By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 10 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval of the city’s $53.5 million budget for the new fiscal year starting Saturday, July 1, 2017. The council gave its initial approval Monday during a special noon meeting. Following Tuesday’s final […]
Cody Ray Nelson, 25, of Louisville formerly of Bardstown, died Friday, June 23, 2017, in Toledo, Ohio. He was born May 6, 1992, in Bardstown. He was a lawn specialist for True Green. He was a very special young man. He was saved by the blood of Jesus. Cody loved his mama and dad, sister […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 1 p.m. — A water main break in the Pottershop Road area has prompted the City of Bardstown to issue a boil water advisory for water customers at the following locations: Pottershop Loop, Pottershop Rd ending at 2749 Pottershop Road, including side streets such as […]
Lillian Abell Kidwell, 92, of East Grundy Avenue, Springfield, died at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 25, 2017, at her home. She was a native of Washington County. She was born June 3, 1925, to the late William Joseph “W.J.”and Nellie Rudd Smith. She was a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church, a graduate of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 27, 2017 –– Nelson Fiscal Court held its final meeting of the fiscal year to take care of year-end housekeeping and approve projects related to road paving and communications. The court quickly granted its approval of the final amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, June 26, 2017 — A Nelson County native was one of three people who perished in a head-on crash early Friday, June 23, 2017, in Sandusky County, Ohio. Cody Nelson, 25, was a native of Bardstown and a graduate of Nelson County High School. Nelson was one […]
James Bernard Smith, 89, formerly of Washington County, died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Frederick Health & Rehab in Frederick, Md. Survivors include seven daughters, Mary Carey of Springfield, Barbara Ann Thompson and Donna Jean Reed, both of Louisville, Judy Goodin of Lebanon, Kita Steinmetz of Jeffersonville, Ind., Theresa Lanning of Grand Rapids, Mich., and […]
John Henry Goatley, 79, of Bronx, N.Y., formerly of Washington County, died Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. He is survived by several nieces and nephews. The funeral is 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, at First Baptist Church in Springfield with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. Visitation […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 26, 2017, 3 p.m. — In a special-called noon meeting, the Bardstown City Council approved first reading of the proposed fiscal year 2017-18 budget. The city’s budget is $4.7 million higher than last year’s budget, and for the first time, the city’s overall budget […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, June 24, 2017 — A store in the heart of downtown Bardstown is worming its way to a new name, and has added an addition to fit in its thread. Wooly Worm is becoming The Tea Cozy Yarn Studio. And, the first Thursday Teas and […]
