NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 — Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa was the guest on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Sheriff Pineiroa discussed the work his office has done so far this year in cooperation with the DEA, and he also talked about the work […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 — Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Laurence B. VanMeter has returned a motion by Brooks Houck’s attorney to Nelson Circuit Court following a request by his attorney to remove Circuit Judge Charles Simms III from the Houck case. Houck’s attorney, Brian Butler, had filed the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 — Bardstown Police Chief Kim Kraeszig introduced the department’s latest hire, Social Services Coordinator Olivia Raley, a social worker who will work with officers to assist individuals suffering from homelessness, domestic violence, and other issues. MAYOR’S PARK. The council reviewed the long-awaited bids to begin […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 –– Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins attended Tuesday’s Tourist Commission board meeting in the hopes of getting answers. He left the meeting without finding out why former Tourist Commission director Samantha Brady was fired. Hutchins said that despite him being an NCEDA board member, he […]
Margaret Rodericks, SCN, 86, of Nazareth, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. She was born Jan. 28, 1937, in Bandra, Bombay, India, to Rudolph Anthony Roderick and Florence G. Ferreira. She was one of six children and the couple’s only daughter. She was a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 60 years. She said she […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 — Fear. Uncertainty. Anxiety about the future. These emotions and more filled the air of the Post 121 American Legion Hall during an emergency meeting of union USCAC last Friday afternoon. More than 50 union employees of American Fuji Seal attended the meeting, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 — Former Nelson County School Board member Damon Jackey was in downtown Bardstown Thursday morning participating in the student and faculty protest of the school board’s decision to eventually close Thomas Nelson High School and merge its students with Nelson County High School. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 — The partner agencies of the Nelson County Economic Development Agency (NCEDA) board met Thursday morning. and Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins had some pointed questions regarding the firing of Samantha Brady, the former executive director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist Commission. Hutchins […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 — Damon Jackey, a 15-year veteran of the Nelson County Schools board of education, resigned Tuesday night at the end of the board’s meeting. Jackey represents the county’s 5th district on the school board. His resignation came at the end of a raucous […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court held the first reading on an ordinance that would prevent the homeless from camping overnight on county-owned public property. The ordinance is essentially the same as an ordinance recently approved by the City of Bardstown that prohibits camping overnight […]
