By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 3, 2018 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved a request to put an $18,000 down payment on building materials for the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre project that will begin once the drama’s season ends. Judge Executive Dean Watts explained that the county will make the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 3, 2018 — Don Thrasher, the Republican candidate for county judge executive, had his day in court — fiscal court — Tuesday morning before Judge Executive Dean Watts and the magistrates. Thrasher had threatened to file a Hatch Act complaint after Watts denied […]
Editor’s Note: The following individuals have applied for marriage licenses during the month of June 2018 at the Nelson County Clerk’s office. Marriage licenses are valid for 30 days after the date they are issued. The individual who conducts the marriage ceremony has 30 days to return the completed license to the clerk’s office. The […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 2, 2018 — The Nelson County Board of Education met briefly Monday evening and voted unanimously to support a personnel decision by Superintendent Wes Bradley to demote Kimberly Brown, the district’s former director of secondary education to a teaching position. Brown was one of […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, July 3, 2018 — The storms that rolled through Nelson County Monday night dumped torrential rains with heavy cloud-to-ground lightning across the county — lightning that is believed responsible for at least one house fire. The residents of the home at 133 Castleton Drive called 911 to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, July 2, 2018 — The Kentucky State Police are investigating a bank robbery that happened Monday afternoon at 1:07 p.m. in the Grayson County community of Big Clifty. According to KSP Post 4 in Elizabethtown, two unknown suspects entered the Wilson & Muir Bank branch at 9790 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Monday, July 2, 2018 — The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth will be hosting a Watershed Watch workshop on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Watershed Watch is a program to train volunteer “citizen scientists” to monitor water quality in creeks and rivers throughout Kentucky. […]
Arlie Chaney, 92, of Hodgenville, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at his residence with his family by his side. He was born June 25, 1926, in Ano to the late Simeon and Ida Speaks Chaney. He was a member of Steadfast Baptist Church. He was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was […]
Robert “Bob” A. Vachon, 90, of Bardstown, died Saturday, June 30, 2018, at his residence. He was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Milton, N.H. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Marylyn; his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who adored him. The memorial service and celebration of his life is 11 a.m. Thursday, July […]
Anna Lucille Renfrow, 78, of Chaplin, died Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born March 7, 1940, in Louisville to the late Dallas and Mary T. Walters Bradshaw. She was a retired employee of Jefferson Woodworking and a member of Little Union Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was […]
