Eva Mae Smothers, 88, of Lebanon, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at Cedars of Lebanon. She was born Aug. 9, 1927 in Marion County. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Smothers; one daughter, Ruth Ann Hagy; one son, Gary Lee Smothers; her parents, Arthur and Eva Farmer Mattingly; one daughter, Hazel Tharp; […]
Francis Jerome “Frank” Flanagan Sr., 76, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, at his residence. He was born Jan. 8, 1940, in Marion County. He was a retired farmer and a retired employee of AKZO Noble in Louisville. He was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his […]
Norma Jean Estes Holcomb, 77, of Boston, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was born Oct. 3, 1938, in Lancaster. She was a member of Youngers Creek Baptist Church, where she served as WMU Director for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe C. Holcomb; […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, 8 a.m. — The hosts of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” program will be taking your phone calls today from 11 to noon on all matters political while we talk about state, local and national politics. Hosts Margie Bradford and Jim Brooks will go on the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, 11:30 p.m. — Bardstown Fire Chief Randy Walker was sworn-in at the start of Tuesday’s meeting of the Bardstown City Council. Walker told the council that he is working on plans to further reduce the city’s ISO fire rating, which is used […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, 11:45 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council approved a draft of new interlocal agreement that governs the roles the city and county governments have in the city-county E-911 dispatch center and its board — including recommendations of how to best fund the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, 5:30 p.m. — State Rep. David Floyd will face opposition in both the May primary and the November General Election this year. In the May primary, Floyd will face off against Republican Chad McCoy, who filed today as a Republican candidate for state representative […]
Community news Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 — The community meeting on homelessness in Nelson County has been moved to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in the SCN Conference Room on the second floor of the SCN Medical Building next to Flaget Hospital. The meeting is is a follow-up to the meeting regarding poverty sponsored […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, 1:34 a.m. — Town & Country Bank & Trust Co. has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM). Town & Country is one of 36 […]
By DAVID FLOYD 50th State Representative Monday, Jan. 25, 2015, 10:01 a.m. — Your General Assembly is three weeks into this year’s 60-day session, but “three weeks” is a little misleading. Weekends don’t count against the number of days, so we’ve had only 12 legislative days so far; one weekday we were out for a federal holiday […]
