By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 — The Bardstown City Council received a guided tour of the city fire department’s newest apparatus prior to the council meeting Tuesday evening at the Bardstown Fire Department’s Station 1 on East John Rowan Blvd. Firefighter Trevor Mattingly showed the council around the […]
Johnny Ray Simpson, 53, of Chaplin, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Hospice Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was born Dec. 21, 1968, in Marion County to James Dale and Joyce Terrell Simpson. He was an employee of the Kentucky Department of Transportation and attended Lawrenceburg Community Church. He loved […]
James Robert “Jimmy” Wickham III, 60, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Oct. 16, 1961, in Nelson County. He was an employee for Independent Stave for 31 years and a Kentucky Colonel. He was a member of the Bourbon Festival Board for 20 years. He was […]
To the editor, A recent invitation was sent out from the Nelson County Republican Party and the Nelson County Organization of Republican Women for this year’s Lincoln Day Dinner. Until COVID-19 hit, this had been an annual joint event to promote republican candidates in upcoming elections. Each candidate would be introduced and given time to […]
Kenton B. Rea, 86, has joined his parents (Clyde and Muriel Booth Rea), brother (Robbie Rea), and son (Jeff Rea) in heaven. He was married to the beautiful Mary Masterson Rea for 60 years. He was preceded in death by one son, Jeffrey David Rea. He is survived by one daughter, Leslie Rea Quirion (Paul) […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 — We have officially crossed the halfway point of the 2022 60-day Regular Session. Week 7 of the session included a lot of legislative activity as consequential bills were introduced and more moved through the process. I want to update you on three significant matters: […]
Bobby Wayne Ferrill, 85, of Bardstown, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at St. Joseph East Hospital in Lexington. He was born Sept. 3, 1936, in Larue County. He retired from General Electric. He was a self-employed farmer and a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two sons, Larry Wayne […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 9:12 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, for a report of an injury crash on Monks Road. According to a press release from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, a Toyota Tacoma operated by Evan Ross Douglas, 28, […]
Evan Ross Douglas, 28, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, from a single vehicle automobile accident. He was born Dec. 18, 1993, in Elizabethtown. He was a 2012 graduate of Nelson County High School where he played on the boy’s soccer team. He was an employee of NPR, a former employee of Fastenal and […]
Ana Maria Torres, 95 of Bardstown, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born April 17, 1926, in Caguas, Puerto Rico to the late Epifanio Sanchez Leon and Amelia Leon Velazquez. She was a retired seamstress and homemaker. She loved cooking and taking care of children. She was a member or […]
