By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 8, 2020 — The candidates seeking to be the Republican nominee for 50th District state representative squared off Monday evening for an hour-long debate in the PLG TV studio. The debate wasn’t aired live on PLG, but was streamed live on social media. Two-term incumbent […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 1, 2020 — Anyone planning to file as a candidate for local school board, city council, or city commission seat that will be on the November election, the deadline to file your candidacy paperwork is 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The filing deadline in the past […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Tuesday, May 26, 2020 — Before I begin this week’s session review, I would like to share an update that we have received from the Secretary of State’s office regarding the June 23, 2020, Primary Election. I hope you are already aware that this year’s Primary has been rescheduled […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 19, 2020 — Speaking during Nelson Fiscal Court’s meeting Tuesday morning, Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom explained the planned voting procedures that will be in place for the June 23, 2020 Primary Election. There will only be one in-person polling location that will be setup […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, May 15, 2020 — All Nelson County residents who plan to vote in the June 23rd Primary Election are eligible to vote by mail-in absentee ballot. To request an application for a ballot, Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom ask voters to call the Elections office, (502) 348-1829; or […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 5, 2020 — Nelson Fiscal Court met via Zoom teleconference Tuesday morning and was presented with some bad news by Judge Executive Dean Watts and Nelson County EMS Director Joe Prewitt. One of the EMS ambulances was returning from a run to Lexington last Friday […]
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 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, March 5, 2020 — Individuals who plan to file as candidates for the November 2020 General Election need to be aware that the deadline to file has changed. In years past, the filing deadline was in August; however, effective this year, the deadline has been moved to 4 […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — North Fourth Street resident Frankie Hibbs is the second candidate to officially file his paperwork as a candidate for a seat on the Bardstown City Council. Hibbs in an incumbent councilman who won his seat in the 2018 election. He filed his candidacy paperwork […]
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 […]
