Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow High’s academic team wins 14th-straight district competition
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Glasgow High School's academic team recently won its 14th-straight district Governor's Cup. Barren County High School students also placed in several events. In the team...
Jan 30, 2025
Glasgow school calendar committee opts for late-August start date
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The 2025-2026 academic calendar for the Glasgow Independent School District is nearly finalized. The district’s calendar committee met at the central office to...
Jan 30, 2025
Riley sponsors 6 bills to start 2025 legislative session
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County representative Steve Riley has sponsored six bills that range from education and income tax to home-based food processors and identity documents less t...
Jan 16, 2025
Guthrie begins his term as energy and commerce chair
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 For the first time in this 119th legislative session, U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie presided over the House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee....
Jan 16, 2025
Riley’s push leads to policies against corporal punishment
by Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern January 13, 2025 When Alex Young was in the seventh grade, he read an article about how Kentucky schools still had cases of corporal punishment. Young, now a junior stu...
Jan 13, 2025
Completion rates in Ky. increase 2.8 percent
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 From 2023 to 2024, Kentucky increased its six-year postsecondary completion rate by 2.8 percentage points, from 59.4% to 62.2%, according to the National Student Clearingh...
Jan 10, 2025
Another cut in Kentucky’s income tax rolls as Republicans advance House Bill 1
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern January 8, 2025 FRANKFORT - Republican lawmakers wasted no time advancing a bill on the second day of this year's legislative session to further reduce Kentucky's in...
Jan 08, 2025
Steve Kistler receives third place in cooperative contest for educational work
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 Steve Kistler is the 2024 third-place winner in the Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Who Powers You contest. He will receive a $250 check for his work with the Ha...
Jan 08, 2025
WKU awarded $56,300 for healthcare-related summer programs
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Western Kentucky University was one of the 12 colleges and universities that received funds from the Council on Postsecondary Education for summer residential progra...
Jan 08, 2025
Cleanup day canceled due to 'moderate to heavy' snowfall predicted by NWS
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The single-day cleanup scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10, has been canceled due to safety concerns for Barren County residents. "This event has been cancelled due to con...
Jan 08, 2025