Frank Sympson Hammond, 80, died Monday, April 13, 2020, at University Hospital. He was born March 24, 1940, in Louisville to the late J.W. and Bulamae (Sympson) Hammond of Bardstown. He grew up in Bardstown and was a graduate of Bardstown High School, class of 1958. He was a National Merit Scholar and a letterman […]
Cody N. Smith, 21, of Cox’s Creek, died Sunday, April 12, 2020, as a result of a car accident. He was born Aug. 20, 1998, and graduated from Nelson County High School class of 2016. He is survived by his parents, Patrick and Tammy Smith; 12 siblings, Amanda (Bobby) Simpson, Amber Hale, Branden Sherley, Brittany […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council tooks steps at its videoconferenced meeting Tuesday night to set aside funds to help local businesses and non-profit organizations recover from the affects of the COVID-19 virus impacts on their operations. And the council took the first steps […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton’s update during Tuesday’s city council meeting offered his thanks and personal kudos to the community’s combined efforts to follow Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive orders and the Centers for Disease Control’s guidance on social distancing and other ways to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council will consider measures at its meeting this evening that will help ease the financial burden the COVID-19 pandemic has created on Bardstown businesses. In addition to an anticipated grant of $20,000 to Tri-County United Way for their distribution, the city […]
Brodie James Norris, 26, of Owensboro, died Friday, April 10, 2020, at his home. He was born Nov. 29, 1993, in Louisville to Joseph Roscoe Norris and Barbara Cardoza. He attended Apollo and Daviess County High Schools (class of 2012). He received his Masters Degree in Social Work from Western Kentucky University (Owensboro campus). He […]
Clifford Ray Latiolais, 71, of LaFayette, La., died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at his daughters’ home in Bardstown. He was born March 27, 1949 in St. Landry Parish, La., to the late Alexon and Dorothy June Romer Latiolais. He was a retired truck driver, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and loved to trail in […]
Chad Michael McCarty, 42, of Bardstown, died Sunday, April 12, 2020, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 20, 1977, in Marion County to Larry Benjamin and Deborah Lynn Gorley McCarty. He was an employee of Tower Automotive of Bardstown. He loved coaching basketball, loved his family and was a member of St. Gregory […]
Roberta Harris Holmes, 90, of Fairview Park, Ohio, died peacefully on Saturday, April 11, 2020. She was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. April 12, 1929, to Iona May and William Harris. She graduated from Montefiore School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1950. She married Roger Parker in January of 1951. On Oct. 25, 1953, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — Bardstown’s WBRT AM/FM radio will carry tonight’s Bardstown City Council meeting set to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. The meeting agenda includes consideration of bids for work at the Jerry Riley Wastewater Treatment plant; an engineering services agreement related to replacement of a […]
