NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Dec. 30, 2019 — Nelson Circuit Clerk Diane Thompson and Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom urge Nelson County residents who made changes to voter registration while getting a drivers license since Nov. 1, 2019 to check their voter registration status. Those who changed their voter registration since Nov. […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 — Below is my 2020 Legislative Questionnaire, which I hope you will take a few moments to complete. While I have mailed a few copies to households in our district, I am extremely grateful that the Nelson County Gazette has agreed to make this survey […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 — I want to express my appreciation for you for the privilege to serve as your state Senator. I will continue to work diligently to make sure Frankfort hears your voice. Much of our priority legislation passed in 2019. Nonetheless, we will be addressing critical […]
By JIM WATERSPresident, Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 — Put well-deserved coal in new but visionless Gov. Andy Beshear’s stocking this Christmas, and by New Year’s Day he’ll likely have signed executive orders banning black rock in stockings, the stockings themselves and maybe even the entire coal industry. Beshear’s approach […]
By JIMMY HIGDON 14th District State Senator Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 –– It is hard to believe 2020 is nearly upon us. After the whirlwind of Thanksgiving, Christmas is nearly here. Lights are on the trees, candles are in the windows and children are writing their lists to Santa. It is the season of giving […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 — There will be no driving tests offered at the Nelson Circuit Court Clerk’s office on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, which is Inauguration Day. According to Circuit Court Clerk Diane Thompson, the day has been declared a state holiday. The Division of Driver’s License has […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 — Nelsonville Road resident Philip Bischoff filed earlier today as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the 50th District state representative seat. A Republican Party of Nelson County press release states that Bischoff “wants to give voters a conservative option” in the May 2020 […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 — Legislators spent this week in Frankfort wrapping up many of our Interim Joint Committees. Over the last few months, agencies, organizations, and constituents have brought their agendas to Frankfort to lay the groundwork for issues we will consider during the 2020 Session. I have […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 — Though Republican Philip Bischoff was the first in Nelson County to say he would file to seek Nelson County’s 50th District seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, Democrat and Boston resident Kory Miller was the first in Nelson County to actually […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 — A Shepherdsville man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning in the southbound lanes of I-65 near the 108 mile marker. At about 5:56 a.m. Wednesday, Kentucky State Police Troopers from Elizabethtown Post 4 responded to a report of a crash […]
