Category Archives: Local News
Youth lead Cave City council meeting
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 Cave City Council members found themselves at the intersection of juvenescence adventure and adult responsibility at their April meeting. From clubs, courts and curfe...
Apr 15, 2025
Barren County attorney works on solar farm ordinance
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County County Attorney Mike Richardson is working on an ordinance that will place additional requirements on future solar farms. The ordinance details require...
Apr 15, 2025
DPW chief speaks about flooding impacts; three properties get final rezoning nods
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Before the Glasgow Common Council got down to its other business at its regular meeting Monday, the group heard about part of the local impact of recent rai...
Apr 14, 2025
Barren fiscal court to discuss next year’s county budget
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The seven magistrates that make up the Barren County Fiscal Court are scheduled to meet and conduct a first reading of the county’s fiscal year 2025-2026 budge...
Apr 14, 2025
Entertainment district, youth curfew lead Cave City City Council agenda
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 The Cave City Council will meet for its regular session on Monday, April 14, at 5 p.m. at city hall. The agenda includes financial updates, continued discussion on an...
Apr 14, 2025
Wesley Sneed ‘honored’ with SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year award
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Area Technology Center instructor Wesley Sneed was recently named the 2024-25 Kentucky State Advisor of the Year for high school SkillsUSA. Sneed said ...
Apr 14, 2025
Funding available to establish Collegiate Recovery Resource Centers
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Council on Postsecondary Education received a roughly $488,000 grant from Kentucky's Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission to fund Collegiate Recovery Resource Ce...
Apr 14, 2025
Barren County receives $250K for Beginning Farm Loan Program
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation approved $250,000 for Barren County recipients who are part of the Beginning Farm Loan Program. The program is designed...
Apr 14, 2025
Barren County residents encouraged to sign up for Doc Alert
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Clerk Helena Chase Birdwell encourages residents to sign up for Software Management’s Doc Alert System, which aims to warn people of possible fra...
Apr 11, 2025
Barren economic authority talks tariff impacts, county unemployment
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A brief conversation about the economic state of the United States and county unemployment was the topic of the day for the Barren County Economic Authority board me...
Apr 11, 2025