Category Archives: Local News
Barren Co. Property Transfers - Week of March 21, 2022
GLASGOW - The following property transfers occurred from March 21 to March 25, 2022. Tax information is not reported when money is not exchanged. Such instances include foreclosures, master commission...
Mar 28, 2022
Judge issues final life sentence for Moulder, plans to appeal
Larry Moulder appears electronically for a sentencing hearing held in Barren Circuit Court on Monday, March 28, 2022. Moulder was sentenced to serve life in prison for crimes he allegedly committed ag...
Mar 28, 2022
Three injured Saturday in Savoyard crash involving 2 vehicles
Emergency personnel and a medical helicopter were on scene of a two-vehicle collision in Metcalfe County on Saturday, March 25, 2022. (METCALFE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE) SAVOYARD - Two vehicles crashed...
Mar 28, 2022
Resurfacing project begins this week in Barren, Metcalfe counties
GLASGOW - A project to rehabilitate and resurface a section of the Louie B. Nunn-Cumberland Expressway in Barren and Metcalfe Counties is expected to begin this week. Motorists can expect work from th...
Mar 28, 2022
Students learn to become 'Life Ready' through Barren Schools initiative
Micheal Hale, Barren County judge executive, speaks to Barren County Middle School eighth grade students during an assembly inside the Trojan Academy gymnasium on Friday, March 25, 2022. (LUKE PIERCE/...
Mar 26, 2022
Franklin sentenced to 70 years during drug trafficking, organized crime trial
James "Duke" S. Franklin, 42, looks toward a jury of citizens after they returned four guilty verdicts following closing statements in a two-day trial held in Barren Circuit Court this week. Franklin ...
Mar 26, 2022
KY 163, KY 100 intersection becomes four-way stop
Staff with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet prepare signage to place at the intersection of Kentucky 100 and 163 in Monroe County. (KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET) TOMPKINSVILLE - State road crews...
Mar 25, 2022
Ohio man dies after fatal interstate collision in Simpson County
FRANKLIN - One man was killed in a crash along Interstate 65 Thursday. State Police said they responded to the crash in Simpson County about 4 a.m. It happened at the 1.2 mile marker in the southbound...
Mar 25, 2022
Multi-vehicle crash closes I-65 near Ky., Tenn. border
FRANKLIN - Transportation officials say a multi-vehicle crash has closed a portion of Interstate 65 near the state line. The five-vehicle crash happened sometime after 5 a.m. in Tennessee. State Polic...
Mar 24, 2022
Witnesses testify during drug trafficking, organized crime trial
Ken Garrett, defense counsel for James S. Franklin, speaks to a witness and members of a jury during the first day of a criminal trial held within Barren Circuit Court on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (B...
Mar 23, 2022