NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, April 10, 2017, 6 p.m. — Former Congressman Ben Chandler will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on Friday, April 21. The event, hosted by the Nelson County Democratic Woman’s Club and the Nelson County Democratic Executive Committee, will be held […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, April 10, 2017 — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul will be the keynote speaker at the 2017 Nelson County Lincoln Day Dinner is set for Thursday evening, April 20, 2017, at BJs Steakhouse, 201 Camptown Road, in Bardstown. Local and state Republican elected officials are invited to attend, and […]
Virginia Alene Skaggs Abell DeSpain, 92, of Hodgenville, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgenville with her family by her side. She was born Feb. 9, 1925, to the late Walter and Cora Howell Skaggs. She was a member of Ninth & O Baptist Church in Louisville. In addition to […]
By ANDY BESHEAR Commonwealth of Kentucky Attorney General April 10, 2017, 2 p.m. — The single greatest threat to Kentucky is our drug epidemic. The crisis is killing our family and friends – it is the main source of crime in our communities and it is preventing job and economic growth. This is the crisis […]
Community news Monday, March 13, 2017 — Bardstown Head Start will hold an open house for parents and families to visit and register their 3 or 4-year-old children from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017 and Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bardstown Head STart offers a free Monday-Thursday full-day pre-school for children who qualify. Children […]
Pamela Sue Gies, 68, of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the Loretto Motherhouse. She was born Aug. 11, 1948, in Louisville. She was a former sister for the Little Sisters of the Poor in Louisville and other cities, where she was also known as Sister Joseph Theresa Mary. She was […]
Delia “Dollie” Gabriela Torres, 67, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was born Oct. 17, 1949, in Santurce, Puerto Rico to the late Ismael and Carmen Tanon Campoamor. She was a homemaker and a member of the Chaplin Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Louie […]
Richard C. Masterson, 72, of New Haven, died Friday, April 7, 2017. He was a retired EMT serving both in Louisville and Nelson County. He was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church, and a U.S. Army Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Anna Mae Hall Masterson; and one daughter, […]
James Gary Hicks, 79, of Bardstown, (UPDATED April 10 9:45 A.M.) died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Colonial Health and Rehab. He was born April 15, 1937, in New Hope. He was retired from Salsman Construction and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by […]
Ruth Marie Etheredge, 89, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Colonial Health and Rehab. She was born March 17, 1928, during a snowstorm (as she loved to say with daffodils blooming) in Jeffersonville, Ind., to the late John Berry and Marie Deibel Guthrie. She was a graduate of Bardstown High School and attended […]
