By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio. Thursday, May 9, 2019 — The Bardstown City Council approved a modified request at its working session Tuesday to close downtown streets for the annual Bourbon City Street Concert that will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2019. The city will also be celebrating National Bourbon Day […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, May 9, 2019 — The Bardstown City Council approved a donation request presented by Matt Bowman, chair of the Bethany Haven board of directors on behalf of Bethany Haven and the Room At The Inn program. Both programs provide housing to those in need, he explained. […]
Emma Louise Goff, 74, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at Landmark of Bardstown Rehab Center. She was born May 25, 1944, in Marion County. She was former owner and operator of Goff Mobile Home Park. She was also a member of Redemption Point Church of God. She was preceded in death by her […]
Martha Ann ”Tillie” Coomes, 89, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at her residence with her family by her side. She was born Oct. 22, 1929, in Louisville to the late Frederick Anthony and Martha Ann Montgomery Clements. She was a former secretary for J. Edgar Hoover in Washington D.C. She was a former […]
Larry W. Cain, 83, of Bardstown, died Monday, May 6, 2019, at his residence. He was born Jan. 4, 1936, in Vine Grove. He graduated from Howevalley High School in 1954, married his beloved wife Anita on May 12, 1955, at New Salem Baptist Church, and retired from Wimsatt Brothers in Louisville after 25 years […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, May 8, 2019 — Democratic candidate for state auditor Kelsey Hayes Coots was a guest on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 by telephone. Coots is a teacher in Jefferson County, and took time from her lunch for our interview. Running time: 36 […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (Corrected Tire Amnesty program dates) — Judge Executive Dean Watts and the magistrates took their first collective public reviews of the county’s proposed Fiscal Year 2019-2020. Watts pointed out some numbers that had changed for next year’s budget, including the county’s $750,00 in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 7, 2019 — The Bardstown Community Orchestra will present its 2019 Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019. The concert will be at the Church of the Ascension, 211 N. Third Street, Bardstown. The orchestra, formed in the early fall of 2014 is completing […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, May 6, 2019 — A Bardstown woman was injured Monday afternoon in a two-car crash on New Haven Road at Ritchie Lane. According to a press release from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Tawny Warren, 36, of Bardstown, was driving her 2014 Chevrolet Cruze north on New Haven […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, May 6, 2019 — The driver of a Ford Mustang suffered severe injuries Monday afternoon when his vehicle struck hit a pickup truck head-on while traveling east on Balltown Road near Pascal Ballard Lane. According a Nelson County Sheriff’s Office press release, the Mustang crossed the center line […]
