By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 — Maybe it’s because I’ve been speaking to Rotarians recently, but I’m thinking stakeholders in Kentucky’s pension fiasco could do a lot worse than adapting and applying Rotary’s Four-Way Test to this crisis: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all […]
Donald A. Sprowles, 80, of Buffalo, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was born Nov. 20, 1936, in LaRue County to the late Bennie and Bessie Bray Sprowles. He was an active member of Wesley Meadows Methodist Church with more than 40 years of members. He was the song […]
Mary Geraldine Donahue, 92 of Holy Cross, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, at her daughter’s residence in Holy Cross. She was born July 20, 1925, in Manton to the late Thomas Arthur and Mary Corine Greenwell Kelty. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Hubertus Donahue; two daughters, Mary Diane Cundiff and Sheila […]
Joseph Carl “Joe”Lyvers, 85, died peacefully Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 16, 1932, in Nelson County to the late William Robert and Mary Marie Cecil Lyvers. He was a retired 37-year employee of General Electric and was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public record. […]
Ellen Sloan Keeling, 73, of Lebanon, formerly of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was born March 29, 1944, in Louisville. She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen Eugene Sloan (before her birth) and Catherine Stone Sloan LeClear. Survivors include her husband, Thomas M. Keeling of […]
Community News Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 — The Nelson County Homemakers trip to visit Amish Country in Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, needs a few more people to make the trip go or it will be canceled. During the trip you will visit a quilt shop, a bakery, general store, a greenhouse plus others […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 –– Locals and some well-known names gathered last Tuesday in Bardstown for a sold-out event that celebrated history and America, “Bourbon, Patriots and Veterans,” held in the Great Hall at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. From 5:30-11:00 p.m. last Tuesday night, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, 2 p.m. — City of Bardstown firefighters participated in the Scott Safety Firefighter Combat Challenge on Sept. 10, 2017, at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. While wearing approximately 60 pounds of gear and equipment, firefighters must climb a 40-foot tower carrying a 42 […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 — The state’s pension crisis was the topic of discussion on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” Wednesday, with state Sen. Jimmy Higdon as the show’s guest. Fresh from a town hall meeting Tuesday night with 50th District Rep. Chad McCoy, Higdon said he […]
