NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Feb 3, 2017, 11:40 p.m. – The Nelson County Board of Education held a working session Thursday, Feb. 3, 2017, and discussed preliminary MAP test results from the New Haven School, as well as some of the challenges educators face at the school. Running time: About 30 minutes. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, 10 p.m. – The Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce annual awards dinner was held Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at the Great Hall at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. The awards dinner recognized the Ron Filkins Volunteer of the Year, the chamber of commerce man […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, 11 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council voted Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, to greatly expand the scope of its investigation that was originally triggered by anonymous packets of public records of two council members that appeared prior to the council’s Nov. 1 working session. Following an […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, 12:40 a.m. – The Nelson County Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, and approved a staffing formula that will have the New Haven and Boston schools sharing one assistant principal position. The board is expected to consider other staffing options for that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, 12:30 a.m. – The Bardstown Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. The board approved a one year extension of Superintendent Brett Holsclaw’s contract; reviewed the draft 2017-18 district budget; approved the 2017-18 school calendar and received a report from Principal […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, 12:20 a.m. – Nelson Fiscal Court met in regular session Tuesday morning, Jan. 17, 2017. The court heard a report from Judge Executive Dean Watts about the closing of the local Career Center. The center’s lease is up in March, Watts said. Watts also provided […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 11 p.m. – State Sen. Jimmy Higdon and state Rep. Chad McCoy met Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 for the first “Legislative Coffee” with constituents in the Fiscal Court meeting room in the Old Courthouse. Higdon and McCoy updated constituents on the first week of the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 9 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council met Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in a special meeting originally designed to be a working session. The council had questions about the city’s recent audit that highlighted overspending in the city’s general fund, and discussed Council John […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, 5 p.m. – Nelson Fiscal Court met in regular session Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, and reviewed a report from the EMS director regarding the number of calls the service handled in 2016 and an analysis of the level of county tax dollars used to subsidize […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, 5 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council met in regular session Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, and said goodbye to four outgoing council members: Bobby Simpson and Fred Hagan, both of whom did not seek re-election; Bill Buckman and Francis Lydian, both of whom lost in […]
