Category Archives: Local News
PDB moves to approach property owner about land purchase
Local officials hope to transition Barren County's court functions from the current courthouse, pictured here, to a newer and updated judicial center, which will be funded by the state of Kentucky. (W...
Mar 15, 2022
Barren Co. Marriage Licenses - Week of March 7, 2022
GLASGOW - The following marriage licenses were issued in Barren County from March 7 to 11, 2022. March 7, 2022: Hannah E. Garrett, 30, of Winchester, and Andrew S. Daniels, 29, of Glasgow. Monica M. M...
Mar 15, 2022
Council discusses pending park in closed session, returns void
Wes Simpson, chairperson of the Downtown Park Steering Committee of the Glasgow City Council, reviews a proposal to build the park, which was received at Glasgow City Hall Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Scott...
Mar 14, 2022
GIS to end formal COVID updates, SGE's construction continues
Allison Commings, an associate principal architect with Sherman, Carter, Barnhart Architects, speaks to the Glasgow Independent Schools' Board of Education. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) GLASGOW - The Glasgo...
Mar 14, 2022
Barren Co. Property Transfers - Week of March 7, 2022
GLASGOW - The following property transfers were recorded in Barren County from March 7 to 11, 2022. Tax information is not reported when money is not exchanged. Such instances include foreclosures, ma...
Mar 14, 2022
Explainer: What's happened to Ky. Driver Licensing?
Krissie Coe Fields, Barren Circuit Court Clerk, examines a document during a meeting of the Barren County Project Development Board of the Barren County Judicial Center. Fields' office has issued driv...
Mar 14, 2022
Emergency food, shelter funding application opens
A car passes by the Barren County Government Center, located inside Glasgow's downtown Square. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) GLASGOW - Barren County Government announced Monday the county was selected to ...
Mar 14, 2022
Barren County cleanup week begins March 28
GLASGOW - County-wide cleanup week is scheduled March 28 through April 1, which is a week after Glasgow's city-wide cleanup. County trucks and dumpsters will be at various locations across Barren Coun...
Mar 14, 2022
Fire crews respond to Sunday fire at landfill
A Glasgow Fire official rolls a hose at the scene of a fire in Glasgow in January 2022. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) GLASGOW - Fire officials responded to a fire at the local landfill Sunday. The fire wa...
Mar 14, 2022
Subway employee robbed Sunday while emptying garbage
(BARREN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER) GLASGOW - An employee at a Subway in Glasgow was allegedly hit over the head before he was robbed Sunday. Glasgow Police responded to the restaurant on the Square in r...
Mar 14, 2022