Category Archives: Local News
Barren County Schools close due to illness
GLASGOW - Barren County Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 5 & 6 due to widespread illness. The two-day closure will be Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) days. Teachers will be in con...
Dec 02, 2022
Barren County youth named as winner of speech contest
Matthew Estes, fourth from the left, accepts a check after being named the winner of the Kentucky Farm Bureau 2022 youth Speech Contest. (PHOTO SUBMITTED BY JAY COLEMAN) GLASGOW - A Barren County nati...
Dec 02, 2022
What you need to know about this year's Glasgow Christmas Parade
GLASGOW - There are 168 entries in this year's community Christmas parade. It kicks off Saturday at 6 p.m. Bodie Janes, also known as the Barefoot Farmer of Finney Holler, will headline the parade as ...
Dec 02, 2022
Hospital philanthropy group announces plans for New Year's Eve bash
GLASGOW - The T.J. Community Mission Foundation will host a New Year's Eve bash at the Cave City Convention Center to raise money for its philanthropy. The bash is scheduled on Dec. 31 and will kick o...
Dec 02, 2022
PDB approves closing amounts on judicial center properties
Rich Alexander, a member of the project development board overseeing the construction of a new judicial center in Barren County, listens as a motion is clarified during a meeting of the PDB on Wednesd...
Dec 02, 2022
Roadway to be closed for accident reconstruction
GLASGOW - A portion of North Jackson Highway will be closed Thursday while police reconstruct a fatal crash. The closure is planned for Thursday near the 7000 block of Highway 31-E. A fatal crash occu...
Dec 01, 2022
Barren County's Fant named as finalist for leadership award
Director of Nutrition Services and Afterschool Programs for Barren County Schools, CheyAnne Fant. (BARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS) GLASGOW - A Barren County Schools administrator has been named as one of two f...
Dec 01, 2022
WKU to recognize fall 2022 graduates on Dec. 9
Timothy C. Caboni, president of Western Kentucky University, speaks with students while on campus. (WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY) BOWLING GREEN - Western Kentucky University's five academic colleges wi...
Dec 01, 2022
Cave City woman killed in Goodnight crash
GOODNIGHT, Ky. - Police identified a Cave City woman as the subject who died in a car crash Wednesday afternoon. State police responded to the scene of the crash at the request of the Barren County Sh...
Dec 01, 2022
Fatal crash closes portion of North Jackson Highway
UPDATE: Wanda W. Cross, 71, of Cave City, was identified as the person who died in this crash around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. GOODNIGHT - A fatal crash has closed a portion of North Jackson Highway in nor...
Nov 30, 2022