By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, April 30, 2018 — The Bardstown City Council held first reading of ordinances that will increases the pay that the city’s next mayor and city council members will receive. When the ordinances receive final approval at the Tuesday, May 1, 2018, meeting, the mayor’s […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, April 30, 2018 — A New Haven woman died Monday, April 30, 2018, in a two-car crash in Hardin County. The Kentucky State Police troopers were dispatched to an injury accident Monday at 2:23 p.m. on KY 210, Hodgenville Road south of Elizabethtown. Judy Summers, 76, of […]
Ricky Hamilton, 60, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1957, in Nelson County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bobby and Jean Hamilton; one sister, Rose Richardson; and two brothers, Freddy Hamilton and Doug Hamilton. He is survived by five brothers and three sisters, […]
Donald Ray Perkins, 45, died Sunday, April 29, 2018, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 9, 1973, to the late Virgil Ray Perkins and Roxie Ann Thompson Perkins. He was raised in the Howardstown area of the county. He was a member of the Christian faith. Survivors […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, April 30, 2018 — Bardstown residents who raise chickens in the city limits will continue to run afowl of the law after the council decided Monday that it would no longer consider an ordinance allowing residents to raise a limited number of chickens. The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Sunday, April 29, 2018 — The Washington County Beekeepers meeting at the NEW Extension Office Building (245 Corporate Drive) will begin with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. with the business meeting beginning at about 7:00 p.m. The topics for discussion will include current beekeeping activities and planning […]
Mildred “Midge” Barnes Ballard, 71, of Bardstown, died Sunday, April 29, 2018, at her residence. She was born Oct. 22, 1946. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and a member of Bardstown Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence “Larry” Ballard III; her parents, Mildred and C.R. Barnes […]
Donald L. Barbour, 75, died Friday, April 27, 2018, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. He was born in Louisville to the late Jesse and Mayme Brown Barbour. He was retired from Philip Morris where he was a maintenance supervisor. He was a member of the Brotherhood Choir at Second Baptist Church in Fairfield. Preceding him in […]
Harold Prather, 81, of Bloomfield, died Friday, April 27, 2018m at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born May 11, 1936, in Nelson County. He was a self-employed builder and owner of Humphrey Bros. Hardware. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a member of Bloomfield Masonic Lodge, and of the Chaplin Christian Church (D.O.C.). He was […]
Clara Jean “Jeanie” Thompson Caswell, 76, of Louisville, died Friday, April 27, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 29, 1941, to the late Mack & Isabel Thompson in Raywick. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Thompson and Tommy Thompson; and sister, Carol Minor. […]
