Category Archives: Local News

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A street-legal-special-purpose-vehicle ordinance and payments headline the Barren County Fiscal Court’s agenda for June 3. The seven county magistrates are exp...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Portions of three state roads in Barren County are listed in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3’s traffic impact report for this week, ending on Fr...

By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 Scottish-style Highland Games have returned to Barren County. Games had been played annually at Barren River Lake State Resort Park until 2019, when the Glasgow Highl...

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...

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, ...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...