NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, June 17, 2020 — Nelson Fiscal Court met at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in-person in the fiscal court meeting room on the second floor of the Old Courthouse. Items on the agenda includes, discussion and approval of a 50 cent per month garbage rate increase, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 16, 2020 — Three new COVID-19 cases were reported in neighboring Hardin and Washington counties on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. No new cases were confirmed Tuesday in Nelson County. The additional cases bring the six-county total positive cases to 269. […]
Jim Smith, 52, of Bardstown, died Monday, June 15, 2020, at Robley Rex VA Hospital in Louisville. He was born Feb. 3, 1968, in Songtan, South Korea. He was U.S. Navy veteran, a computer geek, and attended First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He was preceded in death by his mother, Kathy Smith; and one […]
Ruby Evelyn Bowman, 98, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at the Cook Family Care Home in Cox’s Creek. She was born May 7, 1922, in Nelson County to the late James Corbett and Maggie Rae Morrow Hardin. She was a retired teacher for the Spencer County School system. She was a member of […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOCommunity News Tuesday, June 16, 2020 — The DOB Society motorcycle club visited Bardstown recently and presented the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office with a $2,310 donation for the for the Kentucky Sheriff’s Association Boys and Girls Ranch. The DOB Society riders visited the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and provided the donation […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 16, 2020 — Kenneth Wayne Nichols, 48, of Hodgenville, was arrested Monday evening after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident on New Haven Road near Balltown. Deputies were dispatched Monday evening to the area of Balltown following reports of a possible intoxicated driver. Deputies observed a […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 16, 2020 — Nelson Fiscal Court voted — against Judge Executive Dean Watts’ recommendation — to switch the county’s liability insurance, worker’s compensation, and other insurance lines to KACo, the Kentucky Association of Counties. The magistrates discussed the insurance packages and their premiums at length, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 16, 2020 — Despite Republican state representative candidate Don Thrasher’s campaign claim that he stopped a garbage rate hike, Nelson Fiscal Court unanimously approved first reading of an ordinance that will increase the county’s garbage rates 50 cents a month for this year, and an […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 15, 2020 — Two new COVID-19 cases were reported in neighboring Marion County on Monday, June 15, 2020, by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. The health department also reported one additional COVID-19 related death in Hardin County. The additional cases bring the six-county total positive cases […]
Joseph “Joey” Eggemeier, 40, of Bardstown, formally of Woodlawn in Campbell County, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Norton’s Children’s Hospital after a 102-day battle against complications resulting from open heart surgery. He was a former member of the Southgate Fire Department, Springfield/Washington County Fire Department, and a volunteer recruit with the Bardstown Fire Department. […]
