Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow police, KSP announce June checkpoints
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Glasgow police announced they will conduct traffic safety checkpoints within the city limits of Glasgow. The checkpoints will take place beginning on June 6 and endi...
Jun 02, 2025
GALLERY: ‘Sip, Shop and Stroll’ in downtown Glasgow
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Community members attend the “Sip, Shop and Stroll” event Saturday in downtown Glasgow. Will Perkins/Glasgow News 1 Community members attend the “Sip, ...
May 31, 2025
Barren County’s Irwin gets ‘accomplished’ rating in superintendent evaluation
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Following a brief closed session, the Barren County Schools Board of Education gave Amy Irwin an “accomplished” rating for her year as the district’...
May 30, 2025
Three-judge panel nixes Turcotte appeal regarding his firing from GPD
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 A former Glasgow police chief who later became an officer and then detective and was fired in August 2023 has lost another appeal to have that decision reve...
May 30, 2025
‘Meet people where they are’: Barren River Health Department unveils new mobile clinic
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren River District Health Department recently unveiled its new mobile clinic unit. The goal of the mobile unit is to reach community members in their own neig...
May 30, 2025
Attempted murder case forwarded to Barren County grand jury
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Shane Reece’s case was forwarded to a Barren County grand jury after his district court appearance on May 29. The 58-year-old was arrested by Glasgow police of...
May 30, 2025
Three-judge panel nixes Turcotte appeal regarding his firing from GPD
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 A former Glasgow police chief who later became an officer and then detective and was fired in August 2023 has lost another appeal to have that decision reve...
May 30, 2025
Kentucky State University opens Barren County extension office
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The smell of meat sizzling on a Cattlemen’s Association grill, the low hum of community members and signs periodically lining the road served as indications th...
May 30, 2025
Call for bids to construct justice center expected in mid-June
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 If - and history has demonstrated that may be a very large "if" - things stay on track now, construction on a justice center for Barren County could begin b...
May 29, 2025
Barren County to launch Aerospace Engineering pathway
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Like a rocket escaping the Earth's atmosphere, Barren County High School will be launching a new Aerospace Engineering pathway next year. Justin Browning, Career and Tec...
May 29, 2025