By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, 4 p.m. — The Bardstown City Schools held a very special ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Oct. 21, to celebrate the opening of the Bardstown City Schools Health Clinic. The event celebrated the school district’s new clinic and honored the tenacity of […]
Joseph Kenneth “Bishop” Mattingly, 78, of New Hope, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at his residence. He was born June 5, 1938, in New Hope. He was a farmer and a retired employee of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown. He was an outdoorsman whose life revolved around his grandkids and his dog, “Tiny.” He was […]
Alberta Hedden, 97, of Fairfield, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. at Bluegrass Assisted Living in Bardstown. She was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Nelson County to the late James Corbett and Maggie Rae Morrow Hardin. She was a retired teacher and bookkeeper, and a member of the Little Union Baptist Church where she was a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, 2 p.m. — A former Bardstown High School substitute teacher was indicted Wednesday on rape charges stemming from allegations she had sex with one or more of her students. Lindsey R. Call, 39, of Bardstown was indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, 9 p.m. — One person was injured Thursday evening in a single-vehicle accident on High Grove Road about a quarter of a mile from the intersection of US31E and KY48. Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Fire Department were dispatched at 8:41 p.m. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT A former teacher that worked in the Bardstown City Schools system and local parochial schools was indicted Wednesday by a Nelson County Grand Jury on a sexual abuse charge. Charles L. “Buddy” Dickerson, 73, of Bardstown, was indicted Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, on one charge of first-degree sexual […]
Deborah Sue Nalley, 57, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Jackson, Tenn. She was born June 15, 1959, in Joplin, Mo. to the late John Henry and LaWanda Lucille Sanders Jenkins. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Robert “Bob” Nalley of Holladay, Tenn.; one daughter, Christie […]
Amy Marie DeMar Lugo, 37, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at her residence. She was born September 15, 1979 in Louisville. She was employed by Flaget Memorial Hospital and Dollar General Store. She is survived by her children, Jacob Andrew DeMar, Christian Antonio Lugo and Ayden Tyler DeMar, all of Bardstown; her parents, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, 8 p.m. — Following his appearance on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show Wednesday morning, Mayor John Royalty said that in the wake of the “Trailergate” incident, he has issued a verbal reprimand to acting police chief Capt. McKenzie Mattingly. Royalty said […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 — Mayor John Royalty will be the studio guest today on “Bradford & Brooks” this morning from 11 to noon on WBRT 1320 AM, 97.1 FM. We’ll be discussing a variety of topics, and get the mayor’s thoughts on last night’s city council candidate […]
