By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council heard that the increase in local property assessments and new construction and expansions will have an impact on city residents’ property tax rates. The council heard city Chief Financial Officer Aaron Boles explain that a substantial jump — […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 — Before I give you a rundown of this week’s meetings and activities in Frankfort, I want to address something that has been on my mind and heart. In any given year, an estimated one in seven Kentucky children is abused. Now we have COVID-19, […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 — As our country and state continue to function in a COVID-19 world, citizens of Kentucky—young and old–—are still dealing with the persisting effects of the pandemic, as well as the side effects of trying to mitigate its impacts. The COVID-19 pandemic and the unintended […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 — The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the repercussions of the state’s response have been felt deeply throughout Kentucky. Thousands of Kentuckians are still waiting for their unemployment insurance claims to be processed. More than a third of Kentuckians are now on Medicaid, and […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, 11:45 a.m. — Milt Spalding, the director of Nelson County Dispatch, is resigning his position as director effective Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa made the announcement at the end of Tuesday’s Nelson Fiscal Court meeting. Pineiroa told the court […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, July 27, 2020 — Two new COVID-19 cases were reported Monday by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. Three Nelson County individuals remain hospitalized due to the virus. Forty-one are isolated at home, and 124 of the county’s 170 cases have recovered. Local sources report that three of […]
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 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 15, 2020 — The preservation of Anatok, the historic 1847 Bardstown home threatened with demolition, will be discussed today at 11 a.m. on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks.” Hosts Margie Bradford and Jim Brooks will be joined by members of the Anatok Preservation Committee, who are raising money […]
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 […]
