By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 — Following a public hearing regarding the city’s proposed real estate and personal property tax rates, the Bardstown City Council held second and final reading of an ordinance that leaves the tax rates the same as last year. The council’s decision to leave […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 — After nearly an hour and a half of testimony and discussion, the Bardstown City Council voted unanimously to allow a Bardstown businessman time to change a pizza oven exhaust system he installed without the approval of the Historic Review Board. Last year, […]
Clara Jean Rogers, 80, of Balltown, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Oct. 2, 1939, in Marion County. She retired from Jim Beam Distillery with 33 years of service. She was a 1959 graduate of Bethlehem Academy, a devout Catholic and a member of St. […]
Austin “Shane” Humphrey, 22, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in a motorcycle accident. He passed away doing what he loved. He was born July 8, 1998 in Bardstown. He worked for QSI, and loved cars, trucks, motorcycles, and most importantly his son. He was preceded in death by his great-grandfather, Mitchell McDougale; one […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 — Nelson County voters will have four locations across the county where they can cast their vote on Election Day, Nov. 3rd. Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom said that the state approved the county’s election plan last night. There will be four polling […]
Elizabeth Jean “Betty” Cambron, 75, of Raywick, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born June 13, 1945, in Fredericktown. She was a retired employee of General Electric with 35 years of service. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and member of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church She […]
Mary “Lee” Young Shannon, 94, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Landmark of Bardstown. She was born Oct. 20, 1925, in Louisville. She was a retired mail carrier for the United States Post Office, a member of National Association of Letter Carriers in Baltimore, and a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church. She […]
Helen Dock, 89, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Signature Healthcare of Bardstown. She was born Jan. 6, 1931, in Geneva, Ind. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Dock; and two granddaughters, Carla Lynn Hardesty, and Marie Bates. She is survived by […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton provides an end-of-week COVID-19 update from his office at Bardstown City Hall. Heaton’s office releases these video updates each week for the benefit of the Bardstown community. -30- Please follow and like us:
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 — Jonathan Silva, 18, was arrested Friday evening following a police investigation of a shooting incident that took place earlier Friday on Aspen Street. According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Silva allegedly fired a pistol at Jordan Keene and his family near the intersection […]
