Community news Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 — A group of chess fans — formerly the Nelson County Chess Club — will meet to play chess at The Caddy Shack, 829 Loretto Road, on the third Tuesday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. For more information contact Amy Nunn (270) 763-3776 or amynunn222@gmail.com. Please follow […]
Victor John Fister, 78, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, at University of Louisville Hospital. He was born Aug. 17, 1937, in Lexington to the late Victor Edward and Mary McHugh Fister. He was a graduate of St. Joseph Preparatory School and Bellarmine University. He was a retired employee for the Spencer County Board […]
Community news Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 — The Bloomfield United Methodist Church will host Chat ‘n’ Chew, a Christian Men’s Fellowship Breakfast, at 8:30 a.m. Saturday Feb. 27. The featured speaker is Bardstown Police Officer Mckenzie Mattingly, who will be sharing the story of his Christian walk. All men are invited to attend this event […]
Forrest James Morris, 82, of Chaplin, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1933, in Chaplin. He is the son of the late W.L. Morris and the late Francis Terrell Morris. He was a 1952 graduate of Bloomfield High School. He taught junior high school in Marion County and […]
William Patrick Riggs, 78, of Boston, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, at his home. He was retired from General Electric and a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Riggs; his parents, William Virgil and Mary Susanna Smith Riggs; three sisters, Edna Rose Wilcoxson, Marion Roby […]
Anna Bell Smith, 95, of Lebanon, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at the Village of Lebanon. She was born Sept. 9, 1920, in Richmond. She was the owner and operator of Bob Dot Beauty Shop and a member of the Monday Study Club, Seekers in Mission Circle, Thursday and the Friday Bridge Club. She was […]
Hubert Norris Brady Sr., 84 of St. Joe, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at his residence. He was born Dec. 17, 1931, in St. Joe. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired mechanic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Patrick and Mary Josephine Morris Brady; two sisters, Borgie Lee and […]
By JIMMY HIGDON 14th District State Senator Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 9 p.m. — The seventh week of the 2016 General Assembly marked the halfway point of the 60-day session. It saw the passage of an education measure to reevaluate, and possibly change, Kentucky’s academic standards in classrooms and assessments of what public school students […]
Community news Friday, Feb 19, 2016 — The Bardstown-Nelson County Commission on Human Rights will meet at noon on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Nelson County Public Library. Meetings are open to the public. For more information, emailNelsonCoHumanRights@gmail.com -30- Please follow and like us:
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul visited Bardstown Friday as part of his weeklong town hall tour of eastern and central Kentucky. Paul took time at his meeting Friday to update constituents on a number of matters, including his thoughts […]
