Mary Georgia Bradley, 88, of Bardstown, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Windsor Gardens. She was born July 23, 1927, in Bardstown. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Marks Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John William “Jack” Bradley; one daughter, Diane Bradley Johnson; her parents, Palmer and Nora […]
Georgia Bell Livers, 88, of Bardstown, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at her daughter’s residence. She was the former Georgia Bell Allen who was born March 14, 1927, in Bloomfield to the late Charles and Susie Bell Davis Allen. She was a homemaker and a member of Bloomfield Second Baptist Church. Along with her parents, […]
Robert Edward “Boy” Conner, 59, of Clarksville, Tenn., died Thursday Feb. 11, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 24, 1956, in Bardstown. He retired from the U. S. Army and Trane – Ingersol Rand. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, American Legion Abraham Lincoln Post 167, and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, 4 p.m. — NFL football legend Lou Palatella and his wife Marci Palatella are bringing the Bourbon Capital of the World its first craft bourbon and whiskey distillery. After his pro football days as a San Francisco 49’er, Lou Palatella has had […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 (Corrects photo caption with correct time and date) — Bardstown is one of the final stops of Sen. Rand Paul’s series of town hall meetings that will have him crisscrossing the state beginning Tuesday in south central Kentucky/ The Bardstown town hall […]
Dr. Edmond Sims Hall, 77, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 20, 1938, in Troy, Ala. to the late Leon Edward and Carolyn Sewell Hall. He graduated from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 where he was a member of Omega Tau Sigma Fraternity. […]
By JIMMY HIGDON 14th District State Senator Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, 1 p.m. — Hollywood stars, national organizations and winter weather greeted the Kentucky General Assembly during week six of the 2016 Session. With many guests, packed committee meetings, and energetic rallies, it was another exciting week in Frankfort. The national organization Save The Children, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (Added photos, 1:45 p.m.) — A Bardstown man was arrested early Friday morning after he led police on a high-speed pursuit and evaded them on foot on a logging road near the Abby of Gethsemani. Christopher Bailey Crepps, 20, was […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 — Parts of Bardstown south of My Old Kentucky Home State Park along East Stephen Foster are under a boil water advisory due to a water main break Thursday. The advisory includes city water customers who live on Sylvan Drive, Demaree Drive and Beechwold Place; […]
By RICHARD NELSON Guest columnist The University of Louisville men’s basketball self-imposed ban on post-season play has rocked their basketball season and drawn the ire of Coach Rick Pitino who argues that heavy fines should be levied on coaches, the school—anybody but his ballplayers. It’s a compelling argument from U of L’s motivator-in-chief. But this […]
