NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 3 p.m. — A large livestock barn owned by D. L. and Virginia Chowning was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon at a home on North Charity Heights in Nazareth Farms subdivision. The Nelson County Fire Department was dispatched to the area at 1:25 […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 1 p.m. — In a presentation to the Bardstown City Council’s safety committee Monday evening, Larry Green, the city’s human resources director, accused the E-911 Dispatch board of placing the needs of the county-owned EMS service over the needs of law enforcement […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 12:15 p.m. — Former Bardstown Mayor Bill Sheckles filed Tuesday morning as a candidate in the November election for Bardstown City Council. Sheckles is the ninth candidate and second former Bardstown mayor to file for one of the six seats on the Bardstown City […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, May 23, 2016 — A Bardstown man was arrested Sunday on auto theft charges following an investigation by the Bardstown Police Department. On Sunday, May 22, 2016, Bardstown Police were dispatched at 4:46 p.m. for the report of a black Dodge pickup truck that was reportedly stolen. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, May 23, 2016, 11 a.m. — Lucy Drive resident Franklin Thompson filed as a candidate for Bardstown City Council Monday morning at the Nelson County Clerk’s Office. Thompson, 70, is the seventh candidate to file for one of the six Bardstown City Council seats. The other candidates […]
By JIMMY HIGDON 14th District State Senator SEN. JIMMY HIGDON Monday, May 23, 2016 — This weekend we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for this great country. Originally referred to as “Decoration Day,” the holiday originated after the Civil War as Americans would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, May 22, 2016, 10 p.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that happened late Friday night at a residence on Lyddane Lane off Fairfield Road in the Cox’s Creek area. Nelson County EMS and police were dispatched at 11:44 p.m. Friday night for a […]
Joyce Eudora Hill-Bland, 61, of Louisville, died Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Atlanta. She was born July 28, 1954, in Danville to the late George Tyler Hill and late Bernice Harding Hill-Logan. Upon graduating from Shawnee High School in Louisville in 1972, Joyce attended Jefferson Community College where she obtained an associate’s degree in business. […]
Robert Dale Rogers, 53, of Marion County, died Friday, May 20, 2016. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mitzi Renee Rogers; and one son, Robert Dale Rogers Jr. Survivors include one daughter, Stephanie (Jason) Bright of Elk Horn; and his mother, Judy Whitehouse of Lebanon. The funeral is 2 p.m. Monday, May 23, […]
Johnny Ray Lee, 80, of Bardstown, died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Signature Home Care at Colonial Health and Rehab. He was born Jan. 20, 1936, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. to the late Michael and Gertrude Kelton Lee. He was a former employee of Mike’s Woodworking, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was […]
