By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 16, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court took the first steps Tuesday night to reapportion the county five magisterial districts. A committee of three individuals were appointed to a commission that will work with the Lincoln Trail Area Development District to oversee the work that will […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 16, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved the road paving requests from four of the county’s five magistrates at its meeting Tuesday. Magistrate M.T. Harned had not yet finalized his paving list in time for Tuesday evening’s fiscal court meeting. BONUS FUNDING. Nelson County Judge-Executive […]
Barbara Gail “Bobbi” Terrell Burkhead, 63, of Chaplin, died at 9:57 p.m., Friday, May 12, 2023, at her home after an illness. She was born in Lebanon Nov. 27, 1959, to the late Joseph Rudolph and Iris Gaye White Terrell. She was a member of Chaplin Christian Church, a 1978 graduate of Washington County High […]
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 […]
