Category Archives: Local News
Garcia’s restaurant brings cultural ‘noel-edge’ to Glasgow
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 A staple of the Glasgow restaurant scene, Garcia's, is expanding its reach with a new bar section in building next to the restaurant. Officially opening Nov. 29 with ...
Nov 29, 2024
Garcia’s restaurant brings cultural ‘noel-edge’ to Glasgow
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 A staple of the Glasgow restaurant scene, Garcia's, is expanding its reach with a new bar section in building next to the restaurant. Officially opening Nov. 29 with ...
Nov 29, 2024
Intended uses for new Glasgow property: residential, retail, recreational
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for WCLU News The deal is done. The transaction in which the City of Glasgow purchased almost 162 acres at 1573 Cleveland Ave. for nearly $6.15 million closed just after 1 p.m...
Nov 27, 2024
Glasgow council moves forward with budget changes, bond sale, rezoning after much discussion
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET For WCLU News With the closing set for the following day, protests from two members of the Glasgow Common Council continued Monday against a property purchase that had been ap...
Nov 27, 2024
City-county animal board approve updated agreement
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS WCLU News The Glasgow-Barren County Animal Control Board recently adopted the updated "Animal Sheltering Agreement," thereby detailing the duties, responsibilities and compensation...
Nov 27, 2024
Far Off Broadway announces auditions for 'The Bunco Squad'
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Far Off Broadway Players, Glasgow's premiere theatre troupe, will have open auditions for the first show of their 2025 Season, "The Bunco Squad." The comedy is w...
Nov 27, 2024
VIDEO: Highland Elementary students showcase coding, AI projects
By WILL PERKINS WCLU News "My favorite thing about AI, is when you teach it so much it can do what you teach it on its own," said Liam Roemer, a fifth-grader at Highland Elementary, as he presented al...
Nov 27, 2024
Glasgow man arrested on arson charges
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 On Nov. 26, the Glasgow Police Department arrested a Glasgow man on arson charges. Officers were dispatched to the Lessenberry Do It Center on West Main Street in referenc...
Nov 27, 2024
Glasgow Tourism's Small Business Saturday baskets are back
By GAGE WILSON for WCLU News Sandwiched between turkey and stocking-stuffers, the Glasgow-Barren County Tourism office is gearing up for its annual Small Business Saturday basket giveaway on Nov. 30. ...
Nov 27, 2024
Barren County unemployment at 5 percent; individual unemployed number drops below 900
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS WCLU News Barren County's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose 0.7 percentage points between October 2023 and 2024, according to the numbers provided by the Kentucky Center...
Nov 27, 2024