Category Archives: Local News
Phil Patton appointed to UK board by governor
By Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern September 17, 2026 FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Andy Beshear this week appointed Lexington businessman Joseph Palumbo and retired Circuit Judge Phillip Patton to fill vacancies...
Sep 18, 2026
High School Football Scores, Sept. 18
FRIDAY Glasgow 42, Adair County 7 Barren County 19, Bowling Green 27 Jeffersontown vs Caverna (CANCELLED) Monroe County 28, Metcalfe County 6 Hart County 38, Edmonson County 35 Logan County 47, Allen ...
Sep 18, 2026
Absentee ballot requests open soon for Barren County voters
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Barren County Clerk’s office has announced that voters will be able to request absentee ballots starting Saturday, Sept. 19. This option is particularly beneficia...
Sep 17, 2026
Library collects kids’ Halloween costumes to help local families
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library in Glasgow is turning Halloween into an opportunity to give back, with a children's costume drive running through Oct. 31. Library sta...
Sep 17, 2026
Glasgow Boys & Girls Club to host opioid education program
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Boys & Girls Club of Glasgow-Barren County is launching a new hands-on program aimed at helping local teens better understand the risks and consequences of opioid ...
Sep 17, 2026
KSP Post 3 joins six-state trooper project to target illegal guns, crime on Kentucky roads
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Kentucky State Police Post 3 is joining troopers from five other states in a multi-state enforcement campaign aimed at cutting crime and keeping illegal guns off Kentucky r...
Sep 17, 2026
Glasgow High School launches hiking club
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow High School has introduced a new hiking club, inspired by student demand and led by teacher Jamie McMillan. The club aims to provide students with an opportunity to...
Sep 17, 2026
Boys and Girls Club of the Caverns faces $800,000 funding gap
By Gage Wilson For Glasgow News 1 The long-planned Boys and Girls Club of the Caverns remains about $800,000 short of what is needed to move forward with construction, but officials working on the pro...
Sep 17, 2026
Update: Glasgow mayoral candidate Bob Miller responds to arrest
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Glasgow mayoral candidate Bobby Russell Miller, 51, was arrested in Bowling Green on a fourth-degree domestic violence assault charge after an incident in Bowling Green, ac...
Sep 16, 2026
Plaza Theatre director position to be posted Thursday
By James Brown Glasgow News 1 The Plaza Theatre Advisory Board had a special-called meeting Wednesday in the Glasgow City Council chambers. After the meeting was called to order by chairman Jerry Rals...
Sep 16, 2026