NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, May 22, 2017, 11:55 a.m. — Barton 1792 Distillery and Sazerac recently donated $5,000 to Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland. Gary Miles, Executive Director, accepted on behalf of the regional food bank. Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland serves Nelson County by providing emergency relief food assistance to individuals […]
Community news Monday, May 22, 2017 — A ceremony to dedicate the new World War II monument that honors the soldiers from Nelson County who gave their lives fighting for our freedom is set for 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25, 2017, outside the Old Courthouse. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, May 20, 2017 – The Nelson County Board of Education’s meeting on Tuesday evening May 16 featured nine people who took time to address the board about discipline problems at OKH Middle School and at other schools in the district. Running time: About 30 minutes. -30- Please […]
Oscar Garcia Villanueva, 90, of Radcliff, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. He was at home at the time of his passing. He was born April 16, 1927, in Mercedes, Texas, to Eleuterio Villanueva and the former Guadalupe Garcia. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran of World War II who […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, May 20, 2017, 2 p.m. — U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has agreed to support amending the Medicaid Nonemergency Transportation Bill (HR 1394) that would have allowed states to eliminate Medicaid reimbursement coverage for non-emergency patient transportation. The Kentucky Ambulance Provider’s Association (KAPA) met in Washington last […]
Walton Lee “Wally” Sparks, 55, of Hodgenville, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at his residence. He was a 911 Dispatcher for LaRue County. He was chief of the Hodgenville Fire Department and a member of the LaRue County Fire Department. He was a member of the Hodgenville Methodist Church, B. R. Young Lodge #132 F&AM […]
Cecilia Sue Thompson, 87, of Louisville, formerly of Holy Cross, died Friday, May 19, 2017, at Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was born May 16, 1930, in Marion County. She formerly worked as a teller at the Bank of Loretto and as a bookkeeper for Loretto Hardware. She was a member of St. Athanasius Catholic […]
John Sidney Keene, 61, of Bardstown, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born April 28, 1956, in Bardstown to the late Thomas Franklin and Grace Hagan Keene. He was the former owner/operator of the old Keene’s Beverage Depot. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a member of St. Joseph Catholic […]
Hattie Thompson Clements, 100, returned to her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 19, 2017 at her residence. She was born Jan. 26, 1917, in Nelson County on the Thompson farm to the late William Leo and Harriet Cambron Thompson. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a friend to all who met her. She […]
Barbara Ann Downs, 81, of New Haven, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center. She was born Dec. 17, 1935, in Bardstown. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jimmy and Evelyn Wilmouth. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Joseph Edmund […]
