By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radiio Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 — Meeting in regular session Tuesday night, the Bardstown City Council gave initial approval of a new, lower property tax rate. The council approved reducing the property tax rate that is currently set at 16.3 cents per $100 value to 16.1 cents per […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 — Steve Lawson, a co-defendant in the Crystal Rogers case, fired his attorney at the start of a hearing in Nelson Circuit Court on Thursday. The hearing was supposed to consider motions by Lawson’s attorney, Ted Lavitt of Lebanon, but Lawson’s request for new counsel […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 — Steve Lawson, one of the defendants in the Crystal Rogers case, told Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III he wanted to discharge his defense attorney, Ted Lavitt of Lebanon, and requested the appointment of new public defender. The court hearing was to […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved the first reading of the new property tax rate for the new fiscal year. The magistrates voted to reduce the property tax rate from 12.7 cents per $100 value to 12.0 cents per $100 value. This means that […]
To the editor, I registered as a Republican when I was 18. Although I have numerous family members who are both Democrats and Republicans, I have always felt my personal values align more with the Republican Party. I have friends who are Democrats and Republicans alike, and I have always respected the other side, never […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, July 21, 2024 — A Bardstown man was shot and injured Saturday afternoon at a home in the 5000 block of Boston Road. At 12:35 p.m., Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Boston Road home for a disturbance involving someone who had been shot. When deputies […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, July 21, 2024 — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway at the 32-mile marker for a report of a single-vehicle crash. When deputies arrived, they found a single vehicle that struck a tree fulling involved in flames. The driver, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, July 21, 2024 — Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa was the studio guest Wednesday, July 17, 2024, on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Pineiroa talked about the success the sheriff’s office has had with one of its members working full time with the DEA in working to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REORT Thursday, July 17, 2024 — The Bardstown Radio Team, owner and operator of WOKH FM, announced this week that in cooperation with Bethlehem High School athletics and Bethlehem High School alumni, that all of the Bethlehem High School Eagle football games will be broadcast on WOKH FM, 102.7, The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, July 17, 2024 — One of the defendants charged in the murder of Crystal Rogers appeared in Nelson Circuit Court briefly Thursday afternoon. Joseph Lawson is facing charges that include complicity to murder and tampering with evidence in the disappearance and presumed murder of Crystal rogers. Nelson Circuit […]
