Charles David McCauley, 69, of New Hope, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. He was born June 27, 1946, in Raywick. He was a former employee of Jim Beam Brands in Clermont where he worked for 37 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam era; […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, 11 a.m. — At a City Hall press conference Friday morning, Bardstown Mayor John Royalty met with the media to discuss his decision to terminate Fire Chief Marlin Howard on Wednesday. Last week, Howard asked to be moved from fire chief to […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — A discussion about a new federal requirement to measure the equitable distribution of effective classroom teachers prompted the Nelson County board of education to turn their discussion to its collective concern over low test scores at the New Haven […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 10 p.m. — Ensuring every student in every county school has access to quality teachers is the goal of a new accountability measure the Nelson County Schools will be tracking starting this year. The new measure is part of the […]
NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 2 p.m. — A Washington County man was indicted Wednesday by a Nelson County grand jury on charges of sexual relations with a relative. Samuel D. Longacre, 26, of Springfield, faces charges of incest, third-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and being a persistent […]
James Michael “Mike” Blanford, 61, of Hodgenville, formerly of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at his home in Hodgenvile. He was a sales manager for Michel Tire with several years of service. He was a Christian by faith and loved the Lord. He was born Jan. 13, 1954, the son of the late Hayden […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 11:59 a.m. — A former employee of The Old Talbott Tavern, 107 W. Stephen Foster Ave., was indicted Wednesday for stealing from the restaurant, bar, and bed-and-breakfast’s customers. Tiffany G. Thompson, 29, of Bardstown, was indicted on 27 counts of first-degree unlawful access to […]
Melissa Dawn Griggs Kidwell, 28, of Leitchfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was a homemaker and mother of six who deeply loved her family. She was born June 13, 1982, the daughter of the late Jeff Trujello and Sharon Pettit Trujello Griggs. She was a member of McGrew […]
Jo Ann Cornett, 62, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at her home. She was born June 10, 1953, in Elizabethtown to the late Joseph Glennon and Mary Beatrice Rowe Tucker. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, and mother. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Pat Tucker. […]
NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — A 72-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after she developed chest pains after crashing her car into a wall at Michel Tires Plus, 96 West John Rowan. Bardstown Police, Bardstown Fire and Nelson County EMS responded to […]
