NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, 5:30 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council met on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. The council debated the need to raise the city occupational tax, and was unable to agree on what action to take. The mayor conducted a swearing-in ceremony for the city’s newest police […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 — Nineteen students from Nelson County have been named Sen. Jeff Green Scholars by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). To earn this honor, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average each year of high school and at least a 28 […]
Mary K. Lemmons Parrett, 70, of New Haven, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. She was born Dec. 31, 1945, in Springfield, Ohio, to the late Joseph J. and Katherine Louise Krupp Lemmons. She received nursing degrees from both Clark State College and Wright State University. She worked as a registered nurse at Mercy Medical Center […]
Tyler Lewis Kays, 24, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. He was born Dec. 18, 1991, in Louisville. He was an employee for Bluegrass Chain and Supply and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Elmo and Mary Irene Kays. He is survived by his […]
Community news Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 — The next meeting of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees chapter meeting 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 in the community meeting room of the Nolin RECC building located at 411 Ring Road, Elizabethtown. This will be a regular monthly meeting. All active and retired federal employees […]
Community news Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 — Grab your golf clubs and mark the date for the 2016 Rev. Ken Blanton Memorial Golf Scramble on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at Cedar-Fil Golf Course. The event is a fundraiser for Bethany Haven, Nelson County’s only transitional housing for homeless families. The scramble begins at 9 a.m. […]
Joseph Virgil “JV” Hagan, 81, of New Hope, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. He was a retired construction worker, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a Catholic by faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Virgil Hagan Sr. and Mary Lillian O’Bryan Hagan; two sisters, Margaret Bryan and Evelyn Clayton; and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, 3:40 p.m. — A Botland man died early Sunday morning after the car he was driving caught on fire after it left the roadway and struck a stone gate post on US 150, the Springfield Road. According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Tyler […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, 3:50 a.m. — At least one person apparently died at the scene of a vehicle fire early Sunday morning on Springfield Road near the Botland community. At about 3 a.m., Nelson County Fire Department units and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched for […]
Travis Brian Peers, 47, of Raywick, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, at University of Louisville Hospital. He was born May 8, 1969, in Louisville. He was the manager of Norby’s in Lebanon. He was preceded in death by his mother, Jannetta Perkins Peers. Survivors include his father, Cecil Peers of Lebanon; his maternal grandmother, Joanna […]
