NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 14, 2022 — The City of Bardstown is asking its garbage customers to have their garbage cans out by their curb by 6 a.m. on pickup days starting Wednesday, June 15, 2022, and continuing until further notice. The early pickup will allow the city’s sanitation workers to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 14, 2022 — Two Bardstown teachers were recent awarded Honorary State FFA Degrees during the 93rd State FFA Convention in Lexington. John Martin and John Hammond, both of Bardstown received the honorary degree during a special ceremony at the state convention. The Honorary Degree is awarded to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 13, 2022 — The Nelson County Branch NAACP #3106 will hold their 3rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., at St. Monica Parish Community Hall, 407 South Third Street, Bardstown. The banquet is a fundraising event to continue the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 13, 2022 — Four people were injured — one seriously — Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash that happened in the 7900 block of US31E, the New Haven Road. At 5:35 p.m. Saturday, troopers were dispatched to investigate the multi-injury crash. According to KSP, Heather Booth, 30, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 6, 2022 — The Nelson County Branch NAACP #3106 will hold their 3rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., at St. Monica Parish Community Hall, 407 South Third Street, Bardstown. The banquet is a fundraising event to continue the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT (UPDATED Friday, June 10, 2022) Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — The 62nd annual Bardstown Kiwanis Club Radio Auction is 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Nelson County Civic Center, 321 S. Third St. in Bardstown. As in years past, the auction will feature dozens of […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — Now that the deadline to file for non-partisan races passed at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 7th, we now have a clear picture of the candidates who will be on the November General Election ballot. BARDSTOWN MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL. Incumbent Mayor Dick […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 6, 2022 — All five magistrates submitted their asphalt paving requests for their districts at Tuesday’s Nelson Fiscal Court meeting. The magistrates made their decisions in consultation with County Engineer Brad Spalding. DISTRICT 1 – KEITH METCALFE 2.14 mile section of Hall-Simpson Loop 0.82 mile […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 7, 2022 — Nelson Fiscal Court’s meeting ended on a tense note Tuesday morning after Nelson County Sheriff’s Ramon Pineiroa thanked the court for its 7 percent across-the-board employee raise, but told the magistrates the raises fell short of a salary that will retain his […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 6, 2022 — Bardstown’s Heaven Hill broke ground Monday on its new $135 million distillery, bestowing it with the name of the company’s original distillery that was destroyed by fire in 1996. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined Heaven Hill President Max Shapira and the company’s master distiller, […]
