NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 — Brereton Chandler Jones, born in 1939, was one of six children born to Bartow and Nedra Jones. Raised in Point Pleasant, West Va., on the family dairy farm, he loved horses and sports throughout his childhood. His athletic ability ultimately secured a football scholarship […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 –– Botland residents had the chance to sound off at a recent special meeting of the Joint City-County Planning Commission about an 182-acre site in Botland for a proposed distilled spirits warehouse complex. The tracts involved are in the heart of Botland and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court met at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 for their first meeting of the month. Among the actions taken include setting the 2023 property tax rate at a rate slightly below the compensating rate. Running time: 1 hour and 43 minutes. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to set the city’s 2023 property tax rate at 16.3 cents per $100 value — a reduction of half a cent from last year’s rate of 16.8 cents per $100 value. Despite the lower […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council took up the problem of homeless people living on the streets and public areas around downtown Bardstown at the beginning of its meeting Tuesday night. Restaurant owner Merima Kreso told the council that homeless people living in downtown […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 (updated Friday, Sept. 8, 2023) — A Nelson County man has been charged in connection to the death of Crystal Rogers. According to WDRB, Joseph Lee Lawson, 32, was named in two sealed indictments for conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 — The Joint City-County Planning Commission has delayed taking action on the application by Luxco, the parent company of Bardstown’s Lux Row Distillers, for a 182-acre bourbon warehouse complex in the heart of the Botland community east of Bardstown The commission held a two-hour public […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 — A Bullitt County deputy jailer charged with stealing more than $25,000 from the Bullitt County jail was arrested Tuesday night and was lodged in the Nelson County Jail. According to court documents, Gene Edward Maness, 56, of Lebanon Junction, was arrested Tueday after he […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 — A Louisville man was arrested by the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday afternoon following a police chase in a stolen pickup truck that ended in a crash. At 11:23 a.m. Wednesday, Chief Deputy Brandon Bryan was on West John Rowan near its intersection with […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 — A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment July 11, 2023, that charged two Nelson County residents with conspiring to traffic in cocaine and fentanyl. According to the indictment, Neal Scott Stone, 47, and Keely Marie Logsdon, 39, both of Bardstown, were charged […]
