Ronald Lee Strange, 78, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville. He died like he lived, in the presence of God, surrounded by his family. God and family were foremost in his life. He was born Nov. 4, 1939, in Chaplin to the late Orville and Mattie Curtsinger […]
Douglas C. Dennis, 53, of Cox’s Creek, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born Jan. 25, 1964, in Bardstown to Paul and Thelma Hartman Dennis. He was a diesel mechanic for Waddy Truck Stop and was a member of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his […]
Richard “Ricky” Lee Shelton Jr., 62, of Shepherdsville, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at Norton Audubon Hospital with his family by his side. He was a current employee of Publishers Printing and a member of Vine Hill Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and watching the Kentucky Wildcats. He was preceded in death by his […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 — A historic Stinson Drive home was heavily damaged by fire late Wednesday night, leaving a family without a home on Thanksgiving eve. At about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nelson County Dispatch received multiple calls regarding a home on fire at the corner of Stinson […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 — The third candidate has filed for the office of Nelson County Jailer, and the current county attorney recent filed for re-election. John “Buck” Snellen filed Wednesday as a Democratic candidate for Nelson County Jailer. Snellen is the third registered Democrat to file for the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 — The Nelson County Landfill will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The landfill will be open regular hours on Friday and Saturday. Garbage collection in the county will be on a one-day delay due to the holiday; Thursday’s garbage […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 — The Bardstown Board of Education reviewed Tuesday the strategies that are being developed to support improved academic results at Bardstown Middle School. Bardstown Middle School principal Dr. Ryan Clark praised the work teachers are already doing at the school and the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 — Nelson Fiscal Court gave final approval for industrial revenue bonds for the construction projects at Lux Row Distillers and Heaven Hill Brands. The bands for Heaven Hill are for the ongoing construction of rickhouses out on US31E between Cox’s Creek and High Grove. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 — A Bethlehem High School Social Justice class is putting their class studies into action with a planned fundraiser to help hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. The U.S. island possession was recently ravaged by back-to-back hurricanes — Irma and Maria — leaving its […]
Sister Susan Howard, S.L., 89, of Nerinx, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She was born Aug. 28, 1928, to John W. and Mary Annette Madden Howard of Springfield and was raised in Lebanon. She entered religious life in 1947 and received her final vows in 1953. She earned her a […]
