Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow man charged with striking police officer
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Shawn Coleman, 50, of Glasgow, was arrested by the Glasgow Police Department after allegedly striking an officer in the face. On Feb. 17, police officers responded t...
Feb 18, 2025
State crews prep for incoming wintery weather
PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 Motorists are urged to use caution and lookout for District 3 snow & ice response vehicles on the road performing anti-icing operations. A possible winter weather syst...
Feb 18, 2025
Cave City council bans city employee cannabis use
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 During a rescheduled meeting on Monday, Feb. 17, the Cave City Council voted to prohibit medical cannabis use among city employees and passed a resolution opposing a ...
Feb 18, 2025
Winter storm warning issued for Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The National Weather Service in Louisville has placed Barren County, and all of Kentucky’s southern counties, in a winter storm warning from 6 p.m. on Feb. 18 ...
Feb 18, 2025
Barren fiscal court approves federal lobbyist contract
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The federal lobbyist contract with Statesmen Advisory was approved Tuesday, Feb. 18, by all the magistrates of the Barren County Fiscal Court at their regular meetin...
Feb 18, 2025
Attorneys debate how much resource info expert witnesses should provide ahead of trial
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Attorneys for two defendants scheduled to stand trial next month for causing the 2021 death of a 19-month-old child continue to seek more information about ...
Feb 17, 2025
Numerous Barren County roads in need of repair after severe weather
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Numerous Barren County roads remain closed due to damage caused by the weekend’s severe weather. In the past three days, the Kentucky Mesonet reported Barren C...
Feb 17, 2025
Ritters Mill crossing repairs tabled, for now
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Members of the Barren County Fiscal Court’s transportation committee opened two bids to repair the approaches on Ritters Mill Road; one was for $157,500 with p...
Feb 17, 2025
Lobbyist contract returns to Barren fiscal court agenda
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Some familiar items appear on the Barren County Fiscal Court’s Feb. 18 agenda, including the fraud alert contract and a revised contract for the lobbyist firm....
Feb 17, 2025
$81,250 Beginning Farmer loan approved for Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County was approved for $81,250 by the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation. The money will go toward the Beginning Farmer Loan Program, according to the...
Feb 17, 2025