By JIM WATERSPresident, Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 — Former University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino once complained about Wildcat fans who were “consumed by (the University of) Louisville,” meaning a loss to their rivals in November leaves a permanent asterisk next to an entirely otherwise successful 30-win season […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 — Gov. Matt Bevin and the Republican downticket carried Nelson County — with the exception of the Secretary of State’s races with Heather French Henry outpacing Republican Michael G. Adams by a slim 208 vote margin. Voter turnout in Nelson County was a […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 — Every Nov. 11 Americans observe Veterans Day to honor the millions of men and women who have served, or are serving, in the nation’s armed forces. No holiday says “America” the way Veterans Day does. We celebrate not just our freedom, independence and democracy, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 — The man who won the Republican primary for magistrate and nearly beat the incumbent in 2018 announced his intention to challenge state Rep. Chad McCoy for the Republican nomination for 50th District state representative. Boston-area resident Philip H. Bischoff Jr. announced in a press […]
By JIM WATERSPresident, Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 — The second of five gubernatorial campaign debates held recently at the University of Kentucky featured a statement you rarely hear uttered by a politician of either party, but especially one who portrays himself as a progressive with a spending wish list long […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 — The Nelson County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to set the 2019 tax rate to create a full 4 percent increase in tax revenue. Because of an increase in assessments and new construction, the actual 2019 tax rate was lowered from […]
By JIM WATERSPresident, Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 — “To tell the Truth,” a popular TV game show from the annals of history, featured a panel of celebrity judges who would try to correctly identify contestants with unusual jobs or life experiences. The twist was that while one of the contestants […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Nelson County Fire Department and the Boston Fire Department were dispatched at about midnight Sunday night to a report of a semi tractor-trailer on fire in the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway at the 11 mile marker. When […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 — It’s a busy time of year for Kentucky families as students get back into the routine of school and the many after-school activities. Did you know there are more than 650,000 kids in preschool through 12th grade at Kentucky’s 4,597 public and private schools? […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, July 29, 2019 — The Nelson County Community Clinic will hold a free educational seminar concerning Medicare at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at the Nelson County Public Library. Carol Baldwin with the Lincoln Trail Area Development District State Health Insurance Program. (LTADD SHIP) will be the […]
