John Call, 96, a resident of the Cedar Creek Community, died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born May 22, 1921, in Washington County. He was a member of the First Cedar Creek Baptist Church, a retired farmer, a retired employee of Jim Beam Distillery and a U.S. Army veteran of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 — The Bardstown City Council got a glimpse into what may likely be the future of tourism in Bardstown and Nelson County during a presentation by the Bourbon Capital Community Alliance. The alliance’s stated mission is to encourage and support programs […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 — The Bardstown City Council approved the hiring of Kim M. Kraeszig as the City of Bardstown’s new police chief at the council’s working session Tuesday evening. Kraeszig, who has worked 23 years in law enforcement, recently retired as assistant police chief […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 — Nelson Fiscal Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday morning to a process that will allow Bluegrass Networks to seek a franchise agreement with the county so the company can build a fiber optic network that will pass through Nelson County. Bluegrass Networks […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 — “The first event of its kind” — that’s how Dorothy White, the executive director of the Nelson County Schools Community Support Foundation, described an upcoming alumni fundraiser called “Tailgate Time. Tailgate Time is set to precede one of the county’s […]
Myrtle Ruby Harmon, 89, of Bardstown, died Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 29, 1928, in Washington County to the late Earl and Mattie Pinkston Foster. She was a retired employee of the Bardstown Sewing Factory. She was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church and loved to travel. […]
Religion News Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 — Bardstown Baptist Church begins a month-long celebration of Homecoming during the month of September with former pastors returning to fill pulpit. The Rev. Eddie Benton will be preaching at 8:30 and 11:00 am services Sept. 10, 2017. Rev. Benton served as pastor of Bardstown Baptist Church from 1992-1996. […]
Pauline Alvey Haynes, 96, of Elizabethtown, died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Robert D. (Bob) Haynes Sr.; one son, Robert Jr. (Bobby) Haynes; her parents, William Riley and Corda Burba Alvey; one sister, Doris Alvey Hinton; three brothers, […]
Glenna Marie Jones Hornback, 77, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Signature Health Care of Hart County in Horse Cave. She was born Dec. 18, 1939, in Greenville. She was a registered nurse who served as a major in the U.S. Army MASH unit for 8 years. She retired from VA Medical Center […]
Else Land, 75, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at her residence. She was born Jan. 24, 1942, in Germany. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Land; her parents, Ludwig and Wilhelmine Mair; and two brothers, Werener Mair and Anthony Mair. She is survived by two daughters, Michelle Lovvorn and Lenora […]
