By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, April 14, 2016, 11 p.m. — Thomas Nelson High School is one step closer to construction on its long-awaited auditorium following the actions Thursday of the Nelson County Board of Education. Meeting Thursday at Cox’s Creek Elementary, the board accepted the final bids needed for […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 11 a.m. (UPDATED 1 p.m.) — A Nelson County School bus was involved in an injury accident Tuesday morning before 7 a.m. Nelson County EMS, the New Hope Fire Department and Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at about 6:48 a.m. for a two-vehicle […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, March 3, 2016, 11:45 p.m. — A special-called meeting of the Nelson County Board of Education meeting regarding construction bids for the new auditorium at Thomas Nelson High School turned into a debate about the board reversing a policy it established last year. At its […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7:30 p.m. — A Bardstown High School sophomore has been selected for admission to the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green. Wendy Cecil, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Cecil from Bardstown, is one of 100 Kentucky sophomores named to the Class […]
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By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 9 p.m. — Every student who attends Bardstown Primary, Bardstown Elementary or Bardstown Middle School could receive free breakfast and lunch beginning in August if the district’s Community Eligibility Provision application is approved. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a federal program […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 – Nelson Fiscal Court, the Bardstown Board of Education and the Nelson County Board of Education held their regular meetings on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Click on the thumbnail images below to play the meeting video you wish to view. Nelson Fiscal Court […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, 7:45 p.m. — St. Catharine College is at the “brink of extinction” due to a dispute between the college and the U.S. Department of Education over more than $600,000 in financial aid funds the college says it is owed. WDRB reported Monday the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, 11:40 p.m. — The Bardstown City Schools board of education heard details Tuesday of the Bardstown Primary School’s delivery targets and objectives for the 2015-16 school year. School principal Michelle Ryan said the school’s emphasis is on reading and math in preparing […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved continuation plans for its family resource/youth centers, though possible cuts in state funding require those plans to change. Gov. Matt Bevin has proposed 4.5 percent cuts in the remainder of this year’s budget, […]
