Dr. Robert Smotherman, 78, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at his residence. He was born Sept. 22, 1941, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.. He was the retired superintendent of Bardstown City Schools, the founder of Bardstown Foundation For Excellence In Public Education, the President of National Association of Year-Round Schools, a member of Kiwanis Club, […]
Larry Herman Thompson, 64, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at his residence. He was born Jan. 9, 1956, in Bardstown to the late Walter and Mary Curtsinger Thompson. He was a former employee of American Greetings and Hoffman Distributing. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council held first reading to changes to its cable TV and internet ordinance to reflect the need to provide low-cost internet access, and to prepare for providing service to consumers via fiber optic cable. The ordinance introduced Tuesday creates […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — Mayor Dick Heaton said the city’s small business relief program aimed at helping local businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted a lot of applications so far. Aaron Boles, the city’s chief financial officer, said the city has received 91 applications […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — The Bardstown Police Department has a person of interest in the stabbing death Sunday of a Bardstown man. According to a police department update, city police detectives’s investigation has led them to develop evidence connected to an individual who they believe as involved in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — No new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday in the six-county Lincoln Trail District, according to the Lincoln Trail Districth Health Department. The six counties in the district include Nelson, Meade, Hardin, Washington, LaRue, and Maron counties. Nelson County’s COVID-19 case count remains at 21 […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — Judge Executive Dean Watts presented the members of Nelson Fiscal Court with a draft of the his proposed 2020-2021 budget, along with a warning to the magistrates about the growth in expenses at the Nelson County Jail and Nelson County EMS. Watts […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, April 27, 2020 — WBRT Bardstown and Lebanon Hometown Radio along with WOKH The Rocket 102.7 FM Monday announced the stations will broadcast “Radio Cares: Feeding America Emergency Radiothon.” The telethon is a one-day fundraising event this Thursday, April 30, 2020, to benefit Feeding America, the largest hunger […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, April 27, 2020 — Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the six-county Lincoln Trail District Health Department Monday afternoon. Both new cases are in Meade County. This brings the total number of cases in the Lincoln Trail District to 94. NELSON COUNTY UPDATE. Nelson County’s case […]
Joseph Louis Bickett, Sr., 75, of Loretto, died Monday, April 27, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Sept. 15, 1944, in Loretto. He was a former employee of General Electric in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Joseph David and Mary Nellie Nalley Bickett; […]
