NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 — Bardstown Fire Chief Todd Spalding was the studio guest on the Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 edition of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Spalding reviewed the department’s past year, discussed future plans for the department, and discussed winter time fire safety tips for WBRT […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 — After nearly 30 years working in local economic development, Kim Huston, president of the Nelson County Economic Development Agency and the Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation announced Thursday her plan to retire Thursday, April 11, 2024. In her role as head of economic development and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 — The 2023 Fall leaf pickup by the City of Bardstown will end Friday, December 29, 2023. Our leaf collectors will be working diligently to collect all zones this week. Any leaves not collected after Friday will need to be bagged and put out with […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the state’s Department of Transportation to relocate the city’s water and sewer lines as needed for a section of the city’s western bypass that will connect Boston Road with KY 245 at Wilson Parkway. The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 — Tuesday night the Bardsdtown City Council approved a move that will lead to the sale of its cable TV and internet business known as Bardstown Connect. A press release from City Hall explained that the city’s public utilities require ongoing infrastructure upgrades and those […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023 — Mayor Dick Heaton and the Bardstown City Council honored the Bethlehem Banshee’s girls’ soccer team and the Thomas Nelson High School cross-country teams for their state-level wins at the start of last night’s council meeting. NARCAN VENDING MACHINE. Councilwoman Betty Hart told […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2023 — The Lincoln Trail District Health Department, in partnership with NelCARE (Nelson County Addiction Response Effort) has placed a naloxone (Narcan) box at the First Christian Church of Bardstown that offers free doses of Narcan. Naloxone — known by the name brand Narcan — is […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 — Thanks to the generosity of a Bardstown family and their desire to turn a tragedy into lifesaving action, the city of Bardstown now has a safe place for a mother to give up her baby. Last week, a new Safe Haven baby box was […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 — The City of Bardstown held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the corner of North Third Street and Broadway to commemorate the start of the expansion on the Mayor’s Park. Under sunny skies and with shovels at the ready, local officials broke groundon the project […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 — Gov. Andy Beshear won a very narrow victory here in Nelson County, winning the county by 187 votes over Republican candidate Daniel Cameron. Voter turnout in Nelson County was fairly heavy at 42.54 percent. Those who took advantage of early voting at […]
