Joseph Gerard Greenwell, 68, of Elizabethtown, formerly of New Haven, died Tuesday, March 26, 2019. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He retired from Fort Knox as a boiler operator. His memberships include St Brigid Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, American Legion Post #113, and the NRA. He was preceded in death by […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, March 27, 2019– The same rebranding efforts that have placed new logos on the City of Bardstown vehicles, stationary and signs may soon show up in a big way along the Bluegrass Parkway. Sam T. Lacy, executive director of the Bourbon Capitol Community Alliance, presented the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — Starting Thursday, March 28, 2019, the water line that services Kendall Manor and parts of Edgewood Drive will be replaced. The line serves all of Kendall Manor and the homes at 122, 125 and 126 Edgewood Drive. The line is being replaced with a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — A heavy grayish smoke covered northern Nelson County Wednesday morning at about 8:30 a.m. from Deatsville Road all the way to Fairfield. The smoke smelled like the result of a possible forest or woods fire in the area. There were numerous reports of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 26, 2019 — A former EMT and county pollice officer — and 1993 graduate of Bardstown High School — has officially returned to continue his public service career back in his hometown. Hugh Hall was introduced at Tuesday’ night’s Bardstown City Council meeting at […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 26, 2019 — Video from the Nelson Fiscal Court meeting of Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Running time: 1 hour, 20 minutes. -30- Please follow and like us:
Rhoda Elizabeth Hopper, 96, of Cox’s Creek, died Tuesday, March 25, 2019, at her residence. She was born June 14, 1922, in Nelson County to the late James Asa and Sadie Elizabeth Owens Fulkerson. She was retired from Jim Beam Distillery after 29 years. She was a homemaker who loved to make quilts. She was […]
John Werner “Junior” Leake Jr., 76, of St. Francis, died Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. He was born May 2, 1942, in Raywick to the late John Werner Leake Sr. and Mary Elsie Minor. He was a retired employee of General Electric with 35 years of service. He was a […]
Cecilia Ann McNear, 78, of New Haven, died Monday, March 25, 2019, at Green Meadows Healthcare in Mount Washington. She was a retired custodian for Jefferson County Public Schools. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Margie Dant; and her husband, Paul Franklin McNear. She is survived by three daughters, Pamela Jenkins, […]
Barbara Case Schlenker, 80, of Bardstown, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at her residence. She was born June 19, 1938, in Anderson County to the late Arthur and Martha Sea Grubbs. She was a former employee of Ford Motor Company and was a member of Bardstown Baptist Church, and the American Legion Post #121 Ladies […]
