By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 — The Kentucky General Assembly has come a long way in a few short years. For decades, the legislature waited for the Governor to present his spending plan to begin working on a state budget. The Governor’s Office would literally hand them a budget, they […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 — The web servers that host the Nelson County Gazette website were brought back online after 7-1/2 hour outage that began at about 9:30 Monday morning. The hosting company acknowledged the outage and reported they were working to restore the sites affected by the server […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 — Nelson County’s long history as part of Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District was ended Saturday when new Congressional District maps were approved by the General Assembly. The redistricting approved by the General Assembly splits Nelson County basically in half, with the southern part […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 — A Cox’s Creek man was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 to a 10-year prison term for his role in the drug overdose death of a Bardstown man in March 2020. Robert Estel Girdley, 36, was one of three individuals arrested for the Bardstown man’s […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton is advising local residents to expect difficult road conditions across the county Friday morning, including in the City of Bardstown. “People should consider delay in opening tomorrow for those businesses that must be open,” Heaton advised. Bardstown City Hall will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 — Garbage pickup in the Maple Hill and Edgewood subdivisions was called today, and the city plans to run those routes tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 unless another cancelation is called Friday due to weather. The city asks residents to have their garbage cans curbsite […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 — The Kentucky General Assembly released maps of its plans to redistrict Kentucky’s congressional districts, as well as the state senate and house districts. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING. Nelson County Democrats have already objected to the set of Congressional redistricting maps released early today that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 — Incumbent state Rep. Chad McCoy eliminated all doubt about his political future by filing as a candidate seeking re-election to his seat as 50th District state representative. McCoy filed his paperwork earlier Wednesday in Frankfort. He was first elected to the seat in the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 — Sen. Jimmy Higdon was the guest speaker at “Coffee with the Legislators” on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bardstown. Higdon offered a preview of the issues the Kentucky General Assembly will try to address this year. He also answered […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved funding that will allow the county to take over operation of the county’s animal shelter from the Nelson County Humane Society. The magistrates discussed Watts’ proposal for the move at the last Nelson Fiscal Court meeting, with several […]
