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AMC Networks channels goes dark on city cable TV as New Year arrives

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, 8 p.m. — The AMC cable channel will go dark at midnight on the Bardstown Cable TV system. A City of Bardstown press release issued Thursday afternoon states that the failure of negotiations with AMC Networks means the removal of AMC from the Expanded […]

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Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, KSP searching Thursday for wanted man

NC GAZETTE/ WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, 1:50 p.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office continues to respond Thursday afternoon to reports that a wanted man they say is armed and dangerous. Thursday night, the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office reported the suspect was reportedly seen earlier in area of the 2700 block […]

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Obituary: Marvin R. Hammond, 71, Bloomfield

Marvin R. Hammond, 71, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the late John Foree and Anna Pauline Hill Hammond. He was born April 2, 1944, in Middletown. He was a retired employee of Overnite Transportation and a farmer who loved woodworking. In addition to his […]

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Video: Bardstown City Council meeting, Dec. 29, 2015

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 – The Bardstown City Council met Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 after delaying its originally scheduled Dec 22 meeting one week.The council approved changes to the city’s alcohol ordinances, including permission for package liquor sales to begin at 6 a.m.; approved rate changes for the city […]

December 30th, 2015 | Posted in City Government,News,Politics,Video | Read More »

Six members of Troop 147 receive Eagle Scout rank at court of honor

  Community news Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, 10 p.m. — Six members of Boy Scott Troop 147 received their Eagle Scout rank at a special Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bardstown. Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy […]

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Obituary: Gilbert Leon Milburn, 77, Bardstown

Gilbert Leon Milburn, 77, of Bardstown, formerly of Springfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at his home. He was born April 4, 1938, in Springfield to the late William Haldeen and Gertrude Pendygraph Logue Milburn. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Emma Paige Milburn on July 10, 1984; one son, Gilbert Brady Milburn […]

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Obituary: Kenneth Roger Cunningham, 79, Lebanon Junction

Kenneth Roger Cunningham, 79, of Lebanon Junction, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at his home. He was a janitor for TAG Apparel Group. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank Roger Cunningham and Edna Earl Eddy Cunningham; four sisters, Doris Jean Collins, Shirley Massey, Caroline Conaster and Donna Faye Rafferty; and three brothers, […]

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Obituary: James Wood Hahn, 81, Bloomfield

James Wood Hahn, 81, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at his home. He was the son of the late Sam and Clara White Hahn and was born March 23, 1934 in Nelson County. He was a farmer and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a former member of the Nelson […]

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Obituary: Ruby Pearl Shewmaker, 87, Bardstown

Ruby Pearl Shewmaker, 87, of Bardstown, died Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center. She was born June 13, 1928, in Harrodsburg. She was a homemaker and a graduate of McAfee High School. She was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church, a part-time Wal-Mart greeter, and a Kentucky Colonel. She was preceded […]

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Auditor gives city’s finances clean bill of health, offers recommendations

  By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, 11:58 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council received good news Tuesday night from its auditor regarding the examination of the city’s 2014-15 budget. Linda Gray, of the Louisville-based Peercy & Gray, reviewed the audit with the council and told them her […]

December 30th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Business News,City Government,News,Politics | Read More »

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