Category Archives: Local News
Barren River Lake sets water level record, continues to rise
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren River Lake has hit a record-breaking high in the aftermath of April’s severe weather and is expected to continue to rise. The Louisville district of the...
Apr 08, 2025
Ridlehoover indicted on wanton endangerment, fleeing charges
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Joseph Ridlehoover was indicted by a Barren County grand jury on one count of fleeing or evading police and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment of a polic...
Apr 08, 2025
Glasgow, Barren students place at state Governor’s Cup
Staff Report Glasgow News 1 Four students from Glasgow and Barren County high schools recently placed at the Governor's Cup State Championship at the Galt House in Louisville, according to official ev...
Apr 08, 2025
Mammoth Cave park hosts annual wildflower day, star party
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 Mammoth Cave National Park have two events scheduled aimed at “highlight[ing] the beauty of springtime and the outstanding dark sky features of the environment. Both...
Apr 08, 2025
Kentucky death toll to 4 from April’s severe weather
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Four people are dead following the multiday severe weather that battered the commonwealth for four days at the beginning of April. In his April 7 statewide flooding ...
Apr 07, 2025
UPDATED: Many Barren County roads reopen, remain closed after multi-day severe weather
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County roads are beginning to be reopened as the severe weather that brought roughly 9.8 inches of rain, according to the Kentucky Mesonet, makes its way out ...
Apr 07, 2025
Barren County students win awards at FFA region
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 A week before constructing a garden behind Red Cross Elementary, members of Barren County High School's Future Farmers of America chapter demonstrated their knowledge of...
Apr 07, 2025
Dropped baggie leads to Glasgow man’s arrest
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Randy Claxton, 39, of Glasgow, was arrested on five drug- and vehicle-related charges after allegedly dropping a baggie of cocaine on the ground outside his vehicle,...
Apr 07, 2025
BRAWA requests donations after precautionary evacuation
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 After evacuating all animals on Thursday afternoon, The Barren River Animal Welfare Association is requesting donations of paper towels, Lysol wipes, Dawn Dish Soap,...
Apr 07, 2025
Mary Wood Weldon Library offers nation’s first apprenticeship program
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library now offers a registered apprenticeship for employees. "We are the first library in this country to have this registered apprentices...
Apr 07, 2025