NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, 3:45 p.m. — The current variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to run rampant in Nelson County, prompting a substantial increase in the number of positive testing numbers provided by the Kentucky Department of Public Health. Between Sunday, Jan. 16th and Wednesday, Jan. 19th, Nelson […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 — The extended filing deadline for the May primary has resulted so far in one additional candidate to file for a magistrate’s seat on Nelson Fiscal Court. Tony Marie Wiley, 61, of the Hubbards Lane area, filed Tuesday as a Republican candidate for magistrate of […]
Michael “Mike” Abell, 75, of Bardstown, died peacefully on Jan. 18, 2022, after a brief and courageous battle with pneumonia at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lexington. His wife, Sheila and children, Eric and Laurie, were by his side. His life was one of service, both to the local community and abroad, serving with Bellarmine Student […]
Charles Yates Jewell, 76, of Bloomfield, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Landmark of Bardstown. He was born Sept. 20, 1945, in Washington County to the late Robert Owen and Anna Bell Haydon Jewell. He was a former employee of Southern States. He was a farmer and was a Pentecostal by faith. In addition to […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, 1 p.m. — At their virtual meeting Tuesday morning, Nelson Fiscal Court heard that the county’s road crews used approximately 278 tons of salt on the county’s road for the Jan. 6th snow event that hit the county. On that Thursday, the county’s […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Rado Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, 12:30 p.m. — Nelson Fiscal Court’s plan to redistrict the county this year may not take place in May as planned. While current state law requires county governments to reapportion their legislative districts in May of the second year after a census, House […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 — The Rolling Fork Fire Department spent several hours on the scene of a structure fire in the 1000 block of South Stillwell Road in the Boston area. Firefighters arrived on the scene before 7 p.m. and remained on the scene until about 10:45 p.m. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of man found Saturday afternoon in the area of Melody Lake in southern Nelson County. Deputies were dispatched to Melody Lake at 4:15 p.m. Saturday for a report of a deceased person. Based on the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 — The Bardstown City Council held an in-person meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in the council chambers next to the Rec. Center gym on Xavier Drive behind Spalding Hall. Running time: 30 minutes, 45 seconds. -30-
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 — The Nelson County Beekeepers will have their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at the Nelson County Extension Office, 317 South Third St. in Bardstown. New to beekeeping or interested in learning how to keep bees? Come and join us and […]
