NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, May 12, 2022 — Bardstown businessman Tim Hutchins was honored earlier this week by the Lincoln Heritage Council of the Boy Scouts of America by being awarded the Distinguished Citizen Award. Hutchins was one of several who were honored by the Lincoln Heritage Council for his “leadership and […]
By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, May 12, 2022 — Tuesday’s primary election will be the first test of new state election laws. Will they help increase turnout? Let’s hope so. Turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election – moved from May to several weeks in June after the World Health Organization […]
Elizabeth Rose Mayer, 79, formerly of Bardstown, died Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Nazareth Home in Louisville. She was born Aug. 11, 1942, in Bardstown to the late George Edward and Mary Therese Mudd Filiatreau. She was a stay-at-home mother to her six children. She enjoyed feeding birds and playing tennis. She was a […]
Elbert Stallings Jr., 78, of Cox’s Creek, died Monday, May 9, 2022, at Norton Women and Children Hospital. He was born May 30, 1943, in Cox’s Creek. He retired from General Electric after 25 years, and was a member of St. Gregory Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elbert and Dora […]
Richard Horrell “Dick” Mahoney, 80, died peacefully in his sleep Dec. 24, 2021. He was born Aug. 29, 1941, in New Haven to the late, Kent and Mary Dawson Mahoney. He grew up in New Haven with his sister, Dorothy Ann, and four brothers, Ken, Jim, Joe, and Bill. He served in the U.S. Air […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 10, 2022 — The Bardstown City Council discussed and overwhelmingly approved first reading of a measure to double the monthly pay of the mayor of Bardstown. The city’s mayor currently is paid $2,500 a month. The mayor’s pay has been adjusted just once in the […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information […]
James Joseph “Jim” Miskell Jr. 88, of Bardstown, died peacefully at his home Sunday, May 8, 2022. He was born April 9, 1934, in Scranton, Pa., to the late James Joseph and Marjorie Sammon Miskell Sr. After graduating from West Side High School in Scranton he enlisted in the Navy. He served four years as […]
Michael Sam Tornatore, 71, of Bardstown, died Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 6, 1951, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late Sam S. and Virginia A. Stroaf Tornatore. He was a former lab technician manager for a company in Tennessee. He liked working outside in the yard and […]
Barbara Jean Bittinger Hardin, 75, of Bardstown, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Landmark of Bardstown. She was born Nov. 7, 1946, in Nelson County. She was a retired nurse and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her longtime companion, Joseph Daniel Lee “Curly” Hall; her husband, William […]
