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Dave Says: Better to pay off an old debt than file bankruptcy

Dear Dave, My wife co-signed on a loan for an old boyfriend five or six years ago. Now, a collection agency is after her for the remaining $5,000. We make about $90,000 a year combined, and our attorney recommended we file Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The idea of filing bankruptcy scares me. Is there a better […]

December 20th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Opinion | Read More »

Former sheriff Mike Newton appointed to serve when Mattingly retires Jan. 1st

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 — Former Nelson County Sheriff Mike Newton has been appointed to serve the rest of Sheriff Ed Mattingly’s term after Mattingly retires on Jan. 1, 2018. Judge Executive Dean Watts announced the appointment Wednesday morning through a press release. Newton will serve through the […]

December 20th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Safety | Read More »

Watts lawsuit settled; fiscal court questions Wickland repair costs

By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 — Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts announced at Tuesday’s fiscal court meeting that he and High Grove area resident Don Thrasher have reached a settlement regarding Thrasher’s lawsuit against Watts in regard to the naming of Thrasher’s section of the former […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,News | Read More »

Man who barricaded himself in Deatsville home identified

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 – The man taken into police custody early Tuesday morning was identified as 35-year-old Mark Aaron Swayze. After a stand-off with police lasting more than three hours, Swayze was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and possession of controlled substances, third-degree, drug unspecified. Swayze and […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Obituary: Raymond G. Montgomery, 69, Bardstown

Raymond G. Montgomery, 69, of Bardstown, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Nov. 30, 1948, in Louisville. He was a construction worker and a member of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Joyce Montgomery; and his parents, R.K. and Hallie Snawder Montgomery. […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Holidays to alter city and county garbage collection times, routes

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 — The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will affect garbage pickup for customers of the City of Bardstown and those on county garbage routes. CITY OF BARDSTOWN. Garbage routes will be run earlier than usual on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. Customers are asked to […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government,County government,News | Read More »

Obituary: Mary Beatrice ‘Bea’ O‘Daniel Mattingly Russell, 98, formerly of New Haven

Mary Beatrice “Bea“ O‘Daniel Mattingly Russell, 98, of Bardstown, formerly of New Haven, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Bardstown Healthcare and Rehab Center in Bardstown. She was a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in New Haven. She was a homemaker. She was born July 6, 1919, to the late Charles and […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Obituary: Charles Paul Gartland, 79, Bardstown

Charles Paul Gartland, 79, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at Baptist East Hospital. He was born in Cox’s Creek to the late Stanley Gartland and Beatrice Lewis Gartland. He was retired from Inland Container Corporation and was a U.S. Navy veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Update: Armed man in custody after barricading himself in Deatsville area home

Video submitted of the scene Monday night on Deatsville Loop. NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, 12:15 a.m. — The man who barricaded himself inside a home on Deatsville Loop was taken into custody late Monday night by the Kentucky State Police’s Special Response Team. At about 8:51 p.m. the Nelson […]

December 19th, 2017 | Posted in Breaking News,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Safety | Read More »

Obituary: Kenneth Steven Welch, 54, Bardstown

Kenneth Steven Welch, 54, of Bardstown, died peacefully at his home Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. He was born Oct. 1, 1963, in Chicago. He was a former employee of TG KY in Lebanon until his retirement due to his health. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Welch Sr. He is survived by […]

December 18th, 2017 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

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