Category Archives: Local News

By BRETT PEVETO Public News Service Kentucky faces deep cuts to a key food support program with Senate passage of the budget reconciliation bill. It is estimated the new budget will kick millions off ...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 T.J. Regional Health, and other rural hospitals, could see a decrease in funding if Republicans’ "One Big Beautiful Bill" becomes law. On Tuesday, July 1, the ...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Police Department is requesting the public’s help in finding 17-year-old Evelyn Lopez. Lopez is a Hispanic female standing at 5-feet-2-inches and l...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Kentucky has a new university: Lindsey Wilson University. The 122-year-old school officially became a university on July 1 after a unanimous vote by its board of tru...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 No election irregularities were found in Barren County. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced that his Department of Criminal Investigations had comple...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 It’s that time of the year again, the time to vote for the best looking cruiser. The Kentucky State Police encouraged the 4.5 million citizens of Kentucky to h...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 One Barren County state road is listed on the most recent Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3’s traffic impact report. Down from three in the prior traf...

by Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray, Kentucky Lantern July 1, 2025 The Kentucky context From Kentucky Lantern Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have already said...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 After allegedly becoming “combative” with Glasgow police officers responding to a welfare complaint, 31-year-old Susan Rippy was arrested on numerous cha...

by Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray, Kentucky Lantern July 1, 2025 The Kentucky context From Kentucky Lantern Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have already said...