By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council approved a donation that will assist Bethany Haven’s operation of the Room At The Inn program. Bethany Haven director Matt Bowman told the council that due to the COVID pandemic, many of the volunteers who have helped operate […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 — Linda Gray, a CPA with the Louisville-based Peercy & Gray, reviewed in detail the city’s 2019 audit, detailing some of the ways that the city’s former chief financial officer is alleged to have stolen more than $764,000 dollars from the city’s coffers. […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 — Early voting for the November election will begin Tuesday at the main branch of the Nelson County Public Library. Election machines will be set up in the large meeting room at the south end of the library building. Signs will be posted […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 — Judge Executive Dean Watts ordered the flag at the Old Courthouse in Bardstown to be flown at half-staff in honor of former County Judge Charles Roberts who died Wednesday. Roberts was the last Nelson County Judge whose position included judicial duties. In 1975, Kentucky […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 — Expanded absentee voting is still underway, and early voting begins on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Most people have few questions about “who” is on their ballot, but several people have contacted me with questions regarding “what” the two ballot measures on this year’s ballots are. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council has approved going door-to-door for Halloween trick-or-treating this year in the City of Bardstown — with some additional safety precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. County government and the other incorporated cities in Nelson County are expected to allow trick-or-treating, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 — Nelson Fiscal Court approved a recommendation to hire Shawn Gaither as the E-911 Dispatch Center’s new director. The vote took place at the court’s virtual meeting by teleconference Tuesday morning via the Zoom platform. Gaither, a resident of Bardstown, comes from Lebanon’s […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 — This year’s election is unlike any in our history. Instead of marching into our usual local polling place, many of us are voting in different locations and in different ways. Some of you may have already requested and received your absentee ballot, or you […]
By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 — Downturns such as every state will experience due to the coronavirus pandemic often unmask the true price tag of letting the good times roll too fast and far in earlier years. Kentucky is paying the good-times piper for its decision to dramatically […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 — Nelson County voters will have four locations across the county where they can cast their vote on Election Day, Nov. 3rd. Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom said that the state approved the county’s election plan last night. There will be four polling […]
