Education News Monday, June 27, 2016, 9 a.m. — On Wednesday, June 22, the Spokes America — eight students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University — stopped to visit the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Springfield campus. Each summer the Spokes America team travels by bicycle across the U.S. to teach […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, June 26, 2016, 10 p.m. – Nelson Fiscal Court’s regular meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, included approval of raises for county employees; initial approval of changes to the process for DRB applications that meet all design standards; approved acceptance of state road money; and approved a FY […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, June 26, 2016, 10 p.m. – The Nelson County Schools Board of Education’s regular meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, included approval of the 2016-17 salary schedule; a report by the county schools foundation from its executive director; and approval of the district’s insurance providers. -30- Please […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, June 26, 2016, 10 p.m. – The Bardstown Board of Education’s regular meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, included approval of the 2016-17 salary schedule; a vote to move the alternative school from the former Coxs Creek Elementary School; and approval service contracts for special services. -30- […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public record. […]
(Updated 6/28/16) Thomas William Ballard, 81 of Bardstown, died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at his residence. He was born on Sept. 20, 1934, in Bardstown to the late Kelly and Rosaline Clark Ballard. He was a former employee of Barton Brands Distillery and of the Catholic faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, […]
(UPDATED 6/27/16) Dora Hahn, 95, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at her residence. She was the former Dora Bishop, born Dec. 19, 1920, in Spencer County to the late Pope and Ada Goodlett Bishop. She was a buyer for Jefferson Dry Goods and a clerk for the former Bloomfield Dollar Store. She was […]
Joseph Leslie “Junior” Bartley Jr., 76, died Friday June 24, 2016, at his residence. He was born Feb. 17, 1940, in Nelson County. He was a retired construction worker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lori Ann Bartley Keeling; his parents, Joseph Leslie Bartley Sr. […]
Catherine Boswell Spalding, 98, formerly of Lebanon Hill, Springfield, died at 9:38 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Masonic Home in Louisville. She is survived by five daughters, Peggy Noel (Allen) and Dottie Mullins (Marshall), both of Springfield, Joyce Vessels (Owen) of Georgetown, Texas, Mary Spalding of Danville and Phyllis O’Daniel of Louisville; 12 […]
Martha Ann Drake, 73, of Bloomfield, died Friday, June 24, 2016, at Baptist Health of Louisville. She was born Oct. 24, 1942, in Nelson County to the late John Clayton and Lula Mae Greer Drake. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fairmount Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was […]
