NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 — The City of Bardstown’s request for a $1.4 million loan from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA) was approved today after the authority’s meeting early Thursday afternoon. In addition to the loan for Bardstown, the KIA approved loans totalling $7.2 million for wastewater and sewer […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, July 27, 2020 –– Every session, the General Assembly passes laws pertaining to various aspects of state and local government. Our constitutional officers, police departments, and local circuit clerks perform the necessary functions of government that help each of us live our lives. The laws we pass each […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 21, 2020 — In what was a first in the recent history of Nelson Fiscal Court, Judge Executive Dean Watts and the magistrates opened their Zoom videoteleconference meeting and immediately went into an executive session to discuss litigation. The members of Fiscal Court emerged from […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 14, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council approved a $5,000 donation to the Stephen Foster Drama Association to fund the creation and operation of a Black History Advisory Council that will examine “specific elements of our shows and create supplemental content to help provide historic […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Monday, July 13, 2020 — I hope you and your family enjoyed a safe and happy Independence Day. Sadly, as soon as we took the time to recognize and celebrate our great nation and the freedom it provides us, we began to see another rise in cases of the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, July 14, 2020 — Seven new COVID-19 cases were reported Monday in Nelson County, pushing the county’s case total to 116. One of the cases is currently hospitalized. Thirty-five are isolated at thome and 78 have recovered. In the Lincoln Trail District, 40 new cases were reported Monday […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, July 10, 2020 — Four new COVID-19 cases were confirmed Friday in Nelson County by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. According to local sources, the new cases include: a 21-year-old Cox’s Creek man; a 20-year-old Bardstown woman; a 60-year-old Balltown area woman; a 38-year-old Bardstown man. The […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 30, 2020 — Nelson County Republican Party Chair Don Thrasher was on hand this morning when the completed vote totals were released at the office of Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom. While holding a lead in the results from last week’s in-person voting at the Nelson County […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Monday, June 29, 2020 — Since the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, July Fourth has been observed as a day for Americans to stand in unity and in recognition of our nation’s founding. It is on this day, 244 years ago, that exemplary visionaries dared to create […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, June 19, 2020 — I want to start by saying thanks to all who have taken the time and made the effort to vote. This primary has been a challenge but it looks like we will get through with minimal issues. All that is left to do is […]
