By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 — The Bardstown City Council honored the 2021 Bardstown Lady Tigers varsity soccer team accomplishments in a proclamation approved at its meeting Tuesday night. The proclamation notes the team’s 17-7-1 record for 2021. The team won back-to-back 5th Region Championships, as well as […]
By JIM BROOKSNeson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved a resolution Tuesday morning in support of a grant application to help pay for the joint city-county project to expand the internet to unserved and underserved areas. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear approved a grant program to assist internet […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 — The Bardstown City Council approved a resolution Tuesday night recognizing the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Tuesday’s virtual council meeting featured Shonna Sheckles, who serves as a legal court advocate for Springhaven, a domestic violence shelter based in Elizabethtown. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval of the 2021-22 tax rates, which is slightly lower than last year’s tax rate. The council approved lowering the rate for real estate and personal property from 17.9 cents per $100 of value to 17.8 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 — The Bread for Life Food Pantry officially dedicated its new mobile food pantry Monday afternoon at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral. Monday was the feast day of St. Vincent DePaul, the inspiration to the St. Joseph parish ministry by the same name that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 — Due to the weather conditions last Wednesday, the City of Bardstown did not conduct its Mosquito Fogging Program. The city has rescheduled the Mosquito Fogging Program for this Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, and plans to continue every three weeks until the first frost. The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, 9:45 a.m. — Due to the heavy rains this morning, North Third Street in the area in front of the Bardstown City Cemetery is closed due to high water. If you are planning to drive into Bardstown from the north, plan on a different route […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 — The Bardstown City Council held the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday evening that will slightly lower the city’s property tax rate for 2021 compared to the previous year. The reason is due to the increase is property values in the city […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 — If you’re in Bardstown this week during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, you may see a new mode of transportation available for hire. A new company called Bourbon City Pedalers will operate a pedicab, which is a pedal-operated vehicle that serves as a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 — The number of new COVID-19 cases has surpassed the peak numbers from December 2020/January 2021, and they continue to rise in the Lincoln Trail Health Department service area. In Nelson County the district health department reported 145 new COVID cases reported Tuesday. Of the […]
