By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 14, 2014 — Tempers flared Tuesday night in discussions about the North Third Street “road diet” at a meeting of the Bardstown Active Neighborhoods Delegation. Those who did not like the road diet outnumbered those who favored it, but each side spoke frankly about […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, July 14, 2014 — Tune in from 11 to noon Wednesday for “Brooks & Company” on its new broadcast day! Join host Jim Brooks and his guest, local businesswoman Ashley Patterson, whose son is believed to have had a reaction to pesticides used last year in the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 14, 2014, 4:30 p.m. — Though the cost of health insurance has jumped this year, county government employees will not have to pay more for their health insurance premiums. Judge Executive Dean Watts told Fiscal Court at its meeting Tuesday morning that losses over […]
Mary Elizabeth “Toodie” Cheek, 96, of Cox’s Creek, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Bardstown. She was the former Mary Elizabeth Brookshire and was born Feb. 12, 1918, in Spencer County. She was the former owner/operator of Superior Grocery and a member of the Cox’s Creek Baptist Church and the Taylorsville Chapter of the Order […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 15, 2014 — The Bardstown Board of Education received some good news at its Tuesday meeting about the performance of its high school students who take Advance Placement (AP) classes. Bardstown High School’s Assistant Principal Aaron Boggs told the board that the number of […]
Monday, July 14, 2014 — The fifth annual Nelson County Fair Public Speaking and Talent Contests were held Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Nelson County Civic Center in Bardstown. Prizes for this event were provided by the Nelson County Fair Board awarding passes to the 2014 Fair, the Nelson County Farm Bureau (NCFB) sponsored […]
Rev. Kenneth “Ken” Sparkman, 84, of Boston, died Monday July 14, 2014, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born May 9, 1930, in Richard City, Tenn. He was a retired Baptist minister in Kentucky and Tennessee with 66 years of service. He was director of missions for two associations in Tennessee for 35 years, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, July 14, 2014, 5 p.m. — The North Third Street “road diet” is on the agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting of the Bardstown Active Neighborhoods Delegation. Please note the meeting time is 6:30 p.m., not 6 p.m. as reported by other media. The meeting will take place […]
By RON LEACH Democratic Candidate for Congress Monday, July 14, 2014 — The recent passage of the “Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA)” was the conclusion of an 11-year effort to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The sad fact is that this bill – or similar legislation – could have helped many […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Monday, July14, 2014 – We should never discount the unintended consequences of welfare programs, including waste, fraud and abuse that occurs when government decides it’s going to provide assistance to needy Americans but fails to include adequate oversight measures. There’s a lot of concern that such accountability […]
