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By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 — This edition of “Liberty Boosters and Busters” is brought to you by reasonable Kentuckians who reject racism, bigotry and censorship with every fiber of their freedom-loving beings. Liberty Booster: The attorney general’s office decided in favor of the Bluegrass Institute – the […]
August 21st, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,Opinion,Politics,State government | Read More »

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, 9 p.m. — Traffic through downtown Bardstown was blocked for nearly an hour just after lunch Monday afternoon when a Louisville Gas & Electric crew detected a natural gas leak in the area of 130 North Third St. The Bardstown Fire Department responded to […]
August 21st, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Mary Helen Hughes, 70, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at her residence. She was born March 22, 1947, in Spencer County to the late Roscoe and Edith Reynolds Sweazy. She was a former employee of Lexington Mechanical and Ivy Mechanical. She loved to garden and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to […]
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Sandy Christerson Higginbotham, 65, of Ashley Ave., Springfield, died at 2:10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Signature Colonial Health & Rehab in Bardstown. She is survived by her husband, Larry Higginbotham; one daughter, Shannon Pokrandt of Pensacola, Fla.; one son, Brad Higginbotham of Hickory, N.C.; her father, Kelly Christerson of Springfield; one brother, Garnett […]
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NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 — The victim of Friday afternoon’s fatal crash on Stiles Road has been identified as Sammie Chesser, 45, of Springfield. The accident was initially reported at about 1:14 p.m. Friday as a single-vehicle crash, but investigators determined there were two vehicles involved in the […]
August 21st, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 — The City of Bardstown’s Water Department will be conducting scheduled maintenance in the Hurstland Drive area on Tuesday, Aug. 22, starting at about 9 a.m. Water customers who live between 102-112 Hurstland Drive and at 434 Templin Ave. will experience temporary water loss […]
August 21st, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government,News | Read More »

Mary Helen Newton-Walls, 74, of New Haven, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She was a former employee of Elizabethtown Sportswear and a member of New Beginning Baptist Church in Bardstown. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Seward (Joe Burks); four sisters, Linda Maggard (James), Brenda Meredith (Junior), Wanda Taylor (Ricky), […]
August 20th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 — Three people suffered minor injuries early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash near the 13 mile marker in the westbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway. Nelson County EMS, police and the Boston Fire Department were dispatched at 4:36 a.m. for the injury […]
August 20th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Barbara Lynn “Tami” Ledford, 59, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at her residence. She was a retired employee of Johnson Controls. She was a member of the Baptist faith and was an incredible wife, daughter, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by one brother, Ed Smith;, and a granddaughter, Jalyssa Cady. […]
August 19th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Joseph Blair “Tico” Mathis, 62, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, at Norton’s Hospital in Louisville from complications from surgery for stomach cancer. He attended the University of Kentucky and was a Wildcat fan. He was the retired owner of Asphalt Sealing Company and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was preceded […]
August 18th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »