Category Archives: Local News
Barren County Schools receive $422K opioid recovery grant
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Schools is one of the 39 public school districts awarded an opioid recovery grant through the Public School Districts’ Opioid Recovery Trust. ...
Sep 18, 2025
Preference given to those moving off ‘sunset’ housing program
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 People on an emergency housing choice voucher will get preference when, and if, they opt to switch to another Housing Authority of Glasgow program. Establishing a pr...
Sep 17, 2025
Development selection group, new finance officer named at panel meeting
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Common Council Finance Committee agreed Tuesday evening to a request from its chairman to approve the creation of an ad hoc committee that will ...
Sep 17, 2025
Barren fiscal court approves bond payments on county jail
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Money was the primary topic of discussion at the Sept. 16 Barren County Fiscal Court with the seven county magistrates approving to pay various invoices, including t...
Sep 17, 2025
Family, friends honor Brittney Harper with Park City candlelight vigil
By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 Powerful is the only word to describe the scene in Park City Tuesday evening, as friends and family gathered at Bell's Tavern Park to remember the late Brittney Harpe...
Sep 17, 2025
Bale Trail: Glasgow FFA program to host fundraiser
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow High School's new Future Farmers of America chapter is hosting a fundraiser for their agriculture program. It's called "Bale Trail," where participants decorate hay...
Sep 17, 2025
‘Historic day for the coroner’: Barren County Coroner cuts ribbon on first office
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 People from Glasgow, Cave City and Barren County gathered at the corner of East College and South Franklin streets in Glasgow to celebrate the new coroner’s of...
Sep 16, 2025
Barren County native serves as guest speaker at Mammoth Cave event
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A well-known Barren County native will be as a featured guest speaker for Mammoth Cave National Park’s Echoes of the Past event. Echoes of the Past is “a...
Sep 16, 2025
SKYCTC gets grant to help students with children
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 College students with children may soon get some relief. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, which has a health campus in Glasgow, was one of the ...
Sep 16, 2025
Cave City council adopts police body camera policy
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 The Cave City City Council convened Monday, Sept. 15, for a special meeting to introduce a body camera policy for the police department. The policy review and vote ha...
Sep 16, 2025