Bobby Allen Cross, 43, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at his home. He was born Oct. 2, 1978, in Bardstown to Allen and Marlene Burba Cross. He was a forklift operator for Affordable Truss. He loved to go fishing and playing his guitar. He was of the Catholic faith. In addition to his […]
Betty Tewell Greenwell, 92, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 15, 1929, in Bardstown. She volunteered for Flaget Auxiliary and the American Red Cross. She was a member and Past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, a member of Cedar Creek Homemakers, and The First Cedar Creek […]
Letter to the Editor: On January 3, 2017, City Clerk Bryant distributed an I-Pad to each of the City Council Members – Joe Buckman (absent), Kecia Copeland, Dick Heaton, John Kelley, Bill Sheckles and Roland Williams. As Mayor, I reminded the council members that personal use of the I-Pad was strongly discouraged. On February 7, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 — A Bardstown man died of a gunshot wound during an altercation Wednesday evening at a home on Quarry Lane. The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 5:30 p.m. to the 1100 block of Quarry Lane for a 911 call of a shooting. Deputies […]
To the editor, I think it is time to shed some honesty and light on the issue with Eric Shelburne and the Pledge of Allegiance issue. Back in 2018 when running for county judge, I wanted to propose the Fiscal Court start saying the pledge at the start of their meetings as our surrounding counties […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 — Mayor Dick Heaton took time at Tuesday night’s Bardstown City Council meeting to recognize the city’s IT team that worked countless hours in the wake of a ransomware cyber attack on city computers that began at about 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2nd. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 — One or more vandals damaged the city’s new columbarium located in the rear portion of the Bardstown Cemetery. The columbarium is a structure made of granite panels that was added to the cemetery late last year as an optional final resting place […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 — Republican candidate for District 3 magistrate, M.T. Harned, was the studio guest on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show for Wednesday, Sept. 14th. Harned will face Democrat David Avis in the November election to determine who will fill the seat on Nelson Fiscal Court […]
Mary Frances Greenwell, 77, of Bardstown, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at her daughter’s home. She was born Oct. 11, 1944, in Bardstown. She retired from American Greetings and was a member of St. Gregory The Great Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Robert “Bobby” Greenwell; her parents, William and […]
Raymond Francis Edelen, 68, formerly of Bardstown, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at Richwood Nursing Home in LaGrange. He was born Oct. 10, 1953 in Bardstown to the late Joseph Robert and Josephine Frances Wimsatt Edelen. He was a 1971 graduate of Bardstown High School and a U.S. Army veteran. He was an avid golfer […]
