Category Archives: Local News
Explainer: What should I know about the primary election?
Helena Birdwell, Barren County clerk, extends a basket with various numbers inside for candidates to draw to determine their placement on the primary election ballot. The ballot draw was held Jan. 27,...
May 10, 2022
Going to the Chapel: a first at T.J. Samson Community Hospital
(TJ REGIONAL HEALTH) This story was submitted by TJ Regional Health in the form of a press release. Story by Casey Franklin, a registered nurse with TJ Regional Health GLASGOW - Balloons and streamers...
May 10, 2022
West named Highland Elementary principal; Hale announces retirement
Keith Hale, superintendent of Glasgow Independent Schools, listens as members of the school system's board of education converse at an earlier meeting. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) GLASGOW - Monday was a ra...
May 09, 2022
Guy Turcotte (R) - Barren Co. Sheriff candidate
Guy Turcotte, a Republican candidate for Barren County Sheriff, faces two others - Steve Garrison and Charles Bunch - in the May primary election. (SUBMITTED BY GUY TURCOTTE) Editor's note: All candid...
May 09, 2022
Barren Co. Marriage Licenses - Week of April 25, 2022
GLASGOW - The following marriage licenses were issued in Barren County from April 27 to May 2. April 27, 2022: Kayle B. Chaney, 24, and William R. Buckingham, 25, both of Cave City. April 28, 2022: Le...
May 09, 2022
One pleads guilty in connection to seized spa
Jing J. Zheng, 32, of Glasgow, pleaded guilty in Barren District Court to one count of promoting prostitution. She was arrested following an investigation of a massage spa and salon in Glasgow, where ...
May 09, 2022
Cumberland Parkway down to one lane due to overnight truck accident
Several items appear scattered across the eastbound lanes of the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway on Monday, May 9, 2022. A Penske truck overturned sometime early Monday. (SUBMITTED) GLASGOW - A bo...
May 09, 2022
Glasgow man arrested after allegedly 'exposing himself' to children
Robert O. Grindle, 71, of Glasgow, was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly exposed his genitals to children. (BARREN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER) GLASGOW - A Glasgow man was arrested Wednesday after aut...
May 06, 2022
WKU commencements to create extra traffic Friday
BOWLING GREEN - Heavy traffic is expected Friday along roadways around Western Kentucky University's campus due to commencement activities. WKU graduation commencements are scheduled to take place all...
May 06, 2022
Eta Aquariids meteor shower expected to be visible Friday
A celestial body streaks across a nighttime sky over Wenatchee, Wash. (FRANK CONE/CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE) Story by Angela Briggs, special to WCLU News If the meteors that hit the Earth are meteorite...
May 05, 2022