By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 5, 2017 — It was an enchanted evening of fine wines for locals and out-of-towners to sip and savor for charity. The 42nd annual Wine and Cheese Tasting Festival, presented by The Bardstown Rotary Club, was held Saturday night in a new […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, June 5, 2017, 8:15 a.m. (Updated 9:48 a.m.) — The Kentucky State Police say the man who led police on a two-hour police chase that began in Louisville and ended early Monday morning in Bardstown is dead. WDRB reports that the man was shot and killed by police […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, June 4, 2017 — The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s 225th birthday was toasted Thursday, June 1st in an appropriate style with the appropriate beverage — the commemorative 1792 Small Batch Bourbon for The Commonwealth produced here in Bardstown by the Barton 1792 Distillery. Elected officials, tourism representatives, […]
Deborah Lynn Phelps, 54, of Boston, died Friday, June 2, 2017, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was an employee of Kindred Hospital as a tax accountant. She was a native of Schenectady, N.Y., and was a member of Boston Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Henry David Thompson. She is survived […]
James T. “Jim” Hicks, 81, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born Aug. 4, 1935, in Fairfield. He was owner of Settles Home Supply since 1970, and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of KYANA Car Club of America, and the Bardstown Baptist Church. He […]
Dan A. Handloser Jr., 60, of Bardstown, died Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Baptist Health in Louisville. He was born Aug. 10, 1956, in Huntington, West Va. He worked for Nelson County Schools and was a member of The Peoples Church. He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary T. Handloser; and one brother-in-law, […]
Mary Ellen Jarboe, 93, of Bardstown, died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at her residence. She was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Springfield. She grew up in Lebanon and was a graduate of St. Charles High School. Before becoming a homemaker, she worked in Louisville in the cafeteria of St. Joseph Hospital and the Louisville Cement […]
Frances Mae Osbourne Peterson, 83, of Loretto, died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Louisville. She was born Dec. 30, 1933, in Washington County. She was a dedicated caregiver at Loretto Motherhouse for many years and also volunteered at Springview Hospital in Lebanon. She was an active member of St. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, June 4, 2017, 2 p.m. — A Beechwood Avenue home was heavily damaged by a fire reported at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning. The Bardstown Fire Department, police and Nelson County EMS were dispatched to the home at 727 Beechwood for a fire that was believed to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, June 4, 2017, 1 p.m. — Nelson County EMS responded Saturday evening June 3 for a report of a man injured after being struck by a rake. EMS and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at about 10:44 p.m. to the Copperfields subdivision after receiving a call of a […]
