Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow EPB awards fiber optic construction to Ervin Cable Construction
GLASGOW - On Tuesday, board members for the Glasgow Electric Plant Board voted to accept the bid from Ervin Cable Construction to construct the first phase of the utility's fiber optic internet projec...
Jan 25, 2023
AAA: Gas prices rise as demand increases and crude prices climb
Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are 13 cents higher this week at $3.135, according to AAA East Central's Gas Price Report. This week's average prices: Western Central KY Average $3.135 Average pri...
Jan 25, 2023
Police arrest man after alleged assaults at pizza restaurant
Ryan T. Woodard was arrested after a series of alleged assaults on employees and officers at Little Caesar's Pizza on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (GLASGOW POLICE) GLASGOW - Police in Glasgow said a man as...
Jan 25, 2023
Jones given authority to act as deputy judge/executive
(PHOTO SUBMITTED: BEAU JONES) GLASGOW - Magistrates approved Tuesday a plan to allow the deputy Barren County judge/executive certain authority in the absence of Jamie Byrd. Beau Jones was hired as th...
Jan 24, 2023
Royse fires top city official, assistant landfill manager
Roger Simmons, the former superintendent of the Glasgow Department of Public Works, talks to another city employee during a meeting of the Glasgow City Council. Simmons was terminated for an unknown r...
Jan 24, 2023
Three sworn in as newest members of Glasgow EPB; city pool, stadium discussed
Rich Alexander, center, reads aloud an ordinance at the Glasgow City Council Meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Council-member James "Happy" Neal sits to Alexander's left while Mayor Henry Royse is sea...
Jan 24, 2023
Gov. Beshear orders flags to half-staff in remembrance of Monterey Park victims
FRANKFORT - In accordance with a proclamation from the White House, Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Thursday, Jan. 26, ...
Jan 23, 2023
South Central Ky. Orthopedics joins TJ Regional Health network
GLASGOW - T.J. Regional Health announced Monday that a long-standing group of orthopedic surgeons would join their healthcare network. T.J. Regional Health has joined forces with South Central Kentuck...
Jan 23, 2023
Two ATVs reported stolen from Jackie Browning Park
A door appears vandalized on a shed at Jackie Browning Park in Glasgow. Two ATVs were noticed stolen from Jackie Browning Park on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAMIE BYRD) By BRENNAN D....
Jan 23, 2023
Missing woman last seen near phone store, police say
80-year-old Pauline S. Sowders. (GLASGOW POLICE) (UPDATE): Sowders was found safe, Glasgow Police said. __________________________ GLASGOW - Police are searching for a missing woman in Barren County. ...
Jan 20, 2023