Category Archives: Local News
Council passes budget, finance committee explores investment opportunities to generate revenue
GLASGOW, Ky. - A budget impacted by the loss of jobs and the onset of a pandemic was passed by the Glasgow City Council earlier this week, and the finance committee is searching for methods to generat...
Jun 26, 2020
Two arrested after firing handgun at vehicle, child nearby
Note: A previous edition of this article indicated the child in question were inside the vehicle that had been shot toward. The child was not in that vehicle but nearby. WCLU News regrets this error. ...
Jun 25, 2020
Small Business Revolving Loan Fund Program comes to Barren County
GLASGOW, Ky. - The Barren County Economic Authority (BCEA) announced a new resource for small businesses on Thursday. BCEA has been awarded a Rural Business Development Grant in the amount of $99,999 ...
Jun 25, 2020
Glasgow City Council to consider removal of Witcher, Prichard in special meeting Friday
GLASGOW, Ky. - Members of the Glasgow City Council are set to convene in closed session Friday morning to consider the removal of two Glasgow Electric Plant Board members. A notice was delivered via e...
Jun 25, 2020
BCSO identifies suspect involved in pursuit, still searching
GLASGOW, Ky. - A suspect has been identified in connection to a pursuit along Columbia Avenue last week in Barren County. The Barren County Sheriff's Office says Michael B. Banks, 45, of Louisville, h...
Jun 24, 2020
Edmonton man arrested in connection to shooting
EDMONTON, Ky. - The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office assisted the Glasgow Police Department with a shooting investigation and arrested one person. Authorities responded to Fred Ray Road on Monday arou...
Jun 24, 2020
Preliminary election results represent small number of votes
GLASGOW, Ky. - Barren County voters turned out to the sole poll at Barren County High School on Tuesday for Kentucky's primary election, but those results are only a fraction of the total votes that w...
Jun 23, 2020
Two Barren County natives die in Thursday crash
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. - Two people from Barren County died in a Thursday crash in Bullitt County. The Pioneer Newspaper reports Shepherdsville Police are investigating a multi-vehicle accident that occu...
Jun 23, 2020
German American Bank donates $10K to BCEA for economic development
GLASGOW, Ky. - The Barren County Economic Authority (BCEA) accepted its first private Transformational Investor contribution on Tuesday. German American Bank has committed $10,000 to the BCEA for econ...
Jun 23, 2020
Glasgow Police arrest woman on drug charges
GLASGOW, Ky. - A Glasgow woman was sent to jail Monday after a traffic stop along Cleveland Avenue. Police received consent to search Carrie Ingram's car and located methamphetamine, marijuana, digita...
Jun 23, 2020