NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, 11 a.m. – Nelson Fiscal Court met in regular session Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. The court approved a recruitment and retention program that will raise EMS salaries, including raises based on length of employment; raised the EMS fee schedule; discussed a needle exchange program […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, 10 p.m. — Bluegrass Parkway travelers take note — a rock slide has blocked the left eastbound lane of the Bluegrass Parkway between the 11 and 12 mile makers just inside the Nelson County line near Boston. At 9 p.m., two police cruisers were on […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, 9:22 a.m. (Updated 8:30 p.m.) — Tommy Ballard, father of Crystal Rogers, the Nelson County woman missing since July 2015, was killed Saturday morning in a hunting accident near the Ed Brent Road home of his son, Casey Ballard. According to WAVE 3 News, Ballard […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, 4:30 p.m. — The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday reversed an earlier ruling by the U.S. District Court in Louisville striking down Hardin County’s right-to-work ordinance. “The court upheld the ability of local governments to pass economic development legislation that will benefit […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, 1 a.m. — A 16-year-old Nelson County High School female student was injured during cheerleading practice Thursday evening at Nelson County High School. At about 5:56 p.m. Thursday, Nelson County EMS and the Bardstown Fire Department were dispatched to the high school on Bloomfield Road […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, 1 p.m. — A Bardstown man was indicted Wednesday by a Nelson County grand jury on charges that include second-degree arson, three counts of wanton endangerment in the first-degree; possession of a handgun by a convicted felon; and first-degree persistent felony offender. According to the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, 12:30 p.m. — An off-duty Kentucky State Police trooper and an Elizabethtown man are credited with helping save the life of a four-year-old child involved in an injury accident Wednesday afternoon in Elizabethtown. According to the KSP Post 4 press release, KSP Trooper Josh […]
Mary Emma Graves, 92, of Manton, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at her residence. She was born Sept. 18, 1924, in Marion County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing and upholstering. She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Manton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Edward “Buck” Graves; […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, 2 p.m. — In an effort to improve Nelson County EMS’s ability to recruit and retain EMTs and paramedics, Nelson Fiscal Court approved a measure Tuesday to improve EMS employee pay. EMS Director Joe Prewitt told the court at its last […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, 10 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education received a favorable review of its 2016 audit in a report from CPA Jason Strange with Smith & Co. CPAs. The biggest difference this year’s audit was the way the district’s share of […]
