Courtesy of DaveRamsey.com Saturday, May 21, 2016, 11 a.m. — You’ve dreamed of owning a home for as long as you can remember. But lately, your dream has been more like a driving force than a twinkling in the eye. Perhaps your friends are all buying homes and pressuring you to do the same. Or […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, May 20, 2016, 9 p.m. — Four additional candidates have filed for Bardstown City Council, with three of those candidates filing as a group on Friday afternoon. Former councilman and Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton, 62, a resident of Beechwold Place, former county attorney John S. Kelley […]
Dear Dave, My husband is a recovering heroin addict. He’s been clean for two years, but I still feel we shouldn’t keep cash in the house or give him unsupervised access to a bank account. He agrees with these precautions, even though he does need a little pocket money from time to time. We’ve also […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 20, 2016, 9 a.m. — “Let’s say this again for the umpteenth time: Don’t use taxpayer money on sports arenas.” Barry Petchesky of the hip sports site Deadspin.com offered that jewel while covering the decision by the American Hockey League’s Portland (Maine) Pirates to pack […]
Mary Aline Briggs, 92, formerly of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at the Loretto Motherhouse. She was born April 18, 1924, in Nelson County to the late David Edgar and Amy Susan Shipp Gilkey. She was a former clerk for Ice’s Produce and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where she was a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 10 p.m. — Bardstown Police are asking for the public’s help in located a male suspect in an alleged shoplifting incident Wednesday evening at the Bardstown Save A Lot store, 1500 E. John Rowan Blvd. At about 7 p.m., Bardstown Police responded to […]
Julian Lester “Crazy Red” Maupin, 92, of Mount Washington, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016. He was the owner of Crazy Red’s Bargain Outlet in Mount Washington for 45 years. He was a former Mason and a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a former firefighter with the Louisville Fire Department. He and his wife Lucille […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 8 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved the district’s tentative 2016-17 budget that assumes the district will receive a four percent property tax revenue increase over last fiscal year. The board reviewed the budget with Tim Hockensmith, the district’s […]
Neil Boblitt, 42, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at his residence. He was born July 22, 1973, in Bardstown and was owner of Twin Star Communications. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Bobby Boblitt; his maternal grandparents, J.C. and Marie Greenwell; and his father-in-law, Freddy Hagan of Holy Cross. His […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 4 p.m. – The Bardstown Board of Education voted to approve a partnership with Physicians to Children and Adolescents that will create an on-site health clinic at the city school campus. Dr. Lindsay Blackmon provided the board with a short presentation about the benefits and […]
