Category Archives: Local News

Applications extended for non-voting state board of ed. positions
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The deadline to apply for a non-voting position on next year's Kentucky Board of Education has been extended until the end of this month. Both teachers and students ...
Michael Crimmins Mar 20, 2025

Glasgow man enters not guilty plea in sexual abuse case
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 At his most recent appearance in Barren County Circuit Court 51-year-old Frank DeFilippo entered into a not guilty plea to one count of first-degree sexual abuse and...
Michael Crimmins Mar 20, 2025

Michigan woman arrested in Glasgow on stolen vehicle charge
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Michigan female was arrested yesterday by Glasgow Police officers on a stolen vehicle charge. Officers located the vehicle on Happy Valley Road on March 19 after r...
Michael Crimmins Mar 20, 2025

Work approved for the Barren County Government Center
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren County Building and Property committee voted to approve J and K Construction's bid for $6,550 to remove a wall and add a few doors on the second floor of ...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025

Flags at half-staff in honor of Oldham corrections officer
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Thursday, March 20, 2025, in honor of a sergeant with the Dep...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025

Public universities develop statewide strategic priorities to support student mental health
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 The Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, an initiative of the Council on Postsecondary Education, recently released a statewide strategy to address growing mental healt...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025

Mobile dairy classroom visits Barren County Middle
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Middle School students gathered around a mobile classroom on Wednesday and learned about various aspects of dairy farming. This activity, which included a ...
Will Perkins Mar 19, 2025

Tornado watch issued for Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a tornado watch for Barren County until 11 p.m. on March 19. A watch means “the risk of a hazardous weath...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025

Glasgow Big Lots rises from ashes of bankruptcy
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 As a phoenix rises from ashes, so too does Glasgow’s Big Lots. The store that was slated for closure and cleared its shelves with a multi-week clearance sale i...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025

WKU in Glasgow announces third early college class
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Eighty-four students from local high schools have been chosen for the Early College Class of 2027. According to Western Kentucky University in Glasgow, students from...
Michael Crimmins Mar 19, 2025




