Mary Ruth Elmore Pearson, 85, of Bardstown, formerly of Willisburg, died at 9:35 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at the Colonial Health & Rehab Center in Bardstown. She was a native of Bloomfield, born Nov. 18, 1932, to the late Martin and Bessie Elizabeth Hagan Elmore. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. […]
Harold Ray Thompson, 88, of New Haven, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore, surrounded by his family. He was born Feb. 20, 1929, to the late Bernard and Emma Ratliff Thompson. He was a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in New Haven. He was an Army veteran […]
Diana Mary Baker, 64, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Norton Healthcare in Louisville. She was born March 11, 1953, in Shelburn, Ind., to the late Harold and Virginia Bowen Valley. She was a retired receptionist for the Sisters of Charity Nazareth. She was an avid quilter, loved cats and her grandchildren. She […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 — A 15-year-old Thomas Nelson High School student was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and charged with making a threat against the school. According to a statement to the media released Tuesday morning, the allegedly threat followed an altercation between the student and another […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 — Residents of North Third and North Fourth streets sounded off at Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting about what they see as an upward trend in crime, drug dealing and even prostitution they’re seeing in their neighborhood. The residents pointed to […]
Myrtle F. “Sissy” Goodpaster, 80, of Cox’s Creek, returned to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. She was born in Nelson County July 1, 1937, to the late Hubert and Mildred Breeden. Among those who preceded her in death include her husband, Leonard E. Goodpaster Sr.; one son, Russ Lee Goodpaster; one sister, […]
Anna Margaret Ellis, 60, of Raywick, passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 8, 1957, and raised in Marion County. She was a faithful caregiver to her son and a member of the Presbyterian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Hazel Yount Spalding. […]
John Earl Hagan, 74, of Holy Cross, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at Baptist Health Louisville. He was born Jan. 20, 1944, in Holy Cross. His working life included farm work and sawmill work. He was preceded in death by his father, John Everett Hagan; one sister, Nina Jean Smith; one brother, Joseph Jude Hagan; […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 — A Bardstown woman was injured Monday evening when the car she was driving northbound on KY 245 left the roadway near Handy Food Mart and struck a house. According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Rebecca Colby, age unknown, was driving her 2014 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 — Two Nelson County Sheriff’s Office deputies suffered minor injuries late Monday night while responding to a reported burglary in progress in the area of 3104 Plantation Circle. At about 11:30 p.m. deputies responding to Plantation Circle on a burglary complaint. Officers found a […]
