Category Archives: Local News
State engineering, construction scholarship deadline nears
FRANKFORT - The deadline is fast approaching for one of the state's top engineering and construction management scholarships. The deadline is Feb. 1. Gov. Andy Beshear issued the deadline reminder on ...
Jan 25, 2023
Red Cross Elementary awarded top award for behavior support
From left: Karen Bush, a representative with the Kentucky Department of Education; Josh Maples, principal; and Heather Shelton, assistant principal. (BARREN Co. SCHOOLS) SUBMITTED TO WCLU News GLASGOW...
Jan 25, 2023
Barren Co. Property Transfers - Week of Jan. 17, 2023
GLASGOW - The following property transfers were recorded at the Barren County Clerk's Office from Dec. 19 to 22, 2022. The office was closed on Jan. 16 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day....
Jan 25, 2023
Glasgow EPB awards fiber optic construction to Ervin Cable Construction
GLASGOW - On Tuesday, board members for the Glasgow Electric Plant Board voted to accept the bid from Ervin Cable Construction to construct the first phase of the utility's fiber optic internet projec...
Jan 25, 2023
AAA: Gas prices rise as demand increases and crude prices climb
Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are 13 cents higher this week at $3.135, according to AAA East Central's Gas Price Report. This week's average prices: Western Central KY Average $3.135 Average pri...
Jan 25, 2023
Police arrest man after alleged assaults at pizza restaurant
Ryan T. Woodard was arrested after a series of alleged assaults on employees and officers at Little Caesar's Pizza on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (GLASGOW POLICE) GLASGOW - Police in Glasgow said a man as...
Jan 25, 2023
Jones given authority to act as deputy judge/executive
(PHOTO SUBMITTED: BEAU JONES) GLASGOW - Magistrates approved Tuesday a plan to allow the deputy Barren County judge/executive certain authority in the absence of Jamie Byrd. Beau Jones was hired as th...
Jan 24, 2023
Royse fires top city official, assistant landfill manager
Roger Simmons, the former superintendent of the Glasgow Department of Public Works, talks to another city employee during a meeting of the Glasgow City Council. Simmons was terminated for an unknown r...
Jan 24, 2023
Three sworn in as newest members of Glasgow EPB; city pool, stadium discussed
Rich Alexander, center, reads aloud an ordinance at the Glasgow City Council Meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Council-member James "Happy" Neal sits to Alexander's left while Mayor Henry Royse is sea...
Jan 24, 2023
Gov. Beshear orders flags to half-staff in remembrance of Monterey Park victims
FRANKFORT - In accordance with a proclamation from the White House, Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Thursday, Jan. 26, ...
Jan 23, 2023