J.L. Ritchie, 78, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was born June 17, 1939, in Nelson County. He was a retired supervisor for the Nelson County School Bus Garage. He was a member of Mud-Dobber’s Four Wheeler Club, and a lifetime member of Bardstown Baptist Church where he […]
Dixie Breeding, 98, of Cox’s Creek, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Baptist Health of Louisville. She was born April 5, 1919, in Van, Ky. She was a loving wife and mother, and enjoyed gardening and working with flowers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Breeding; her parents, Gus Adams and Arminda […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, July 17, 2017 — 11:30 a.m. A Bardstown single-family home was damaged by a fire Monday morning that was reported as smoke in the kitchen. The Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County EMS were dispatched at about 10:41 a.m. Monday to 173 Purcell Avenue for a report of […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, July 17, 2017 — “Can pension benefits be cut?” My answer to the reporter’s question may sound political but when it comes to Kentucky’s responsibility to its public servants, it’s nevertheless true: “It depends.” The commonwealth’s moral obligation to protect properly earned and funded pension benefits […]
Wilma Louise Etherton, 79, of Lebanon Junction, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Norton Audubon Hospital. She was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and a devoted homemaker. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Ice; her son, Raymond Etherton; her parents, Calvin and Nora Brown Rice; six sisters, Elizabeth Hickey, Dorothy Hefley, […]
Editor’s Note: The indictment of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Sunday, July 16, 2017, 11:45 p.m. — The following people were indicted by a Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. They are scheduled to be […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, July 16, 2017, 2:45 a.m. — Six people — mostly juveniles — were injured late Saturday night when a pickup truck being operated near the top of a knob plunged down an embankment. The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and Nelson County EMS were dispatched just before 11 […]
Kevin Bruce Snider Sr., 54, of Elizabethtown, died Saturday, July 15, 2017, at his home. He was a former mechanic for Southern Pipeline and a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lucille and Bernie Pierce, Roy E. Snider Sr. and Alfred and Alma Stotts; and one sister, […]
Community news Saturday, July 15, 2017 — Cox’s Station Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Nelson County Society of the Children of the American Revolution invite Boston residents or anyone interested in the proper way to clean and preserve gravestones to come to the Boston Community Center on Wednesday, July 19, […]
Rose Marie Mudd, 79, of Lebanon, died Friday, July 14, 2017, at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. She was born Jan. 23, 1938, in Marion County.She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and a former employee of Farmer’s National Bank, having worked at the bank 43 years. She was preceded in death by […]
