By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, March 4, 2024 — The Nelson County Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday evening to remove Wes Bradley from his job as superintendent of Nelson County Schools. The vote came at the second special-called board meeting in a week. As with last week’s meeting, Monday’s meeting […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 — A Campbellsville woman was arrested on drug-related charges Monday evening during a traffic stop by a Nelson County deputy sheriff. According to a sheriff’s office press release, Deputy S. Quire stopped a 2010 Ford Fusion on KY 245 at about 9:29 p.m. Monday for […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 — If you are interested in good government, then you won’t want to miss Wednesday morning’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Our guest is Amy Bensenhaver, a former assistant Kentucky attorney general whose focus was government transparency. Bensenhaver worked as a staff attorney under six […]
NC GAZETTTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 — A Kentucky man with ties to Nelson County, Louisville and LaGrange, was sentenced recently to 9 years and 2 months in prison for loan fraud and money laundering. According to court documents, Wavy Curtis Shain, 42, a former Louisville attorney and real estate title […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 — The Nelson County Board of Education met in a special-called meeting Monday morning that focused solely on a closed executive session that lasted nearly six hours. Board Chair Amanda Deaton called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. Monday morning. The board then went […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 — Former Bloomfield Police Chief Harry Steve Cambron was indicted Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, on charges related to the turmoil in Bloomfield last summer that led to calls for the mayor to resign following his firing of Cambron and the city clerk. Cambron, 67, of […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved a resolution regarding a $1.2 million grant that will be awarded jointly the county, the City of Bardstown, NCEDA and the Bardstown Industrial Development Corp. The approval came at its second regular meeting of the month on Tuesday […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 — Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins and members of the state champion 2023 Bethlehem High School girls soccer team and their supporters gathered Monday afternoon for the official unveiling of a sign that announces to visitors that Bardstown is home to the 2023 girls state […]
To the editor, Less than a year ago, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted to remove the Barrel Tax to the benefit of the distillery industry. While I agree with state Rep. Candy Massaroni that something needs to be done, we need to be looking at this from a political reality view and not political […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 — The public hearing scheduled this week regarding the proposed anaerobic digester facility has been delayed at the request of the applicants. Grissan and Mago/Revlation’s application No. 3177 for a conditional use permit was set for a public hearing 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, […]
