By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, 11:30 p.m. — Fans of AMC’s “Walking Dead” are likely to miss seeing all of the series’ mid-season marathon if the channel goes dark at midnight Thursday as anticipated. Jeff Mills, city electrical engineer, told the Bardstown City Council Tuesday […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, 11:30 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council approved Tuesday night Mayor John Royalty’s appointments to the new Code Enforcement Board. The new appointments include: Margaret Sims (1 year term); Scott Frink and Ann Rosalie Ballard (2 year terms); and Theresa Maddox and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council voted against accepting an amended budget submitted by the E-911 Dispatch Board at the council’s meeting Tuesday night. However, the amended budget the council rejected was not the latest version submitted by the joint city-county […]
Dear Dave, I work in IT, and I recently learned that I’ll be losing my $88,000 a year job at the end of February. We’re debt-free, except for our home, and we have a full emergency fund in place. The problem is we just cash-flowed one daughter’s wedding, and we’ll be paying for another daughter’s […]
Belinda Burk, 64, of Boston, died Monday, December 28, 2015 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born Oct. 21, 1951, in Louisville. She was a homemaker and a member of First General Baptist Church in Shepherdsville. She was preceded in death by her son, Walter LeRoy Burk Jr.; and her parents, Tommie and Alma […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public record. […]
Ann Henry Shetler, 76, of Bloomfield, died Friday Dec. 25, 2015, at University Hospital in Louisville. So many friends and former students have remained close and shared treasured moments throughout her life from her days teaching in Nelson County Schools, performing in The Stephen Foster Story, directing The Hanging of the Greens at Bardstown’s St. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, 10:30 p.m. — The dispute between the E-911 Dispatch Board and the City of Bardstown over the board’s finances and payroll services is heading to the resolution: The board voted at a special meeting Monday to hire Hibbs & Associates CPAs […]
Anna “Melissa” Greenwell, 94, formerly of Bardstown, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. at the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx with her family by her side. She was born Aug. 17, 1921, in Bardstown to the late Bernard and Mary Alice Ball Hutchins and she was the last of their children. She and her late husband Ernest […]
Barbara Jean Hill, 64, of Bardstown, died Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born April 20, 1951, in Mannsville. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Billy Hill of Bardstown; one son, Billy (Rae) Hill Jr. of Shepherdsville; two daughters, Kimberly (Keith) Howard of Lexington and Stacey Barnes […]
