By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, 2:30 a.m. — While Mayor John Royalty won’t be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot, Tuesday night’s city council debates at times sounded like a referendum on the mayor’s performance and effectiveness — or the perceived lack thereof. The 16 […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, 11 p.m. – The new E-911 Dispatch Board met Tuesday for its first meeting under the new agreement between city and county governments governing the joint city-county dispatch center. Bardstown Fire Chief Randy Walker was named the new board chairman, per […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette/ WBRT RAdio Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, 11:45 a.m. — Nelson Fiscal Court approved the only bid it received to complete emergency repairs on the failed road sufaces on Greens Chapel Road and Murphy Lane near Bloomfield. Hinkle Environmental Services of Richmond submitted a bid of $255,900 to complete repairs […]
Dear Dave, I’m 23, and I lost a good job a few days ago due to layoffs. My wife has been a stay-at-home mom with our 10-month-old daughter, and we have very little in the way of savings. What can we do to keep our heads above water? Seth Dear Seth, I’m really sorry you’re […]
Maureen Harvey, 69, of Louisville, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at Baptist Healthcare. She was born Feb. 11, 1947, in New Haven and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Julia Atchison, and her father, Henry B. Johnson. She is survived by one daughter, Sherry Howard-Hite of Bardstown; one son, Eric […]
Deborah Kaye “Debbie” Hamilton, 57, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was born Feb. 14, 1959, in Nelson County to James Donald and Bernice Kidwell Hamilton. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and was a child care provider. She lived her life dedicated to […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, 7 p.m. — The recent incident where the owner of a stolen utility trailer found it being used by acting Bardstown Police chief Capt. McKenzie Mattingly is another incident that unfortunately chips away at the public’s trust in the leadership at […]
Lily Franklin Whittington, 89, of Chaplin, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at Bardstown Health and Rehab. She was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Lawrenceburg. She was a homemaker and a member of the Old Chaplin Fork Baptist Church. She was one of the Franklin Sisters who sang on a program on WBRT radio in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Oct. 15, 2016, 9 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council’s Safety Committee met Wednesday, Oct. Nelson Fiscal Court met Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2016, and discussed the Bardstown Police Department’s high amount of overtime it has paid and SRT policy. Running time: About 44 minutes. -30- Please follow and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, 6 p.m. – The Bardstown City Council met Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Items on the agenda included an update on a four-year, $635,000 firefighter recruitment and retention grant; update on the search for hiring a new police chief; and questions about that acting police chief’s […]
