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Video: District 2 magistrate candidates face-off at local candidate forum

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 — The candidates for District 2 magistrate met for a debate sponsored by Nelson County American First PAC on Wednesday, Sept. 28th. Don Thrasher and Kenny Fogle served as moderators. Running time: 1 hour, 3 minutes. -30- Please follow and like us:

October 4th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,Election News,Elections,Politics,Politics,Video | Read More »

Hutchins, Shelburne to meet next week in debate at Nelson County Civic Center

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 — The candidates for Nelson County judge-executive will meet next Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 in a debate sponsored by the Bardstown Radio Team, owners and operators of WBRT and WOKH. The debate featuring Republican Tim Hutchins and Democrat Eric Shelburne kicks off at 6 p.m. […]

October 3rd, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,Election News,Elections,Politics | Read More »

KSP arrests Botland man following shooting incident involving deputy sheriff

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 — The man who shot and injured a Nelson County Deputy Sheriff Friday was arrested early Saturday by Kentucky State Police and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. Christoper Steward Curtis, 49, of Bardstown, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer; wanton endangerment, […]

October 1st, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,Jail Logs,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Safety | Read More »

District 2 magistrate candidates meet for Nelson County America First PAC forum

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 — The magistrate candidates for District 2 participated in town hall-style forum Wednesday at Thomas Nelson High School sponsored by Nelson County American First PAC. Incumbent 2nd District Magistrate Gary Coulter, who is completing his first term on Nelson Fiscal Court, and Republican […]

October 1st, 2022 | Posted in Bourbon-related,Breaking News,County government,Election News,Elections,News,Politics | Read More »

Deputy sheriff shot during domestic response on Greer Lane in Botland

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 — An officer was injured Friday afternoon after being shot by a subject in the area of Ivy Court on Greer Lane. At 3:27 p.m., the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home on Ivy Court for a report of a domestic disturbance […]

September 30th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,News,Public Safety | Read More »

Council OKs Bethany Haven grant; reviews ransomware attack in closed meeting

By JIM & ELIJAH BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2022 — The Bardstown City Council approved a donation request of $15,000 from Bethany Haven, the local non-profit organization that helps provide emergency shelter for men, women and children. The organization has added two staffers, one a rehousing specialist to help the […]

September 29th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,City Government,News | Read More »

Nelson County America First PAC hosts candidates for District 4 magistrate

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 — The candidates for magistrate in Nelson County District 4 met for a candidate forum Tuesday night at Thomas Nelson High School. The event was sponsored by the Nelson County American First PAC. Incumbent Republican Jeff Lear and Democrat Brent Brey answered questions […]

September 28th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,Election News,Elections,News,Politics | Read More »

District 5 magistrate candidates square-off at Nelson Co. American First PAC forum

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 — Magistrate candidates for District 5 squared off Tuesday evening in a candidate forum sponsored by the Nelson County America First PAC. Kenny Fogle, chairman of the Nelson County Democratic Party, and Don Thrasher were co-moderators, and took turns questioning the candidates. DISTRICT […]

September 28th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,Election News,Elections,News,Politics | Read More »

Obituary: Joseph Edmund ‘Burlap’ Downs Sr., 90, New Haven

Joseph Edmund “Burlap” Downs Sr., 90, of New Haven, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Baptist Health Hardin. He was born March 8, 1932, in Charlestown, Ind. He was a longtime farmer, a former employee of Barton Distillery, and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Culvertown. He was preceded in death by his […]

September 25th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

Video: Judge-exec candidates square-off at NC America First PAC political forum

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 — The candidates for Nelson County Judge-Executive — Democrat Eric Shelburne and Republican Tim Hutchins — squared off in a candidate forum Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 sponsored by Nelson County American First PAC, the splinter Republican group led by former county chairman Don Thrasher. The […]

September 24th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,County government,Election News,Elections,Politics,Video | Read More »

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