By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 12, 2019 — The Bethlehem High School Banshees girls basketball team was honored at Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting by a proclamation by Mayor Dick Heaton declaring Wednesday, March 13, 2019, as “Bethlehem Banshees Day.” The Banshees were given a police escort out of […]
Macey Alexandria Mitchell, 26, of Taylorsville, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Lexington. She was born July 24, 1992, in Louisville to Thomas and Lisa Furrow Mitchell. She was a 2011 graduate of Spencer County High School where she was on the dance team. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lisa Kim Furrow […]
Dear Dave, I’m getting married this summer, and I’m on Baby Step 4 of your plan. My fiancé is getting onboard with your advice, too, and she’s currently in the process of paying down her student loan debt. Would it be a good idea to go ahead, and put most of my emergency fund savings […]
By MARK HEINZ Guest Columnist Tuesday, March 12, 2019 — Like many Kentuckians, I learned to fish with a cane pole in farm ponds as soon as I learned how to walk. For me, that was 60-odd years ago. There were three farm ponds on my grandparents’ farm in Oldham County. They all held […]
Patricia Ann “Patsy” Boone, 74, of New Haven, died Monday, March 11, 2019, at Sansbury Care Center in Springfield. She was born April 26, 1944 in Marion County. She was a former employee of Heaven Hill Distillery and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Hubert […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, March 11, 2019 — The Cox’s Station chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented three area high school seniors with Good Citizen Awards Monday night at its monthly meeting. The awards recognize that the students have met or […]
Ann Marie Hahn, 76, of Cox’s Creek, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born June 21, 1942, in Bardstown to the late Harvey Lee and Clara Elizabeth Jury Riley. She was a former employee of the former Federal Hill Nursing Home where she was the number one certified dietary aide. […]
NC GAZETTEE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, March 11, 2019 — As we near the May primary, its time to consider the candidate or candidates for whom you are going to vote. Political dinners are a great way to meet the candidates and hear what they have to say. The local Republicans had their annual […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Monday, March 11, 2019 — Applications for the Verna Richardson Homemakers Scholarship are now available at the Nelson County Extension Office, 317 South Third St., or on their website, http://nelson.ca.uky.edu/content/scholarship. All high school seniors or persons presently attending college or persons planning to return to college from Nelson […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, March 10, 2019 — Three people were arrested Friday, March 8, 2019, following a break-in at the M&M Get N Go food mart in the Balltown community, and an attempted break-in at Culver’s Country Kwik Mart in Culvertown. Marco Contrevas Vasquez, Melissa Bartolomei and Theresa Bartolomei were […]
