By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, 3 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education approved moving forward with plans to dispose of the former Cox’s Creek Elementary School building. The district has received approval by the Kentucky Department of Education to dispose of the building located at […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, 1 p.m. — Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts reported to Nelson Fiscal Court this morning the county has received $197,000 in emergency road funding to make repairs to both Green Chapel Road and Murphy Lane. Both roads were closed earlier this […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, 6 p.m. — A man believed to be in his late 30s was seriously injured Monday afternoon when he was struck and run over by a passenger vehicle in the area of Camptown Road and Redmon Court. Bardstown Police, Bardstown Fire and Nelson County […]
Francis Leroy Pile, 71, of Raywick, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at his residence. He was born Jan. 17, 1945, in Marion County. He was a retired employee of General Electric in Louisville, a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a member of St, Francis Xavier Catholic Church. He was preceded in death […]
Dear Dave, My husband and I own three commercial buildings in Boise, Idaho, that are leased out long-term. We owe about $500,000 on one and $400,000 on each of the others, and they earn $190,000. The only other debt we have is a small amount left on our mortgage. I know you don’t like debt, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 — One person was injured early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle accident near the 25 mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway. Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched at about 2:11 a.m. for a report of a car that left […]
Daniel M. Osburn, 74, of Birmingham, Ala., died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham. He was born Nov. 14, 1941, in Indianapolis. He was a 1959 graduate of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis and a 1969 graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He earned a master’s […]
Mary Helen McGee Riggs, 78, of Boston, was called home Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at her home. She was a member of Boston Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Patrick Riggs; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Riggs; her parents, Thomas Merritt and Katie Hughes McGee; and eight siblings. Survivors include two […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, 5 p.m. — Whenever I’m discussing computers with my 20-year-old son, I frequently am reminded of just how much technology has changed since I got my first personal computer — a Commodore C-64 in 1984. The decision to buy a computer […]
Sylvia Mae Brady, 77, of Louisville, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at her daughter’s residence. She was born Jan. 13, 1939, in Manton. She formerly worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant with St. Anthony Hospital in Louisville. She worked there 29 years until it closed. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic […]
