NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 — The deadline to file to be a candidate on the May 2022 primary ballot was extended last week by the Kentucky General Assembly. The legislature moved the deadline from 4 p.m. last Friday to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Potential candidates have more […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 — Bardstown City Hall will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The city’s residential garbage routes will be run on their regular schedule on that week with no delays. City garbage customers are asked to […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 — With the number of COVID-19 cases surging in the community, Mayor Dick Heaton polled the members of the Bardstown City Council about continuing their in-person meetings. The discussion followed a announcement late Tuesday by Nelson County Judge Executive that the next few […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 — The latest mutation of the COVID-19 virus continues to run rampant across most of Kentucky, including Nelson County. Nelson County is 9th highest county in the state for reports of new COVID cases. On Monday, the Lincoln Trail District Health Department reported 283 new […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 — The Kentucky General Assembly has come a long way in a few short years. For decades, the legislature waited for the Governor to present his spending plan to begin working on a state budget. The Governor’s Office would literally hand them a budget, they […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 — Nelson County’s long history as part of Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District was ended Saturday when new Congressional District maps were approved by the General Assembly. The redistricting approved by the General Assembly splits Nelson County basically in half, with the southern part […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton is advising local residents to expect difficult road conditions across the county Friday morning, including in the City of Bardstown. “People should consider delay in opening tomorrow for those businesses that must be open,” Heaton advised. Bardstown City Hall will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 — Garbage pickup in the Maple Hill and Edgewood subdivisions was called today, and the city plans to run those routes tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 unless another cancelation is called Friday due to weather. The city asks residents to have their garbage cans curbsite […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 — Sen. Jimmy Higdon was the guest speaker at “Coffee with the Legislators” on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bardstown. Higdon offered a preview of the issues the Kentucky General Assembly will try to address this year. He also answered […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Jan. 3, 2021 — Sen. Jimmy Higdon welcomed about 45 people to “Coffee with the Legislators” Monday morning at the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bardstown. Higdon originally was to appear with 50th District state Rep. Chad McCoy, however, McCoy’s flight home had been canceled over […]
