Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow, Barren students win awards at national junior Beta
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Karisan Peters, of Glasgow Middle School, recently won a national championship at the National Junior Beta Convention at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in...
Jul 07, 2025
‘Widespread improvements needed’ in Ky Dept of Education, says state auditor
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Widespread improvements are needed at the Kentucky Department of Education, according to an audit performed by Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ba...
Jul 07, 2025
American Red Cross urges blood donations over summer months
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 As the summer months firmly set across Barren County and the United States, the American Red Cross is once again calling on people to make a blood donation. The Amer...
Jul 07, 2025
Man starts fire in Glasgow residence with fireworks
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Bowling Green man has been arrested after allegedly starting a fire in a Glasgow residence. On July 4, Glasgow police officers went to Village Circle, off Childres...
Jul 07, 2025
Glasgow man tries to steal ATM, fails
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow man allegedly attempted to steal an ATM machine from a Columbia Avenue convenience store Thursday. Glasgow police were called to Daily Stop Store off Columbia Ave...
Jul 04, 2025
Turcotte case reaches finality
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 It's official. The latest in a trio of lawsuits unsuccessfully pursued against the City of Glasgow by the same former police chief has reached its end. Glas...
Jul 04, 2025
Kentucky Republicans in Congress hail passage of bill the state’s hospitals call ‘devastating’
by Jamie Lucke, Kentucky Lantern July 3, 2025 Despite Kentucky hospitals' warnings of "devastating" consequences, four of the six Kentuckians in the U.S. House voted "yes" Thursday to President Donald...
Jul 04, 2025
CARE POWER HOUR: Hatcher’s multiple-myeloma journey includes a transplant of his own stem cells
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 In September 2023, he had been fighting a cold for weeks and weeks. His immune system was depleted. "It got to the point that I was really struggling to bre...
Jul 04, 2025
Barren River State Park to host annual firework show
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The fireworks are primed and the anticipation begins. On July 4 the Friends of Barren River Lake and Park will host the annual fireworks show at the state resort park despi...
Jul 03, 2025
US House passes GOP megabill, sends it to Trump’s desk
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Budget Reconciliation Bill has passed. After Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries record-breaking 8-hour-44-minute remarks ardently opposing the Republican’s &#...
Jul 03, 2025