NC GAZETTE / WBRT ERADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 — A very special 30-minute “Bradford & Brooks” radio show focused entirely on the pending sale of the City of Bardstown’s cable TV and internet business known as Bardstown Connect. Our guests were Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband, a […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 — The three defendants in the Crystal Rogers case were in court at the Nelson County Justice Center Thursday afternoon for an update before Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III. Brooks Houck, Steven Lawson and his son, Joseph Lawson, entered the courtroom once […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 — Nelson County Gazette Editor Jim Brooks will host a special edition of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show at 11 a.m. Friday after the 11 a.m. news. The special 30-minute show will discuss the possible sale of the City of Bardstown-owned cable TV and […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024 — In an effort to recruit more paramedics, Nelson County EMS is asking Nelson Fiscal Court to change the way it reimburses EMS employees when the pursue additional medical training. EMS Director Mike Reynolds said the cost of education to bring an EMT […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Sunday, Feb 4, 2024 — With the county facing a huge lawsuit from the parent company of Lux Co Distillers, I humbly recommend that Nelson Fiscal Court take a long hard look at the evidence against them and county government — and then make the correct decision to reverse their […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 — The Kentucky State Police are investigating what’s being called an officer-involved shooting that took place in the area of West John Rowan Avenue and Frost Avenue. According to a press release from the Bardstown Police Department, officers were dispatched Saturday evening to a report […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, — Kentucky State Police Post 4 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 4 area, which includes Hardin, Jefferson, Bullitt, Nelson, Meade, Breckinridge, Larue, and Grayson counties. These checkpoints will be conducted as part of Post 4’s highway safety efforts. Troopers will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) responded to a three-vehicle fatal collision in Bullitt County Wednesday night. At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, KSP Post 4 in Elizabethtown received a call for assistance from Bullitt Count 911 Dispatch in regard to a three-vehicle […]
To the editor, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 — The sale of Bardstown Connect is impending. With bids from Comcast, Duo Broadband, and Spectrum submitted, I felt it necessary to bring to the forefront a few points about why this sale should not happen. I challenge anyone to identify another provider that has worked harder to […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 — I regret to say week five was a shorter week for me than my colleagues, as I, like many Kentuckians, was under the weather this week. I tested positive for the flu early in the week. My Senate colleagues and staff continued doing a […]
