Tassie Elvina Tungate Nelson Peake, 72, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born March 1, 1942, in Marion County. She was a homemaker, and was married March 21, 1975, at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was preceded in death by two daughters, Ida Jean Barnes and […]
Effie Hill, 93, of Chaplin, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at her home. She was born Oct. 8, 1921, in Washington County to the late Fletcher and Margaret Hamilton Carrico. She was a former employee of Cowden Manufacturing in Springfield, a homemaker, a Kentucky Colonel, and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She was […]
By DAVID FLOYD 50th State Representative Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 10 a.m. — The message he left was not very friendly. He’d been drinking heavily and (as one tends to do who’s had too much to drink) used colorful language to express himself. He was angry that I hadn’t passed a law to permit a process […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — A vote Tuesday night by the Bardstown City Council will allow the city’s cable TV system to continue its steady expansion across unserved portions of Nelson County. The council approved a bid of $115,897.72 from the Tennessee-based Jason C. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, 10 p.m. — The group of concerned citizens critical of Bardstown Mayor John Royalty at the Jan. 27 city council meeting returned Tuesday night to ask the mayor more questions — but were unable to do so. As the meeting started, Councilman […]
Margaret Elizabeth Hardin, 85, of Bardstown, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at her home. She was born Oct. 4, 1929, in Washington County and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Huston Hardin; one son, William Dale Hardin; and her parents, Raymond and Frances Walls. She is survived by two daughters, […]
By SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL & RAND PAUL Editor’s note: This opinion piece first appeared in the Sunday, Feb.8, 2015 edition of the Bowling Green Daily News. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, 5 p.m. — Union membership may be in decline across America, but here in the Bluegrass State, unions still have the power to force workers […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, 11 a.m. — A Botland woman was arrested Friday by Bardstown Police and accused of forging checks stolen from an elderly woman she worked for as an in-home aide. Leslie Ann Johnson, 47, was charged with receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking, knowingly […]
Lester Ray “Bo” Greenwell, 44, of Magnolia, formerly of New Haven, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was born Aug. 31, 1970, in Bardstown. He was a farm hand for Mike Newton Farms and was a member of the Catholic faith. He was preceded in death by his mother, […]
James Henry Tonge, 63, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was a native Washington County and a retired employee for the City of Bardstown. He was a member of St. Monica Catholic Church but had been attending the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness at Bardstown. He was […]
