Thomas Michael Wheatley, 58, of Fisherville, died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at his residence. He was born Aug. 1, 1959, in Louisville to Thomas and Joyce Edelen Wheatley. He was a tool and die maker for Thai Summit Kentucky. He enjoyed music and playing the guitar. He was creative and his talents were endless. He […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 25, 2018 (Corrected 7th graf) — The Nelson County Board of Education approved its Fiscal Year 2018-19 salary book that featured no pay raises for district employees. The district’s certified staff — teachers — will still receive their usual step increases. The board approved […]
Leon Coleman Collins, 97, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, June 23, 2018, at his home. He was born Dec. 4, 1920, in Nelson County to the late John William and Lillian Humphrey Collins. He was a farmer who loved working on his farm. He was a member of Cox’s Creek Baptist Church. In addition to his […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Agricultural News Monday, June 25, 2018 — Dr. Clare Rittschof, a University of Kentucky assistant professor of entomology, will present a synopsis of her study of honey bee behavior at the Monday, July 2, 2018, meeting of the Washington County Beekeepers. The evening at the Washington County Extension Office, […]
Marilyn Mudd Griffin, 75, of Charlestown Pike, Jeffersonville, Ind., formerly of Washington County, died at 9:06 am Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind. She is survived by two daughters, Beth Griffin of Oakdale, Calif., and Lynn Dempster of Georgetown, Ind.; two brothers, Joe Maurice and Jerry Mudd, both of Springfield; […]
Nancy Parrott O’Bryan, 87, of Mockingbird Drive, Springfield, died Thursday, June 21, 2018, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. She was the widow of the late Buddy O’Bryan. She is survived by three daughters, Mary Alice (Jim) Smith of Mackville, Judy (Charlie) Hahn and Barbara (Chuck Polin) O’Bryan, both of Springfield; one brother, […]
Donald L. Fletcher, 81, of Bardstown, died Thursday, June 21, 2018, at University of Louisville Hospital surrounded by his loved ones. He was born March 12, 1937, in Paducah. He was a retired detective with Kentucky State Police and Bardstown City School System Transportation Department. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a former […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 22, 2018, 1 p.m. (Updated 6 p.m.) — One of Barton Brands bourbon warehouses partially collapsed Friday morning on the Barton Brands property here in Bardstown. The incident was reported just after 11 a.m. by a passerby who spotted the damaged warehouse from […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 21, 2018 — Don Thrasher, the Republican candidate for Nelson County Judge Executive, says that Judge Executive Dean Watts illegally barred him from speaking at Tuesday’s Nelson Fiscal Court meeting. Thrasher told the Gazette in an interview Thursday that he wanted to talk to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Tuesday, June 19, 2018 (site address added, June 21st) — On Saturday, June 23rd, the Nelson County Radio Club (NCRC) will participate in the American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL) annual Field Day demonstration of how amateur radio operators provide emergency radio communications from sites away from their […]
