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 […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Monday, March 2, 2020 — I’m sure we’ve all seen U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath’s TV commercials regarding her bid to be the Democratic nominee to face off against Sen. Mitch McConnell in the November election. In the commercial that is airing in Kentuicky market, McGrath appears in an aircraft […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 — It was standing room only in the meeting room of Mammy’s Restaurant at lunch hour Tuesday as local Democrats gathered to welcome U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath. McGrath was in town for a campaign meet-and-greet event Tuesday, preceded by interviews with local […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOCommunity News Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 — All Nelson County voters registered as a republican as of December 31, 2019 are asked to attend the Nelson County Republican Mass Meeting set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Nelson County Public Library, 201 Cathedral Manor in Bardstown. Participants can […]
