Category Archives: Local News
Sever thunderstorm watch issued for Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The National Weather Service in Louisville has placed Barren County in a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight on April 29. A watch means "the risk of a hazardous...
Apr 29, 2025
Wright to get 4 years for criminal cases; Netherton arraignment scheduled
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Aaron Wright is set to be sentenced to four years in jail in just under two weeks from now. Wright appeared in the Barren County Circuit Courtroom on April 21 and en...
Apr 29, 2025
WKU Glasgow celebrates 86 graduates
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Western Kentucky University Glasgow celebrated 86 people during the regional campus’ April 28 graduand ceremony in the T.J. Pavilion Community Center. The main...
Apr 29, 2025
UPDATED: Glasgow teen found safe in Indiana
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Updated as of 12:46 p.m. April 14 Sixteen-year-old Sue Ann Turner has been found safely, according to Glasgow police. She was found in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the p...
Apr 29, 2025
Barren County High School celebrates Purple Star Award
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Under a bright blue sky, Barren County High School students and their families gathered in the school’s JROTC building to celebrate the distinction of being a ...
Apr 29, 2025
‘Full circle’: Glasgow Middle’s Visiting Artist series features former student
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 When Julie Johnson was a student at Glasgow Middle School, she was determined to become an artist. Last Wednesday she spent the day painting a new mural on the wall next...
Apr 29, 2025
Barren Fiscal Court passes first reading of solar ordinance 4-3
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Four magistrates on the Barren County Fiscal Court voted to pass the first reading of ordinance 695, which relates to future solar energy system developments. The Ba...
Apr 29, 2025
More applicants sought for veterans-wall plaques; rezoning gets first council OK
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Common Council heard from a representative of local military veterans who brought a few updates and announcements Monday before it took up a cou...
Apr 28, 2025
Glasgow man transported to Vanderbilt after vehicle crash
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow man was taken to multiple hospitals for his injuries after his vehicle crashed on Woodlawn Street. On Saturday, April 26, Glasgow police responded to 1020 ...
Apr 28, 2025
Barren County unemployment remains at 6.2%; fewer people unemployed, more in labor force
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County’s unemployment rate remains steady. The Kentucky Center for Statistics reported that the county’s unemployment rate for March 2025 is 6.2 p...
Apr 28, 2025