John Francis “Johnny” Wright, 46, of Lebanon, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, as a result of an auto accident near Calvary. He was born Oct. 5, 1971, in Marion County. He was an employee of Coulter’s Towing in Bardstown and a member of Arbuckle Baptist Church. He formerly managed O’Rielly Auto Parts in Lebanon and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 — The Bardstown City Schools celebrated School Board Recognition Month late due to a snow day on the day of the January board meeting. “A board member’s work is often behind the scenes,” Superintendent Brent Holsclaw told the audience at the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 — Don Thrasher, the Republican candidate for judge executive, is demanding that Nelson Fiscal Court hold a hearing at its next meeting to allow those concerned with the Woodlawn Springs Golf Course zoning amendment to air their concerns. In an email to […]
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. […]
Olivia Sue Ford, 17, of Calvary, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Lebanon. She was born Jan. 26, 2001, in Lebanon. She was an honor student at Marion County High School and was planning to graduate early as a junior in May. She was accepted at the University of Cincinnati and was going to major […]
Theresa Joan Swift 84, of Bardstown, passed peacefully into Heaven on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. She was born Aug. 11, 1933, in Bridgeport, Ohio to the late Michael and Geraldine Shedwell. She was a graduate of Nazareth Academy. Her early career included work for Catholic Charities West Va. and later included teaching […]
Vivian Rose Gordon, 81, of Shepherdsville, returned to her Heavenly Father on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. She was born in Boston, on April 12, 1937, to the late Richard and Helen Ray. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Edward Gordon; two sons, Thomas Gordon and Adam Gordon; one sister, Alicia French; two […]
Clyde Estridge Lee Ratliff, 84, of Stuart, Va., formerly of Boston, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem, Va. He was born in Patrick County, Va., on May 8, 1933, to the late Dimon Lee Ratliff and Verna Etta Cassell Ratliff. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 — The Washington County Beekeepers will present a special program on Varroa mites and Purdue University Queen Bees at the group’s next regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 5th at the Washington County Extension Office, 211 Progress Ave. in Springfield. The meeting will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 — A Bardstown man faces charges stemming from allegations that he shot and killed four hunting dogs after police investigated a complaint that he was firing a gun near his McIntyre Lane home, not far from the Nelson-Washington county line. Joseph William Hutchins, 48, […]
