Category Archives: Local News

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both teachers and students are welcome to apply for a non-voting position on the 2025-26 Kentucky Board of Education. The board's responsibilities include developing...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Work on the incoming Starbucks is underway in Barren River Plaza in front of Ruler Foods. Plaza co-owner Larry Glass said the contractors are Graves and Graves in Le...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 After roughly 58 years since first zoned light industrial, the members of the Joint City-County Planning Commission recommended that the roughly 160 acres on Clevela...

By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Area high school students dominated the Show Choir competition at the recent state Beta convention in Lexington. Barren County captured the state title, with Glasgow fin...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County road crews are working on county roads after a night full of near-constant snowfall. Crews are working “as hard as they can” scraping and s...

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By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow City Transit will not be running tomorrow, Feb. 19, according to Danielle Cashion with the city of Glasgow. “Due to adverse weather conditions, the...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 With the severe weather that has traversed Barren County, and much of the commonwealth, Barren County Judge-Executive Jamie Bewley Byrd declared a state of emergency...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Schools will use its third Non-Traditional Instruction day tomorrow, Feb. 19. District Communication Officer for the district Heather Gardner said in a...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Shawn Coleman, 50, of Glasgow, was arrested by the Glasgow Police Department after allegedly striking an officer in the face. On Feb. 17, police officers responded t...