Agnes Geraldine “Ms. Jeri” Essex Walker Crick, 84, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. She was born Feb. 3, 1933, in Loretto. She was a lifetime member, volunteer, and bingo player of the American Legion and VFW post 1057, both in Shepherdsville. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Beatrice Essex; two husbands, […]
Kenny Montgomery, 80, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at Bluegrass Assisted Living. He was born May 3, 1937, in Nelson County. He was the retired former owner of Montgomery Builders. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Eleanor Montgomery; and brothers and sisters, Zanie Beasley, R.K. Montgomery, and Glen Montgomery. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 — The Bardstown Fire Department has been working this week to prepare a two-story North Third Street home that they plan to destroy by fire as part of a controlled live-fire training event Saturday. The exercise will include the participation of other area fire […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 — Dawn Pryzstal, the executive director of the Bardstown-Nelson Tourism and Convention Commission, has announced she will resign effective Sept. 29. Pryzstal, who has worked for the commission since 2004, said she’s leaving to pursue another tourism-related venture. “For several years I have wanted […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 — The Nelson County Board of Education took its show on the road Tuesday to the beautiful new auditorium at Thomas Nelson High School. After hearing presentations earlier this month from two state organizations seeking to assist the district with its search […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 — The Bardstown Board of Education approved a recommendation to award the contract to operate its on-campus health clinic to Physicians to Children. Superintendent Brent Holsclaw said the health clinic’s first year proved the concept was beneficial to the district’s staff, students […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 — Nelson Fiscal Court met in a closed executive session Tuesday morning to discuss two industrial prospects interested in locating in Nelson County, and also proposed litigation. According to Judge Executive Dean Watts, he discussed the county’s portion of a recruitment package […]
David “Dave” Joseph Bade, 79, of Bardstown, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. He was born May 9, 1938, in Elmhurst, Ill. He graduated from St. Norbert College where he was an active member of the ROTC. He spent his career as a salesman. As such, […]
Lois Irene Reid, 80, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at the University of Louisville Hospital. She was born March 29, 1937, in Bardstown to the late Paul B. and Rebecca “Becky” Salsman Keith. She was a graduate of St. Marys of the Springs College in Columbus, Ohio, where she obtained her Bachelors degree […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 — A Bardstown Police officer was injured Monday afternoon in a accident at the intersection of Bloomfield Road and East John Rowan Blvd. At 2 p.m., Nelson County EMS, the Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported two-vehicle accident involving […]
