By BETSY HATFIELD Guest columnist Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 — In 1986 when the Federal Historic Tax Credit was permanently included in the Reagan Administration’s pro-growth tax code, President Ronald Reagan described the program as “not only a matter of respect for our beauty and history, but good economic sense.” In today’s fervor for what […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 — First Bankers Trust Company, a division of Town & Country Bank and Trust Co. of Bardstown, recently announced the hiring of Michael Wiener, CFA, as chief investment officer. Michael is an accomplished investment professional with over 30 years of experience managing client assets. […]
Stephen Robert Hall, 39, of New Haven, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. He was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. He was an avid outdoorsman, a UK fan, and a lover of kids, music, movies, and history. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Jerry Mahoney and Ruth Hall. He is survived by […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 — Nelson Fiscal Court meet Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 to approve industrial revenue bonds for distillery projects; discuss the Kentucky Wired initiative; voted to join other Kentucky counties in a lawsuit against drug distributors in regard to the opioid epidemic; discussed the names of […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 — On Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, the Nelson County Board of Education work session included a school-by-school review of Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (KPREP) scores. The videos below include an introduction to the test scores and changes in testing for 2017. Each […]
Ivo M. Mudd, 85, of Bardstown, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Nelson County. He was retired from Heaven Hill Distillery and was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was an avid UK fan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary […]
To the Editor, There are approximately 2.1 million opiate addicts in America. Of those, approximately 1 million are heroin users. The majority of overdoses that the county, state, and country have occurring are from heroin and fentanyl overdoses. Some, not all, addicts begin with prescription painkillers and when they cannot get them anymore, move to […]
Thomas Frank Edelen, 89, of Louisville, formerly of Springfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. He was born in Springfield and was a retired employee of General Electric where he worked for 35 years. He was a member of St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church and a member of the Krispy Kreme “morning coffee club.” He […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 — The Nelson County Fire Department responded Friday morning to a reported structure fire on Gambrell Lane, a private road located off Hobbs Lane in the Cox’s Creek community. At about 10 a.m. Friday, a Cox’s Creek Lane resident reported seeing a possible structure fire […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 — A New Haven man was injured early Friday morning in an single-vehicle crash in the 2900 block of Balltown Road. According to a press release from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, at about 6:30 Friday morning, police, the New Hope Fire Department and […]
