By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 18, 2025 — Nelson Fiscal Court discussed the large number of past-due bills owed the county for its universal garbage collection service. Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins said his office staff has been pursuing collecting past due bills by sending out letters, and in the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, March 14, 2025 — Nelson Circuit Clerk Diane Thompson was the studio guest on the Wedensday, March 12, 2025 broadcast of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Thompson, who was sworn-in for another consecutive term by Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Lambert, is now the longest serving circuit […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Jan. 20, 2025 – Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins had Assistant Judge-Executive and Emergency Management Director Brad Metcalf as his studio guest on Tuesday’s “Around the County with Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins” radio show on WBRT AM/FM. Hutchins and Metcalf offered updates on recent weather challenges and the county’s […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 — Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins launched his latest effort to insure transparency is local government — a weekly one-hour radio show on WBRT called “Around the County with Tim Hutchins.” Hutchins’ radio show airs from 11 a.m. to noon every Tuesday on WBRT 1320 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 — The Nelson County Republican Party will hold the local party’s reorganization on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 at the Nelson County Public Library. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The meeting offers local Republicans the chance to accept a […]
By CANDY MASSARONI50th District State Representative Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 — While I traditionally use my legislative updates to share with you what we are doing in Frankfort, I would like to use this one to seek your opinion on some of the issues facing our Commonwealth. Below is my 2025 Regular Session Legislative Questionnaire, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 — Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III has set a date for the joint trial of Crystal Rogers co-defendants Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson. The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Warren Circuit Court in Bowling […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 — Steven Lawson, one of the three men charged in the disappearance and presumed murder of Crystal Rogers, will have a trial separately from his co-defendants, his son, Joseph Lawson, and Brooks Houck. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III issued an order Tuesday […]
By JIM BROOKSNC Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 — Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins cited what he termed “a clerical error” that has created confusion on county tax bills regarding the annual 911 fee. At the June 18, 2024 fiscal court meeting, the court approved a resolution that raised the 911 feet […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 — The trials of the three co-defendants in the Crystal Rogers murder case will be located next year in Warren County. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms issued his decision Monday, ordering that the trials of Brooks Houck, Steven Lawson and his son, Joseph Lawson, will […]
