Category Archives: Local News

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County’s unemployment percentage dropped by more than 2 percent in December 2025 compared to the previous year. The county’s unemployment rate for...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Dedontae Morrison was sentenced for manslaughter Thursday in Barren County Circuit Court for the death of 55-year-old Robert Fields. He received a 15-year sentence o...

Terry Bunnell joins WCLU’s Todd Steenbergen on Coffee & Conversation to talk about being inducted into the Kentucky Tennis Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is Friday. https://media-cdn....

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Nominations are open for this year’s Best in Kentucky, which highlights unique aspects of communities throughout the commonwealth. In years past Glasgow and Ba...

STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Western Kentucky University has the second-best online program in the commonwealth, according to the 2026 U.S. News and World Report. "These rankings affirm the intentional...

STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow man has become one of the newest troopers with the Kentucky State Police. Gabriel Wheeler was one of 32 cadets who graduated from the state police’s trainin...

By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 The Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library will be hosting an adult spelling bee at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12. The competition will consist of three rounds with words getti...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A man originally arrested by Glasgow police in 2024 has entered a guilty plea in federal court. Tyshawn Lorm was arrested by police officers on Dec. 27, 2024, stemmi...

by Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern February 4, 2026 FRANKFORT - Emergency responders are warning that in Kentucky's ambulance deserts they are often overworked and underpaid and use old equipment to trea...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Drivers will now be able to cross the Skaggs Creek bridge on Oil Well Road. The Barren County government announced that the crossing is back open after it was closed...