Category Archives: Local News
Two Caverna schools increase, high school decreases in school data report
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both Caverna Middle School and Caverna Elementary School saw improvements in their 2024 school assessment data while the district's high school dropped by several po...
Nov 07, 2024
School districts respond to amendment 2 defeat
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 With polls closing at 6 p.m. on Nov. 5 a hustle-and-bustle swept over the Barren County Clerk's office as they began to count the votes cast at the nine county locat...
Nov 07, 2024
$780,000 awarded to SKYCTC, $1.5M given to WKU for healthcare programs
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College and Western Kentucky University recently received money from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Educati...
Nov 07, 2024
Barren County turnout as expected at 61 percent
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Around 20,000 residents cast their ballots -- either in person or via absentee -- in the Nov. 5 general election. Based on numbers obtained from the Barren County Cl...
Nov 06, 2024
Glasgow council to have 3 new faces next year
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 According to the unofficial vote tallies released by the Barren County Board of Elections via the county clerk's office, one-third of the Glasgow Common Cou...
Nov 06, 2024
Voters elect next Cave City council members
By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 After a busy day at the polls, election workers at the Cave Area Conference Center breathed a sigh of relief as they closed the doors and began counting votes. That r...
Nov 06, 2024
Barren County Unofficial Election Results
Last update: 7:42 PM, Nov. 5, 2024 *Candidates listed in the order they appeared on the official ballot. All Precincts included in this report: Barren County High School Gymnasium Austin Tracy Volunte...
Nov 05, 2024
Election day polling locations
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Election Day is here and polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the nine available polling locations spread throughout Barren County. A person can go to any of the ...
Nov 05, 2024
Weldon library, SCRTC hosts digital literacy class
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library, with the partnership of South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, will be offering people a digital literacy class. "Tod...
Nov 05, 2024
Veterans Day prep begins with 17 new veterans' banners
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Glasgow's downtown square has 17 new guests as members of the Glasgow Parks and Recreation Department replaced the generic "City of Glasgow" banners with ones emblaz...
Nov 04, 2024