Category Archives: Local News
Ky most reliant on global trade, new study finds
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Kentucky’s economy is the most reliant on global trade, according to a recent study released by the National Association of Realtors. The study states global t...
Apr 18, 2025
Glasgow woman pleads guilty in federal drug case
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Carissa Uptegraff of Glasgow has been sentenced to 3 years probation for “theft of medical products.” Uptegraff was federally indicted in the Western Dis...
Apr 18, 2025
Barren River Lake still above summer water levels
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Two weeks after the severe weather that battered the commonwealth, Barren River Lake is still above the new record water level. At last check the lake’s pool l...
Apr 18, 2025
Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education nominations open
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the 2025 Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education. The award is given in the spring of each year to a...
Apr 18, 2025
Barren County unemployment at 6.2% for February
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Unemployment in Barren County dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in the month of February compared to January 2025. Preliminary numbers from the Kentucky Cente...
Apr 18, 2025
Senator McConnell visits Glasgow Rotary
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 U.S. Senator and former majority leader Mitch McConnell spoke at the Glasgow Rotary Club on April 17. His brief remarks, which brought both regional and national med...
Apr 17, 2025
Boys and Girls club cuts ribbon on Craft Campus
By JAMES BROWN Glasgow News 1 The message at the Boys and Girls Club of Glasgow-Barren County ribbon cutting was, "from here, you can go anywhere." The messengers included Kelly Craft and Joe Craft, K...
Apr 17, 2025
Glasgow council finance panel reviews fiscal status, anticipates tight FY 26 budget
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Three quarters through the fiscal year, the city's financial officials project it will end with the city's essentially breaking even by June 30 with regard ...
Apr 17, 2025
Barren-Metcalfe Drug Court celebrates 20th anniversary
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 The Drug Court program that serves Barren and Metcalfe counties will celebrate its 20th anniversary May 1 in Glasgow, honoring its dedicated community partners. "Over the ...
Apr 17, 2025
12 Glasgow highschoolers selected for Governor’s Program
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Twelve Glasgow High School students have been selected to participate in various five-week summer residential programs "designed to enhance Kentucky's next generatio...
Apr 17, 2025