By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 — Fear. Uncertainty. Anxiety about the future. These emotions and more filled the air of the Post 121 American Legion Hall during an emergency meeting of union USCAC last Friday afternoon. More than 50 union employees of American Fuji Seal attended the meeting, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court held the first reading on an ordinance that would prevent the homeless from camping overnight on county-owned public property. The ordinance is essentially the same as an ordinance recently approved by the City of Bardstown that prohibits camping overnight […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023 — Former tourist director Samantha Brady was terminated from her job following an investigation into complaints received “from within the office and from various state and business leaders about your leadership within this office.” That’s from the letter dated Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 — Samantha Brady is out as the executive director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist and Convention Commission. According to the Gazette’s sources, she was suspended from her job last week and was then terminated Friday for undisclosed reasons. Kim Huston, head of the Nelson County […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 — A number of the residents of the Edgewood subdivision attended Tuesday night’s Bardstown City Council meeting to complain about the smell of the city’s Gilkey Run sewer plant. “We’re really struggling in the neighborhood with the terrible smell,” Victoria Clark told the […]
By TIM HUTCHINSNelson County Judge-Executive Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 — Friday Night lights are in full swing, pumpkins and mums are on porches, chili is on the stove, and the leaves are starting to change. Fall has arrived in Nelson County. With the work of the FBI and local law enforcement, the support of our […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 — The Joint City-County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, to continue their review of the application and evidence submitted by Luxco Inc. to build distilled spirits storage warehouses on a 182-acre tract in the Botland community east of Bardstown. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 — Kim Huston, the head of economic development efforts in Nelson County, was the guest on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Huston talked about tourism, economic development, and more. Running time: About 44 minutes. -30- Please follow and like […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 –– Botland residents had the chance to sound off at a recent special meeting of the Joint City-County Planning Commission about an 182-acre site in Botland for a proposed distilled spirits warehouse complex. The tracts involved are in the heart of Botland and […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council took up the problem of homeless people living on the streets and public areas around downtown Bardstown at the beginning of its meeting Tuesday night. Restaurant owner Merima Kreso told the council that homeless people living in downtown […]
