Category Archives: Local News
Metcalfe woman assaults two with axe handle
SUMMER SHADE, Ky. - The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office responded to an address last Saturday in reference to an assault. Authorities responded to that address along Froedge Dubree Road. A preliminar...
Jul 31, 2020
911 Activity for July 25-30, 2020
July 25, 2020: The Cave City Fire Department and Cave City Police Department responded to a vehicle fire at 6:50 p.m. along Interstate 65 northbound. The fire happened on the exit ramp at exit 53. Aut...
Jul 31, 2020
Lile wins statewide award from KASA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Dr. Benny Lile, recently retired Superintendent of the Metcalfe County Schools, has been honored as the 2020 Distinguished Service Award Winner by the Kentucky Association of School ...
Jul 31, 2020
Gardner arrested again after having sex with same juvenile
Horse Cave, Ky. - A former Barren County Middle School teacher is behind bars after he purportedly had sex with a minor again. William Kyle Gardner, 28, was arrested last October after the Barren Coun...
Jul 30, 2020
GEPB adjourns after failure to accept agenda, special meeting called for Monday
Ron Hampton, legal counsel for the Glasgow Electric Plant Board, studies a piece of paper during a meeting of the board on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Hampton told board members via Zoom Tuesday that he s...
Jul 29, 2020
City seeks CARES Act relief amid pandemic, regularly testing employees
Glasgow City Councilperson Freddie Norris looks at an agenda during a meeting of the Glasgow City Council on Monday, April 27, 2020. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) GLASGOW, Ky. - The City of Glasgow is seekin...
Jul 29, 2020
1 suffers 'serious' injuries in accident along Edmonton Road Monday
GLASGOW, Ky. - The Barren County Sheriff's Office is investigating an injury accident that happened Monday along Edmonton Road and Veterans Outer Loop. Deputies learned a 1996 Ford Explorer and 2014 F...
Jul 29, 2020
Glasgow woman disregards stop sign, arrested on drug charges
GLASGOW, Ky. - A Glasgow woman disregarded a stop sign Sunday, but she was later taken to jail because police discovered drugs in her car. Janet F. Dobson, 63, was pulled over along West Cherry Street...
Jul 28, 2020
Single-vehicle collision near Edmonton sends two to hospital
EDMONTON, Ky. - A single-vehicle collision in Metcalfe County on Saturday resulted in two injuries. The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office responded to Kentucky 533, approximately six miles east of Edmo...
Jul 28, 2020
Glasgow man faces DUI charge after crashing truck in Metcalfe County
RANDOLPH, Ky. - A single-vehicle collision in Metcalfe County Monday evening was alcohol-related. The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office responded to the collision along Kentucky 640. Preliminary inform...
Jul 28, 2020