By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 — It’s as if the creators of Kentucky’s new social studies standards ran as fast and far away as possible from the many extraordinary individuals throughout history whose achievements provide the “exceptional” in American exceptionalism. Few are included in the new standards. It’s […]
Doris Jean Lanham, 71, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Baptist Health in Louisville. She was a member of Fern Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Lanham; one daughter, Kelly McMonigal; two stepsons, Kenneth Lanham and Steve Lanham; her parents, Arthur Jefferson and Imogene Patterson Woods; and […]
Betty D. Ashby Marksbury, 78, of Cox’s Creek, returned to the Lord Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Baptist Health in Louisville. She was the former Betty Ashby and a retired bus driver for the Spencer County School Systems. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church where she served as a former youth director, church […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 — WBRT AM/FM will be hosting a book signing event with author Gary West at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning at Fresh, 114 N. Third St. West will be there signing copies of his latest book, “Murder on Youngers Creek Road.” West’s latest book is based […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 — For one of the first times since the passage of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), the Bardstown Board of Education did not approve a tax rate that creates up to a 4 percent tax revenue increase. In a 3-2 vote, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved a resolution in support of industrial revenue bonds totaling $28.5 million for the construction of three new bourbon rickhouses to serve the Barton 1792 Distillery operation in Bardstown. The 30-year bonds mean that the property owners will not […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 — The Bardstown Board of Education will make a decision on its real estate and personal property tax rates at its noon meeting on Tuesday at the district’s Central Office. At a public hearing Monday night, the board sought public input on its […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 — The City of Bardstown’s mosquito fogging program will continue the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, and will continue every three weeks until the first winter frost arrives. The city’s fogging program will operate from dusk to dawn as weather permits on the folllowing […]
By RACHEL CRUZERamsey Solutions Syndicated Columnist Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 — To say that 2020 has been a crazy year would be an understatement! It feels like our world has been turned upside down. Some of you have lost income, hours, or even your jobs because of the pandemic. Those financial goals you made on […]
Robbie Pennington, 77, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at Landmark of Bardstown. She was born May 2, 1943, in Washington County to the late Ruel and Daisy Thompson Hood. She was a homemaker and a member of Brookside Church of God of Prophecy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]
