Vernice Eugene “Gene” Logue, 79, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, July 4, 2018, surrounded by family after a battle with prostate cancer. He was born June 13, 1939, in Mercer County. He was baptized at age 12 at Deep Creek Baptist Church in Harrodsburg. Later he joined the U.S. Navy and served for 10 years that […]
Ernie Thompson, 68, of Taylorsville, died on Wednesday, July 4,, 2018, at his residence. He was a native of Spencer County, the son of the late Jeff W. and Elizabeth Lewis Thompson. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was self-employed in the construction business as a framer who framed […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, July 5, 2018 — All this fuss by feel-good liberals regarding state intervention into the day-to-day management of failing local school districts is puzzling at best and contradictory or even paradoxical at worst since theirs was the political constituency most supportive of House Bill 940 passed […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Thursday, July 5, 2018 — The Duvall No. 6 F&AM invites youth 16 years old and younger to go fishing with the lodge’s verterans — all expenses paid — on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Boone Farm, Leslie Clark Road in New Hope. Youngsters can look forward […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, July 5, 2018 — Milt Spalding. spokesman for Nelson County emergency management, holds an impromptu press conference with media in the parking lot of the Barton 1792 Distillery fulfillment center on Wednesday afternoon July 4, 2018, following the collapse earlier that day of the rest of the damaged […]
Helen George, 73, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at her residence. She was born Feb. 19, 1945, in Baird, Texas. She was president of the American Legion Post 121 Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, Jimmie George of Bardstown; four children, Helen Martin, Barbara (Ted) McMillan, and Connie (Tony) Middleton, all […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 8 p.m. — Due to the fire hazard in the area of the Barton 1792 Distillery — site of the damaged bourbon rickhouse that collapsed earlier today — fire officials are asking residents in the Maple hill area to refrain from setting off fireworks Wednesday […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 2:41 p.m. (UPDATED 4 p.m.) — The rest of the half-collapsed bourbon warehouse at the 1792 Barton Distillery reportedly collapsed Wednesday afternoon. The Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County Fire Department were both dispatched to the scene at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. First-responders reports […]
William Calvin Thomas, 78, of Lebanon, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at his residence. He was born Feb. 22, 1940m in Raywick. He was a farmer and a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Diana Reynolds Thomas; and one son, Michael Wayne Thomas. Survivors include […]
Sylvia Thomas O’Bryan, 80, of Salem, Ill., formerly of Marion County, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, Ill. She is survived by her husband, Billy O’Bryan of Salem; one son, William “Bill” O’Bryan (Melissa) of Salem, Ill.; two sisters, Barbara Thomas of Inglewood, Fla., and Cathy Mattingly (David) of Lebanon; […]
