Edna Mae Conner 66, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020. She was born Oct. 12, 1953, to Josephine (Cowherd) and Edward Conner. She was a 1973 graduate of Bardstown High School. She was a member of St. John A.M.E. Zion Church. She was a candystriper and a long time Wendy’s employee. She is preceded […]
NC GAZETTE/ WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, June 10, 2020 — The City of Bardstown Water Department’s annual flushing program is underway. On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, flushing will occur at the following locations: • Hwy 31E at Maple Grove Court, Plum Run Rd. and Treetop Dr.• Salem Court• Yorkshire Drive• Kings Court• Heritage Park Subdivision […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, June 10, 2020 — A Madison, Tenn., woman, 25, died and three people were injured Monday evening in a single-vehicle crash near Exit 21 on the Bluegrass Parkway. The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 9:33 p.m. Monday for an injury accident near the parkway’s 21 mile […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 9, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council held first reading of the city’s fiscal year 2020-2021 budget at its meeting Tuesday evening. The council was held using Zoom video teleconferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Dick Heaton said that due to the pandemic, there […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 9, 2020 — Bardstown residents who have piles of cans, plastics and paper set aside for recycling won’t have much longer to wait to unload those recyclables. The Bardstown City Council approved providing $10,000 from its CARES Act funding to pay the salaries for employees […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 9, 2020 — Two new COVID-19 cases were confirmed Tuesday in Nelson County by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department According to local sources, one of the new cases is a 23-year-old Bardstown woman. The second new case is 50-year-old man who lives in Bardstown. Both individuals […]
Martha N. Hickman, Bardstown, died Sunday, June 7, 2020. She was born in Winchester to the late Mary Frances and Walter J. Newell Sr. She was an educator for many years and taught in several school systems. She began her career in West Point, Miss. during the early 1960’s. After settling in the Bardstown area, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 8, 2020 — The candidates seeking to be the Republican nominee for 50th District state representative squared off Monday evening for an hour-long debate in the PLG TV studio. The debate wasn’t aired live on PLG, but was streamed live on social media. Two-term incumbent […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 8, 2020 — Six new COVID0-19 cases were reported Monday in the six-county Lincoln Trail District by the Lincoln Trail Health Department. Two new COVID-19 cases were reported in Marion County, while four new cases were reported in Hardin County. The new cases bring Marion County’s total […]
Betty Louise Curry Litsey McMakin, 81, of Bardstown, died Sunday morning, June 7, 2020, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1938, in Hart County. She was a homemaker. She married Joseph Lee Litsey in 1957 and lived in Bardstown, where they started a family of five children. She loved bingo and playing […]
