By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 — I’ve worked as a journalist for many years, and for the past 20 years, I have watched how newspapers have lost substantial number of their loyal readers. The decline in readership translates directly into a decline of circulation — and subsequently, advertising revenue. This […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 — The Bardstown Board of Education voted 4-1 to set the 2018 property tax rate at 83.7 cents per $100 of value in order to create 4 percent of additional tax revenue. Board member Andy Stone cast the sole “no” vote against […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 — The Bardstown Board of Education’s public hearing Monday night to solicit input on its plans to set the 2018 tax rate did not end with the board finding much agreement. TAX RATE CHOICES. According to Superintendent Ryan Clark, the board […]
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Tony Wayne Shelburne, 73, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, at his residence. He was born Aug. 15, 1945, in Cox’s Creek. He retired from General Electric after 38 years. He was an avid golfer and traveler, and loved his friends and family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Lucille […]
Mary Agnes Dugan Clayton, 93, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. She was born August 29, 1924 to Gertrude and Leo Dugan. She died 12 days shy of her 94th birthday. She was the oldest of three daughters in her family. She and her sisters grew up on the family farm in the Cox’s Creek, KY area […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 — A High Grove area home was heavily damaged in a blaze Sunday night that was reported just before midnight. At 11:46 p.m., the Nelson County Fire Department, Nelson County EMS and the sheriff’s office was dispatched to the area of the intersection of […]
Mary Juanita Roby, 79, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at Landmark of Bardstown. She was born Feb. 5, 1939, to the late Floyd and Viola Willett Vittitow. She was a former employee of Jim Beam Distillery, secretary of their AFL-CIO and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was a kidney donor […]
Leona Kay Beam, 68, of Lebanon Junction, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at her home. She was a member of the Lebanon Junction TOPS group and a member of Dennie Memorial United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, David Edward and Betty Jean Welker Kappel; three brothers, David Allen Kappel, Mark […]
Arnold Wade Dickey, 66, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at his residence. He was born on March 19, 1952, in Waynesboro, Tenn., to the late Charles Edward and Fredda Rowden Dickey. He was a truck driver for Tradewinds Transit for 40 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by […]
