Category Archives: Local News

By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Community members attend the “Sip, Shop and Stroll” event Saturday in downtown Glasgow. Will Perkins/Glasgow News 1 Community members attend the “Sip, ...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Following a brief closed session, the Barren County Schools Board of Education gave Amy Irwin an “accomplished” rating for her year as the district’...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 A former Glasgow police chief who later became an officer and then detective and was fired in August 2023 has lost another appeal to have that decision reve...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren River District Health Department recently unveiled its new mobile clinic unit. The goal of the mobile unit is to reach community members in their own neig...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Shane Reece’s case was forwarded to a Barren County grand jury after his district court appearance on May 29. The 58-year-old was arrested by Glasgow police of...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The smell of meat sizzling on a Cattlemen’s Association grill, the low hum of community members and signs periodically lining the road served as indications th...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 If - and history has demonstrated that may be a very large "if" - things stay on track now, construction on a justice center for Barren County could begin b...

By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Like a rocket escaping the Earth's atmosphere, Barren County High School will be launching a new Aerospace Engineering pathway next year. Justin Browning, Career and Tec...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Copper thefts from Farmers RECC utility poles threaten the reliability of the power grid, the safety of line workers and the safety of the thieves themselves. Farmer...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren County Fiscal Court is in the process of giving a piece of property to the city of Glasgow. Conversations regarding the gift resulted in a motion being ma...