NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, 11:45 p.m. — Manufacturing was interrupted at a Bardstown piston ring factory Monday night when a fire broke out in a machinery room. At about 10:48 p.m., the Bardstown Fire Department responded for a reported machinery fire at NPR Manufacturing, 680 Wilson Parkway. The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Dec. 4, 25, 2017, 10 a.m. – The Feeding America food distribution program will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at the Nelson County Fairgrounds. The Feeding America food distribution program is for anyone who is low-income and in need. Individuals should bring with them proof […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 — The Bardstown City Council met Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. The agenda included changes to the city’s policy on drive-home police cars; approval of a telecommunications franchise; and changes to the city’s pawnbroker ordinance. Running time: about 44 minutes. -30- Please follow and like us:
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 — ‘Tis the season for another edition of “Liberty Boosters and Busters.” Liberty Booster: The State Journal reporter Alfred Miller is being sued by Finance Cabinet bureaucrats after filing a challenge to secret meetings of a committee charged with recommending a contractor on […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 — Old Bloomfield Pike will be closed to through traffic 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4. from Allison Avenue to East Broadway. The closure is necessary for the City of Bardstown utility crews to replace a three-phase power pole that services the […]
Joseph Earl Wheatley, 87, of Bearwallow Road, Springfield, died Saturday at University Hospital in Louisville. He is survived by his wife, Theresa Luckett Wheatley; five daughters, Pam “Steve” Hill, Mary Jo “Gene” Nalley and Fran “Scott” Thompson, all of Bardstown, Angela “Ricky” Elder of Cincinnati and Marsha “Wayne” Mattingly of Celina, Texas; two sons, Kevin […]
Shirley Shelburne Martin, 87, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 4, 1930, in Taylorsville to the late Fred Bodine and Lucille Stone Shelburne. At the age of 6 her family moved to Nelson County and she attended Fairfield Grade School through the 5th grade. The Fairfield School […]
Hobert Lee “Toby” Watson, 93, of Elizabethtown, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He was born and raised in Boston where he played basketball and ran track. He was a past Master of Masonic Lodge in El Dorado, Kan. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He loved travelling […]
Delores Ann Baker Yocum, 64, of Bardstown, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville. She was born June 8, 1953, in Bardstown. She was a former employee of American Greetings. She was a member of Eastern Star and the First Baptist Church of Bardstown. She was preceded in death by […]
Roddy Dale Wright, 57, of Bloomfield, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Sept. 21, 1960, in Louisville to A. G. and Jean Grigsby Wright. He was a field manager for the Fides Group and a member of the Bloomfield Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter, Katie […]
