Ruby Tingle Noel, 96, of Springfield, died at 6:42 a.m., Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. She was a native of Washington County and was born Dec. 13, 1921, to the late Herbert and Minnie Harlow Tingle. She was a member of the Springfield Baptist Church, a longtime […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Monday, April 23, 2018 — The Nelson County Radio Club (NCRC) has moved its meeting day and location. NCRC will now meet on the first Monday of the month at the Nelson County Public Library in Community Room #1. NCRC’s May meeting will be on Monday, May 7, 2018, […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, April 23, 2018 — A sold out crowd of 370 people were wined and dined at one of Bardstown’s premier fundraising events Saturday night. The Bourbon and Bubbles Gala was held to “build the future” at the Guthrie Opportunity (GO) Center in Bardstown. The […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, April 22, 2018 — It’s often the coach who gets forced out even though it’s the players who lose games. Sometimes education commissioners resign under pressure, as Stephen Pruitt did, even though the entire system shares responsibility for Kentucky’s black eighth-grade students’ abysmal 9 percent […]
Jerry D. Settle, 73, of Cox’s Creek, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, from a long illness. He was born in Louisville, and was a retired painter who loved fishing and all sports. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and a brother. There will be no funeral service or visitation. In lieu of flowers, […]
Frances Mae Smothers, 78, of Lebanon, died April 19, 2018, after an illness. She was born to the late Homer Rakes and Anna Lou Tungate of Marion County on May 10, 1939. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ambers Joseph “AJ” Smothers; her son, Joe Smothers; and her grandchild, Phillip Mudd. […]
William “Bill” Marquess, 73, of Fairfield, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at his residence. He was born March 29, 1945, in Louisville. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam and former mayor of Fairfield. He was retired from Pepsi Co. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael Rogan Walls; his parents, […]
Mary Wilkerson, 66, of Bardstown, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at her residence. She was born Feb. 8, 1952, at Fort Knox. Prior to retirement, she was a nurse for 20 years at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was co-founder of Local Termite and Pest Control in 1984, and a member of the Baptist faith. She […]
Mary Ethel Spalding Borders, 73, of Grundy Avenue, Springfield, died at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, April 21, 2018 at her home. She was born Sept. 9, 1944 in Nelson County to the late Marvin and Roseleen Hutchins Spalding. She was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church, a former employee of the Cowden Manufacturing Company […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 20, 2018 — The Nelson County Schools Board of Education named Thomas Nelson High School principal Wes Bradley the district’s next superintendent. The vote was 4-1, with board member Diane Berry voting no. Berry said she felt Bradley lacked experience necessary for the […]
