Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow council to consider e-bike rules and residential rezoning Monday
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow City Council is scheduled to consider electric bicycle and scooter regulations and a residential rezoning proposal at its Monday, Oct. 12 meeting, according to the ...
Oct 11, 2026
GALLERY: First responders and community come together for a day
A kid looks into the back of an armored vehicle during the Faith and Blue Block Party at Gorin Park, Friday, October 9, 2026. Auggie Brown/Glasgow News 1 A couple of Glasgow Police Officers laugh at a...
Oct 9, 2026
Ag Expo study backs project, but long-term sustainability funding remains a focus
By Allyson Dix For Glasgow News 1 NOTE: This story has been updated to clarify the projected cost of the Ag Expo, and that the cost is an estimate until it is bid. A draft feasibility study for an agr...
Oct 9, 2026
GALLERY: Fire fighters battle blaze on W. Scrivener Road
A tree burns in a wooded area at the end of W. Scrivener Road on Oct. 9, 2026. James Brown/Glasgow News 1A volunteer fire fighter sprays water over an area of woods that was burning at the end of W. S...
Oct 9, 2026
Mammoth Cave trail rehabilitation underway in Rafinesque Hall
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Crews at Mammoth Cave National Park are rehabilitating the walking trail in Rafinesque Hall, hardening and leveling its surface with concrete and stone pavers. According to...
Oct 9, 2026
Former Glasgow and WKU coach Jim Richards dies at 90
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Jim Richards, who coached Glasgow High School to the 1968 Kentucky basketball state championship and later led Western Kentucky University’s basketball program and at...
Oct 9, 2026
Barren County Schools plans grief support after staff member’s death
By James Brown Glasgow News 1 Barren County Schools will provide grief support at Barren County Middle School on Monday following the death of staff member Chad Gossett, according to a district press ...
Oct 9, 2026
Construction progresses on Park City’s Mammoth Cave Market
By Gage Wilson For Glasgow News 1 Construction is well underway on Mammoth Cave Market, a roughly $6 million commercial development in Park City that officials hope will begin welcoming customers earl...
Oct 9, 2026
Wilson challenges report of Houchens withdrawal from Edmonton grocery project
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Metcalfe County Judge-Executive Larry Wilson said Oct. 6 there had been no formal announcement that Houchens Food Group had withdrawn its application for an Edmonton grocer...
Oct 8, 2026
Burkesville Road house salvageable after fire mostly contained to kitchen
By Auggie Brown Glasgow News 1 A house on Burkesville Road in Barren County is salvageable after a fire Wednesday, Oct. 7, was mostly contained to the kitchen, according to East Barren Volunteer Fire ...
Oct 8, 2026