Category Archives: Local News
Farmers RECC continues power restoration efforts in rural areas
Linemen continue to work in the daytime and nighttime hours to restore power across much of the area county's rural areas, including Barren County. (NATHAN BIRGE/SUBMITTED) GLASGOW - Crews with Farmer...
Mar 05, 2023
Locals urged to document storm damage before clearing for reimbursement purposes
GLASGOW - Local emergency management officials are urging residents to document any storm damage they had after Friday's high winds before cleaning up their properties. A county-wide state of emergenc...
Mar 05, 2023
GEPB: Less than 200 customers without power, 1,000 without cable/internet
By LUKE C. PIERCE, WCLU News GLASGOW - The Glasgow Electric Plant Board reports just over 150 total customers are without electric service as of Saturday evening. WCLU News spoke with Aaron Russell, t...
Mar 04, 2023
Farmers RECC: Nearly nine thousand customers without power
This outage map shows the nearly nine thousand customers who are still without power as of 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (FARMERS RECC) GLASGOW - In a Saturday afternoon press release, Farmers RE...
Mar 04, 2023
City of Glasgow offering tree debris dump sites
FILE - Glasgow Mayor Henry Royse. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) GLASGOW - The City of Glasgow is offering free drop-off sites for disposal of tree debris after Friday's wind storm. The city says only tree...
Mar 04, 2023
Hatcher declares state of emergency, provides update
FILE - Cave City Mayor Dwayne Hatcher. CAVE CITY - A stretch of roadway heading to Cave City is closed due to debris in the roadway. Cave City Mayor Dwayne Hatcher told WCLU News Saturday morning that...
Mar 04, 2023
Power restoration could take as long as Monday, Farmers RECC says
GLASGOW - Despite some headway made on restoring power to thousands of people in the region, Farmers RECC said it could be Monday before power is restored to all of its members. Farmers RECC currently...
Mar 04, 2023
Farmers RECC: Thousands still without power
This outage map shows thousands of customers who are still without power as of 9 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2023. (FARMERS RECC) GLASGOW - Nearly 14,000 are still without power across much of Farmers RE...
Mar 03, 2023
Local states of emergency declared in response to weather damage
FILE - Glasgow Mayor Henry Royse. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) GLASGOW - A state of emergency has been declared in Glasgow and Barren County. Glasgow Mayor Henry Royse and Barren County Judge/Executive d...
Mar 03, 2023
Organized chaos: Glasgow EPB responds to high winds Friday
Denver Shartzer, left, looks onward as Chris Smith points to a map inside the Glasgow Electric Plant Board's "war room" on Friday, March 3, 2023. The GEPB was just one of the many power companies in s...
Mar 03, 2023