NC Gazette / WBRT Radio STAFF REPORT Friday, June 16, 2017, 10 p.m. — The Bardstown Police Department is advising local businesses and residents to take a second look at paper money you may receive as payment. According to Bardstown Police Chief Steve Uram, the BPD is currently investigating counterfeit $50 bills being passed at […]
Theodore Downs, 89, of Bardstown, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Signature Healthcare at Colonial Rehabilitation and Wellness. He was born Sept. 29, 1927, in Nelson County. He retired from Jim Beam Distillery and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Wallace and Luella Downs; […]
Cheryl Marie Mattingly Johnson, 87, of New Haven, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Kindred Hospital in Louisville. She was a member of First Baptist Church of New Haven. She retired from Howard’s General Store in New Haven after 35 years of service. She was also an Avon representative who loved visiting her customers for […]
Robert Nolan “Bob” Myers, 78, of Lebanon, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Bardstown Health and Rehab Center. He was born Dec. 22, 1938, in Lebanon. He was a Ph. D counseling psychologist. He entered the Benedictine monastery at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana at the age of 15 and lived the life as a […]
Mary “Teresa” Cecil, 96, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Windsor Gardens Continuing Care Community. She was born in Bardstown Oct. 7, 1920. She was a pioneering career woman and the first female licensed pilot in Nelson County. She was a member of The Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots. She flew […]
Randall Paul “Randy” Pinkston, 44, of New Haven, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at his home with his family by his side. He was a teacher for both Nelson and Hardin Counties, a coach of both boys and girls basketball at St. Catherine School, New Haven Youth Baseball, and Thomas Nelson Golf Team. He also […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 13, 2017 — The Bardstown City Council mostly completed its department-by-department review of the proposed 2017-18 city budget at back-to-back meetings Tuesday evening. The council met for an hour prior to its regularly 7 p.m. meeting to continue the scrutiny of the proposed […]
Community news Tuesday, June 13, 2017 — The annual Fairfield Homecoming, Saturday, June 24, 2017, features a long list of activities and entertainment for the entire family. The events include: – yard sales throughout town beginning at 8 a.m. that Saturday. – Historic displays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in City Hall and the […]
Dear Dave, How do you know when you should file an insurance claim on a homeowner’s issue, versus just dealing with it and paying cash? Ben Dear Ben, Basically, it’s when you begin to feel the pain financially. Let’s say you have a $1,000 deductible on your homeowner’s policy. If you have an $1,100 issue, […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 12, 2017, 11:40 p.m. — Another summer in The Bourbon Capital of the World means another season of Kentucky’s Official Outdoor Musical. The 59th season of “The Stephen Foster Story” began Saturday night at The J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre. Before it was lights up […]
