By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, May 11, 2023 (Corrected second graf regarding senior discount qualifications) — Prior to their review of the county’s proposed 2023-24 fiscal year budget, Nelson Fiscal Court approved the first reading of ordinances that will increase residential garbage collection rates and increase the 911 fee collected on […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 9, 2023 — Garbage rates for City of Bardstown customers will be going up now that the Bardstown City Council gave final approval Tuesday night to an ordinance that raises garbage fees for residential and commercial customers. Class I users — residential customers with three cans (or […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 9, 2023 — A former Nelson County Jail inmate who was on his way to rehab escaped the custody of the contract company that was transporting him. Charles Brandon Noe, 37, of Shepherdsville, had been given parole and was on his way to rehab when he exited […]
By CANDY MASSARONI50th District State Representative. Tuesday, May 9, 2023 — In a survey of teachers in 2022, more than half of teachers who participated reported having a negative self-perception and well-being. In addition, 41 percent of teachers in that same survey reported they are not satisfied with the social and learning climate in their […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 9, 2023 — A Bardstown was injured early Tuesday morning in a fatal two-vehicle crash on Joe Prather Highway in Hardin County. According to the Kentucky State Police, at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, KSP received a call regarding a two-vehicle fatal crash near the 5 mile-marker on the […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, May 6, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court gave its initial approval of a 30-day moratorium, or “pause” for all zoning applications related to new bourbon warehouse projects in Nelson County. The approval came at a special-called meeting last Thursday afternoon. After meeting a week earlier with […]
By ELIJAH BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, May 5, 2023 — The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are in town Derby week, and activists representing PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — were also in town Thursday to protest the company’s treatment of the horses prior to the Clydesdales’ parade through downtown […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, May 4, 2023 — Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Hall Sidebottom and election guru Cathy Marks were the guests on the Wednesday, May 3rd edition of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. The discussion focused on the May 16th Primary election, voting locations and the new election machines. Running […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, May 3, 2023 — The famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be in Nelson County now through Sunday, where they will be featured at the post–Derby My Old Kentucky Home Barbecue at the state park. Tomorrow, Thursday, the team will parade through downtown at about 5 p.m., pausing […]
Carol Jean Stuppy Bischoff, 81, of New Haven, died peacefully at her home, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, with her son Tim at her side. She was born Oct. 20, 1941, in Louisville. She was a “city girl who married a farmer” (her own words that she would tell everyone). She was a wife, mother and […]
