NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 — Due to the icy road conditions, the City of Bardstown garbage pick-up routes will not be run this week. The move is an effort to insure the safety of garbage collection employees. Garbage routes in the City of Bardstown will return to normal collection […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 — Gov. Andy Beshear announced six new regional COVID-19 vaccination sites, new mobile clinics, 10 new Kroger locations, 15 new Walmart stores, and 125 new pharmacies — Walgreens and Good Neighbor independent pharmacies — that will now offer COVID-19 vaccines. “Each new site we open […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Feb . 11, 2021 — The wintry mix that coated Nelson County with varying layers of ice and a dusting of snow left hundreds of homes in the dark overnight as tree limbs fell and power lines broke under the weight of accumulated ice. Salt River Electric crews […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 — With an ice storm warning from the National Weather Service predicting varying accumulations of ice across Nelson County, Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton said city utility crews and street crews are prepared to clear city streets, handle possible power outages and other utility […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 — Nelson County had 71 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. The new cases bring the county’s total number of COVID cases to 4,288, with 395 of those cases active. The county has recorded 30 COVID-related […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 — I joined legislators from throughout the Commonwealth in Frankfort this week as we reconvened for the second portion of the 2021 session. On the first day back at the Capitol after the recess, the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to override six […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 — Following the General Assembly’s constitutionally required recess during a 30-day session, lawmakers returned to Frankfort on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, to begin the second half of the 2021 Session. During the recess period, the governor vetoed six priority bills that the legislature sent him. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton provides an end-of-week COVID-19 update from his office at Bardstown City Hall. Heaton’s office releases these video updates each week for the benefit of the Bardstown community. Running time: 5 minutes 29 seconds. -30- Please follow and like us:
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 — Mayor Dick Heaton laid out the City of Bardstown’s priorities for the next two years at the end of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. One of the items on list of future projects isn’t a new one, but one whose “time has […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 — Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts made it crystal clear after winning his last election in 2018: This will be his last term at the head of county government. People who know Watts say he’s implied that me might not run for […]
