Category Archives: Local News
FiveStar construction nears with preliminary development approval
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A new gas station eyed for the Veterans Outer Loop is one step closer to reality. Members of the Joint City-County Planning Commission met for their monthly meeting ...
Jun 18, 2025
Work scheduled on 3 state roads in Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Much like last two weeks, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet lists three state roads in Barren County that are in the traffic impact report for June 8 to June 13. F...
Jun 17, 2025
Mammoth Cave included on tourism trail that showcases Black history, heritage
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern June 16, 2025 LOUISVILLE - Gov. Andy Beshear joined state tourism officials, historians and the CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville Monday to unvei...
Jun 17, 2025
Barren fiscal court authorizes grave relocation, delays name change
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Cave City graves will be moved. The seven Barren County magistrates unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the relocation of graves to the nearby Cave City Ci...
Jun 17, 2025
Barren County’s Estes named FFA state vice president
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Matthew Estes, a recent graduate from Barren County High School, was named vice president of Future Farmers of America for the state of Kentucky. A leadership role withi...
Jun 17, 2025
Andy Joe Moore announced as Farm to School Coordinator
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County High School agriculture teacher Andy Joe Moore is transitioning to the district wide Farm to School Coordinator. “Dr. Moore will continue to buil...
Jun 17, 2025
Cave City council sets spending, shifts grave sites
By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 June tends to be a busy month for most cities, with the fiscal year winding down. Cave City is no exception, as city council members met for a second time this month ...
Jun 17, 2025
Barren County under flood watch until 1am June 17
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County is in a flood watch, according to the National Weather Service’s Louisville office. The flood watch lasts until 1 a.m. on June 17. During this ti...
Jun 16, 2025
Cemetery relocation, street renaming on Barren court agenda
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Cave City cemetery relocation and an interlocal agreement with Edmonson County about a road name are some of the items of new business on the Barren County Fiscal ...
Jun 16, 2025
Postsecondary council approves tuition increase for WKU, MSU, EKU
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Resident students at Western Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University and Murray State University will see their bill increase for the 2025-26 academic year....
Jun 16, 2025