Thomas Taylor “Homer” Walls, 58, of Booker Road, Springfield, died at 1:19 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. He was born in Lebanon on March 17, 1961, to the late Ruel and Pauline Taylor Walls. He was a 1980 graduate of Washington County High School, a former […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 — Free tuition will be the subject of an informational session to be held at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Room 212 of the Regional Postsecondary Center on the college’s Elizabethtown Campus. The Work Ready […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 — The next monthly meeting of the Colonel John Hardin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, at the Hardin County Public Library, 100 Jim Owen Dr, Elizabethtown. The room at the library […]
Florine Taylor Kelty, 86, of Mayes Ave., Springfield, died at 7:24 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. She is survived by one daughter, Lou Ann (Dodie) George of Springfield; two sons, Larry (Sandy) Kelty of Lawrenceburg and Jim (Margie) Kelty of Louisville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The Funeral Mass […]
Mary Linda Badgett Smart, 68, of Maple St., Lebanon, died at 7:26 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at her home. The Washington County native was a resident of Louisville for many years. She is survived by three sisters, Donna (Louis) Peterson of Springfield, Diane Bland of Lebanon and Michaela (Joe) Corbert of Loretto; one brother, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 — A press release handed out at Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting has generated more questions than answers after the release revealed an investigation into alleged “potential irregularities in the City’s finance department.” According the press release read aloud by Mayor Dick Heaton, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept., 24, 2019 — The City of Bardstown welcomed its newest police officer at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Chief Kim Kraeszig introduced Officer John White to the council. White brings experience as a commercial vehicle enforcement officer and as an officer with the Louisville Metro Police […]
Ryan Brady, 28, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Nelson County, after a lost battle with drug addiction. He was born June 21, 1991, in Louisville. He was a member of AA, NA, and a chairperson for Recovery On Third. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Terry and Lina Hamilton; […]
Jacqueline “Jackie” Rowe, 89, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at the Episcopal Church Home. She was born Jan. 29, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala., to the late Samuel and Tommie Owen Jacks. She was the former food service director for Bardstown City Schools and was a member of Bardstown Baptist Church. In addition to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 — A Mount Washington teen died Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that happened at about 3:15 p.m. on Louisville Road near its intersection with Deatsville Road, KY 523. According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Kalli Dobson, 18, of Mount Washington, died at the […]
