Category Archives: Local News
Barren County native serves as guest speaker at Mammoth Cave event
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A well-known Barren County native will be as a featured guest speaker for Mammoth Cave National Park’s Echoes of the Past event. Echoes of the Past is “a...
Sep 16, 2025
SKYCTC gets grant to help students with children
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 College students with children may soon get some relief. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, which has a health campus in Glasgow, was one of the ...
Sep 16, 2025
Cave City council adopts police body camera policy
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 The Cave City City Council convened Monday, Sept. 15, for a special meeting to introduce a body camera policy for the police department. The policy review and vote ha...
Sep 16, 2025
Park City murder case forwarded to grand jury
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Thomas Joseph Orlando had his murder case forwarded to a Barren County grand jury during his Sept. 15 district court appearance. The 39-year-old Glasgow man was arre...
Sep 16, 2025
Glasgow council gets construction, development and audit updates
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The City of Glasgow plans to advertise on Friday a request for proposals from developers interested in working with the former Johnson property; the company...
Sep 16, 2025
Glasgow’s 2025 rate for personal, real property taxes gets first nod
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 A 2-1 majority of the Glasgow Common Council approved the first of two required readings Monday of an ordinance reducing the city's real property and person...
Sep 15, 2025
Money talk tops Barren County Fiscal Court agenda
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Money seems to be the main topic of discussion for the Sept. 16 Barren County Fiscal Court. After the usual public official, department and committee reports, the co...
Sep 15, 2025
Weldon Library tax set by fiscal court
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library had its 2025-26 tax rate set during the special-called Barren County Fiscal Court meeting on Sept. 10. The library’s tax rate...
Sep 15, 2025
Lane closure expected on portions of 2 state roads in Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Portion of two state roads within Barren County are scheduled for roadwork, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3. The district released its tr...
Sep 15, 2025
Glasgow council to consider 2025 property tax rates, get audit report
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 At its special-called meeting Monday, the Glasgow Common Council is expected to vote on the first reading of an ordinance setting the city's 2025 rate for p...
Sep 14, 2025