NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 8:30 p.m. — Franklin Hibbs III filed Thursday to keep his seat on the Bardstown Independent Schools board of education. Hibbs, 56, is a resident of North Fourth Street and an incumbent board member who occupies one of the two at-large seats on the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 8 p.m. — Former Bardstown City Councilman Joe Buckman is seeking to return to the six-member council. Buckman, 65, is a resident of West Broadway who filed his candidacy paperwork late Thursday afternoon at the Nelson County Clerk’s office. Buckman previously served two two-year […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 7 p.m. — Kathy Hurst Settles has filed her candidacy paperwork Thursday to seek one of the four Nelson County Soil Conservation district supervisor seats that will be on the November ballot. Settles, 60, is a resident of Ben Irvin Road Soil conservation supervisors […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, 5 p.m. – The Bardstown City Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on Aug. 2, 2016 to set the initial school tax rate for 2016. A motion to set the rate to create a 3 percent revenue increase (rather than 4 percent) fails. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016 — Councilman Bobby Simpson announced Thursday morning that he would not run again for a seat on the Bardstown City Council. “After a lot of thought and consideration, I have decided not to run in the upcoming election,” Simpson said in his statement. “I […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Education news Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016 — Bardstown resident Roger Marcum was recently honored for his work as an education leader by the board of directors of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators. Marcum was presented with the William T. Nallia Award for his work as an educational leader […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, 11 p.m. — Faced with the continued depletion of the City of Bardstown utility reserves by using that money to balance the city general fund, the Bardstown City Council discussed the what action it should consider taking at its working session Tuesday […]
Timothy Neal “Tim” Houk, 59, of Sonora, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at his residence. He was a self-employed salesman. He was a member of the Sonora Baptist Church in Sonora. He was born Dec. 24, 1956, the son of Charles Thomas “Tod” Houk and Georgia Mae Cardin Dougherty. He was preceded in death by […]
Cynthia Ann Skaggs Carter, 79, of Hodgenville, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at her home. She was a graduate of the Sullivan Business College in Louisville. She was a 50-plus year member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. she was a retired civil service […]
Roswitha Helga Nalley, 75, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 4, 1940, in Berlin, Germany, and was a former Walmart greeter. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Manuela Viens. She is survived by two sons, Patrik Viens of Bardstown and Maurice (Tracye) Nalley of […]
