By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Saturday, Feb. 13, 2022 — As a legislator, I receive hundreds of phone calls, emails, letters, and social media messages each week. This session, the one issue that I hear the most about is the motor vehicle tax assessment. You may have already seen news reports about a notice […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 (UPDATED 10 p.m.) — Nelson County Republicans will have two opportunities this month to celebrate the party’s history and heritage of being the party of 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. NCORW LINCOLN DAY DINNER. The Nelson County Organization of Republican Women is sponsoring the 2022 […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 — At the start of Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting, the council approved a proclamation declaring February as Black History Month in the city. The proclamation noted achievements by three Kentucky African Americans — Stephen Bishop, who in the 1840s was a tour […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 — Deatsville area resident Danielle Chladek filed Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, as a Republican candidate for the office of Nelson County Coroner. Chladek, 59, has run against incumbent coroner Field Houghlin, a Bloomfield Democrat, several times in the past, the most recent being 2014 and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 — A Bardstown man is facing a murder charge following a Bardstown Police Department response to a call Friday afternoon for a welfare check at a home on Robin Drive in Bardstown. At 5:26 p.m., city police officers were dispatched to 151 Robin Drive as […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 — Tim Hutchins, the Bardstown businessman who is a Republican candidate for Nelson County judge executive, was the studio guest with Margie and Jim on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Hutchins discusses his perspective on county government, priorities he […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio CLARIFICATION: Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom said Wednesday morning that not all 23,438 voting households will have new voting precincts, though the plan remains to reduce the number of polling locations from 24 to 13. The 23,438 number is the total number of voting households in the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 — The Washington County Beekeepers will meet 6-8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, at the Washington County Extension Office in Springfield. Due to current University of Kentucky restrictions, no food or beverage service will be provided, however attendees are welcome to bring their own refreshments. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 — Nelson County ended the last week of January 2022, with near-record numbers of new COVID-19 cases, though the high numbers appear to have started to decline. In the last seven days, Nelson County reported 980 new COVID-19 cases, which topped the previous week’s record […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022 — We have officially crossed the one-quarter mark of the 60-day 2022 Regular Session, wrapping up another productive week in session. There are several updates I would like to share with you. First, lawmakers welcomed The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office from Atlanta on Monday. […]
