Jack Reginald Allen Sr., 82, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Nov. 22, 1932, in Bardstown. He was a retired agency manager for Kentucky Farm Bureau for 51 years. He officiated and refereed for many sports. He was a charter member of Parkway Baptist Church. He […]
Carol Lynette Gowin, 70, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at Windsor Gardens of Bardstown. She was born June 30, 1945, in Bardstown to the late Carl and Sarah Brown Summers. She was retired from the Nelson County Board of Education. She was a member of Bardstown Baptist Church where she was a member […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, 10 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education gave the go-ahead for plans to expand the district’s Early Learning Center on Cardinal Drive. The project will double the number of classrooms from seven to 14, add a larger multipurpose room and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m. — As expected, the Bardstown Board of Education approved a tax increase at its meeting Tuesday, though the vote was not unanimous. Board member Andy Stone said that despite Superintendent Brent Holsclaw’s valid arguments in favor of the tax hike, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 — Meeting in regular session today, Nelson Fiscal Court voted to leave the county property tax rate unchanged at 14.3 cents per $100 value of assessed property value. Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts noted that if the court opted for a […]
Grace Brown Lyon, 98, of Loretto, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at The Village of Lebanon. She was born Jan. 11, 1917, in New Hope to Thomas Edward and Lillian Reid Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, William Henry Lyon; two sisters, Sr. Agnes Mary Brown, SCN and Nancy […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 — The Budweiser Live at the Park Concert Series continues this Friday night, Aug. 21 at 8 p.m. at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheater with “The Highwaymen Live,” a tribute to Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. The Highwaymen Live pay tribute to […]
By ELIJAH BROOKS & JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, 9 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education’s preliminary decision to consider a tax hike that will generate a 4 percent increase in revenue drew critical comments from the audience at Monday night’s public hearing. At a special meeting […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 — Twenty students from Nelson County have been named Sen. Jeff Green Scholars by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) in Frankfort. To earn this honor, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average each year of high school and at least […]
Mary Irene Wheatley Kays, 91, of Botland, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was the mother of 14 children, and a homemaker who loved cooking and feeding her family and friends. She enjoyed fishing whenever she had a chance to go, and would never throw anything back, […]
