Category Archives: Local News
Ky attorney general asks court to resume executions
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging the Franklin County Circuit Court to dismiss a 2006 court case and resume executions. “If the court dismi...
Mar 30, 2026
Glasgow-Barren County tourism director named to statewide tourism position
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Barren County is set to play a larger role in shaping Kentucky's overall tourism strategy. Governor Andy Beshear appointed MacLean Lessenberry, executive director of the Gl...
Mar 30, 2026
Glasgow’s Green Mechanical goes 100% employee-owned
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Green Mechanical Construction, a Glasgow-based mechanical contractor with more than 250 employees, has transitioned to a 100 percent employee-owned structure through an Emp...
Mar 30, 2026
Glasgow gathering gives voice to the reality of recovery
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 For many in recovery, the hardest part isn't getting sober - it's what comes after. That reality shaped Friday's "Voices of Recovery" event at Barren County High School. "V...
Mar 30, 2026
Glasgow teen pleads not guilty to multiple sex-related charges
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 After a unusually eventful morning, wherein the Barren County Courthouse was evacuated, Anthony Lane Lynch pleaded not guilty to several sex-related charges involvin...
Mar 30, 2026
Glasgow students set for Area 5 Special Olympics meet
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow students are preparing for the Area 5 Special Olympics games in Bowling Green next month. Six South Green students, along with athletes from Glasgow Middle School a...
Mar 30, 2026
Barren County Courthouse bomb threat deemed fake; normal operations resume
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren County Courthouse is back to normal business after the building was evacuated on Monday morning due to a bomb threat. The threat was deemed to be false, a...
Mar 30, 2026
Survey guides search for next South Green Elementary principal
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow Independent Schools hope to have a new South Green Elementary principal in place by mid-April. “The district anticipates naming the next principal on April 15...
Mar 30, 2026
Munfordville woman indicted for making false sexual assault report in Glasgow
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 An 18-year-old Munfordville woman has been indicted by a Barren County grand jury after she made a false report of a sexual assault that prompted an emergency response in G...
Mar 30, 2026
Happy Valley road work continues between Glasgow and Cave City
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet continues to work on Happy Valley Road. This is a continuation of the work begun by the cabinet on Oct. 6 that is planned to enha...
Mar 30, 2026