SPECIAL TO THE NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023 — The United Nations Committee on Things to Keep Us Awake At Night issued a stern warming to the international community that the widespread use of sea salt to season food — particularly in the U.S. — is pushing the world’s oceans to the brink […]
SPECIAL TO THE NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023 — The United Nations Committee on Things to Keep Us Awake At Night issued a stern warming to the international community that the widespread use of sea salt to season food — particularly in the U.S. — is pushing the world’s oceans to the brink […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, March 30, 2023 — First and foremost, as a member of the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee, I want to offer my sincerest condolences to the families and friends of the nine Fort Campbell service members who perished in in helicopter crashes during a military […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 28, 2023 — The Florida driver of a tractor-trailer died Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash near the 12-mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway. At 2:51 p.m. Tuesday, the Kentucky State Police responded to a request for assistance with a single-vehicle fatal crash on the parkway. The […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 28, 2023 — Three former school board members were part of a sizeable group of parents, teachers and students who gathered Tuesday at the Nelson County Justice Center steps to outline their grievances in regard to Nelson County Board chair Diane Berry. Rebecca Macguire-Dye told […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RadioSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 28, 2023 — The Nelson County Gazette will livestream the press conference at the Nelson County Justice Center at 5:30 p.m. regarding allegations of ethics violations, misconduct and neglect of duty of NC Board of Education chair Diane Berry. Visit the Nelson County Gazette Facebook page to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, March 26, 2023 — A group of concerned parents, community members and local educators have called a press conference Tuesday to highlight what they alleged are ethical violations, misconduct and neglect of duty of Nelson County Schools Board Chair Diane Berry. The group is demanding Berry’s resignation. Berry […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Sunday, March 26, 2023 — The veto period is upon us, and numerous bills are now on the Governor’s desk awaiting his action. The Governor has 10 days to consider whether he will sign them, allow them to become law without his signature, or veto them. Any vetoed legislation […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 21, 2023 — Nelson County residents are still cleaning up from the recent high winds that ravished areas of the county, downing trees, and limbs and damaging buildings. Property owners who experienced damage are asked to sent photos and estimates of those damages to Nelson […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 21, 2023, — Tracy Hudson, the former chief financial officer for the City of Bardstown, was sentenced to 35 months in prison for her role in the theft of $764,093.39 of city funds while a city employee. Hudson pled guilty to felony wire fraud in U.S. District […]
