By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, April 24, 2020 — The Kentucky General Assembly ended the 2020 Regular Session on April 15 under an entirely different set of circumstances and realities that could not have been foreseen at the start. Despite the impact of the pandemic on our state’s economy and all-around way of […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Friday, April 24, 2020 — With the 2020 Regular Session behind us, I hope to use my legislative updates to review some of the work we did this session. It makes sense to start with education, since so much depends on both how we approach this issue and how […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — The Bardstown City Council will consider measures at its meeting this evening that will help ease the financial burden the COVID-19 pandemic has created on Bardstown businesses. In addition to an anticipated grant of $20,000 to Tri-County United Way for their distribution, the city […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — Bardstown’s WBRT AM/FM radio will carry tonight’s Bardstown City Council meeting set to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. The meeting agenda includes consideration of bids for work at the Jerry Riley Wastewater Treatment plant; an engineering services agreement related to replacement of a […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, April 13, 2020 — Mayor Christopher Dudgeon called the Bloomfield City Council meeting to order Monday for the first time in the council’s history using the Zoom videoconferencing service. The mayor and council took a little time to get acclimated to the videoconferencing, and the meeting was conducted […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, March 16, 2020 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton has declared state of local emergency in the city of Bardstown. The declaration launches the local emergency operations plan, and requires the city and its departments to coordinate and cooperate with the local Emergency Management Agency, as well as the […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — At Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting, Mayor Dick Heaton told the council about a meeting at City Hall that brought together first-responders, city and county officials with medical personnel and the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. The meeting’s goal was to be […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, March 6, 2020 — Week nine of the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly proved to be the most productive yet. Activity will only increase from this point forward, because on Friday the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee passed its state budget bill. That bill is […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Friday, March 6, 2020 — While we consider many bills and resolutions during a legislative session, the one task we are constitutionally obligated to accomplish is passing a budget. I am pleased to report that we are one step closer to that goal as I joined my colleagues in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — For the new year and the new decade, the Nelson County Organization of Republican Women recently issued its Vision 2020 Mission Statement that clarifies the group’s goals for the coming election cycle. The NCORW was formed in 2004 as an avenue for the county’s […]
