Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow false-alarm ordinance gets first-reading approval
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Common Council on Monday provided the first of two required nods for a new ordinance meant to reduce the number of false alarms for the city's p...
Jul 14, 2025
Barren County loses over 1,000 voters in 6 months
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 In six months more than 1,000 people have been removed from the Barren County voter rolls and membership in both major political parties have decreased, according to...
Jul 14, 2025
Glasgow arson case forwarded to grand jury; attorney argues for lesser charge
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow arson case has been forwarded to a Barren County grand jury following a preliminary hearing on July 14. Nineteen-year-old Shawn Green was arrested by Glasg...
Jul 14, 2025
Barren fiscal court to accept state road funds
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both Beechtree Lane and Matthews Mill Road are getting funds from the commonwealth. The seven Barren County magistrates are scheduled to meet on July 15 at 9 a.m. in...
Jul 14, 2025
Barren County school board approves paid parental leave
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Schools full-time employees will now be eligible for up to 30 days of paid parental leave, for both childbearing and adoptive parents. Superintendent Amy I...
Jul 14, 2025
Mobile GED unit to visit Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Residents of Barren County will soon be able to get their General Educational Development credentials close to home. Team Kentucky announced that the GED testing is ...
Jul 14, 2025
Celebrate the Barrens explores forgotten roots of local history
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 History often feels like a collection of well-told stories, milestones marked on a timeline. But the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center's recent Celebrate the Bar...
Jul 14, 2025
AGENDA: Glasgow Common Council to meet tonight, July 14
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow City Council is expected to meet at 6 p.m. on July 14 to conduct second reading on two ordinances; one amending the code of ordinances relating to the mayor's a...
Jul 14, 2025
1 death confirmed after two-vehicle collision on Scottsville Road
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 One person is dead as a result of a two-vehicle collision involving a semitruck and motorcycle, according to Kentucky State Police Public Information Officer Katan P...
Jul 11, 2025
Glasgow man arrested after his vehicle hits woman
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow man has been arrested after his vehicle hit a woman on July 11. Glasgow police located a woman on Cleveland Avenue who told them she had been “struck...
Jul 11, 2025