Community News Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 — The Old Kentucky Home High School Class of 1966 will hold their 19th yearly class get-together at Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, 108 W. John Rowan Blvd. in Bardstown, 6:00pm, Saturday, November 4, 2017. In 1998, when most members of the class would turn 50 years old, the class […]
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. […]
Leonard C. “Buddy” Ford, 80, of New Haven, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at Signature at Colonial Health and Rehab in Bardstown. He was born Oct. 26, 1936 to the late Jacob O. “J.O.” and Jessie Woolum Ford. He was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church in Bardstown. He owned and operated Ford’s Barber […]
To the Editor, I am deeply concerned about the pension reform framework recently made public. These proposals challenge the contract rights of members, lower the standard of living of employees now and in retirement, and will worsen the cash-flow crisis in the state employee pension plan. A state Supreme Court justice recently questioned the legality […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 — Bardstown Councilwoman Kecia Copeland is hosting two Domestic Violence Awareness Month events on behalf of the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV) this week. Both events — a luncheon and Bunco night — will raise donations for the Purple Purse Emergency Fund and […]
Janet Madaline Hutcherson Marcum, 70, of Magnolia, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at UK Healthcare in Lexington with her family by her side. She was born Feb. 1, 1947 in Hardin County to Eugene and Geneva Mae Hornback Hutcherson. She was a member of the Baptist faith and was a member of First Baptist Church. […]
Cecil G. Tillett, 85, of Bardstown, died Saturday Oct. 21, 2017, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born April 25, 1932, in Peaks Mill to the late Frank and Gladys McHatton Tillett. He retired from Firestone Langley Tires in Elizabethtown. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Tillett; […]
Joseph Robert Nally Sr., 67, of Lebanon, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at Springview Hospital in Lebanon. He was born June 11, 1950 in Nelson County to the late Joseph William and Sarah Martha Crouch Nally Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers. He is survived by two […]
Donald Francis Wallace, 79, of Elizabethtown, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at his home. He was a native of Georgetown, and retired from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College as a professor. He loved gardening and reading. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo Wallace; his parents, Chester and Francis Thomas Wallace; and […]
Editor’s note: Chad Aldeman is a principal at Bellwether Education Partners and the editor of TeacherPensions.org. Kirsten Schmitz is an analyst with Bellwether Education Partners. With growing political polarization and partisan sniping entering the pension discussion, this column offers an analysis of some of the myths regarding pension reform. By CHAD ALDEMAN & KIRSTEN SCHMITZ Guest […]
