Charlie Ashcraft Sr., 76, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 2, 1944, in Estelle County. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a farmer and was a foreman for Valley Hill Nursery. He was a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — North Fourth Street resident Frankie Hibbs is the second candidate to officially file his paperwork as a candidate for a seat on the Bardstown City Council. Hibbs in an incumbent councilman who won his seat in the 2018 election. He filed his candidacy paperwork […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOEducation News Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — Most high school seniors headed for college will soon be receiving financial aid award letters. Seniors and their parents should read those letters carefully, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) advises. The letter will usually show the total cost of attendance for one […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOCommunity News Wednesday, March 4, 2020 –– The Nelson County Homemakers Cultural Art Program will have a class on making Bunny jars for Easter candy. The class is Friday, 10 a.m. March 20, 2020, at the Nelson County Extension Office, 317 S. Third St. in Bardstown. For more information or register […]
Monday, March 2, 2020 Editor’s Note: A record of an arrest is not an indication of guilt. Waylon Lewis Greenwell, 40, Bardstown, fugitive from another state. Bond is $5,000. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Kenneth Dale Mann, 33, Springfield, trafficking in controlled substance, first-degree (4 or more grams cocaine); possession controlled substance, first-degree (methamphetamine); possession of […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — Representatives from the Kentucky Department of Transportation presented Nelson Fiscal Court with its recommendations for maintenance and repairs of state roads in the rural secondary road program at the court’s meeting this morning. A large chunk — $617,000 — of the $1.44 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — For the new year and the new decade, the Nelson County Organization of Republican Women recently issued its Vision 2020 Mission Statement that clarifies the group’s goals for the coming election cycle. The NCORW was formed in 2004 as an avenue for the county’s […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Monday, March 2, 2020 — I’m sure we’ve all seen U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath’s TV commercials regarding her bid to be the Democratic nominee to face off against Sen. Mitch McConnell in the November election. In the commercial that is airing in Kentuicky market, McGrath appears in an aircraft […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, March 2, 2020 — The Bardstown-Nelson County Tourism Commission has announced that Samantha Brady has been hired as its new Executive Director. Brady, who currently serves as the Executive Director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce, will begin her new position on March 23, 2020. She […]
Donald Ray Sheckles, 65, of Cox’s Creek, died Sunday, March 1, 2020, at his residence. He was born on June 25, 1954, in Nelson County to Skeel Jr. and Amy Greathouse Sheckles. He was a farmer and a member of Fairfield 2nd Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father Skeel Sheckles Jr. […]
