]
To the editor, President Franklin Roosevelt and civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. repeatedly warned us about these false slogans like “Right to Work”. They knew then that this type of legislation did not offer any rights or work, and was only designed to lower wages while taking away our rights in the […]
Teresa Carol Tipton, 61, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at her home. She was born Jan. 4, 1954, in Nelson County to Ernest and Almeda Trent Mitchell. She was a former employee of the Budd Company in Shelbyville and I.P.C. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her […]
Ann Louise Newton, 59, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was born Sept. 7, 1955, in Louisville to the late Joseph Clarence and Katie Louise Yates Wills. She was an employee of Mitsuba of Bardstown. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Roger […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, 12:30 p.m. — Electrical power was lost Wednesday night at about 11 p.m. in the area of Bardstown between Templin Avenue and West John Rowan — including the Chambers Boulevard and Lincoln Way areas. The outage darkened traffic lights and businesses in the affected […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — A Hubbards Lane garage with lawn mowing equipment and mower fuel was a total loss Wednesday night in a structure fire reported at 8:50 p.m. The Bardstown Fire Department, Nelson County EMS and police responded to the alarm in the 200 […]
