Category Archives: Local News
AUDIO: Coffee & Conversation – Chele Gillon talks about mental health during holidays
Chele Gillon, lead counselor for Barren County Schools, joins WCLU's Todd Steenbergen for Coffee & Conversation, presented by The Hive Coffee & Bakehouse. Gillon talks about mental health tips...
Nov 19, 2025
Commonwealth Broadcasting remembers Chris Bratcher
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Chris Bratcher, whose voice was familiar to many by virtue of his nearly three decades of work in the radio business, died over the weekend. Several members of Commonwealth...
Nov 18, 2025
7 Brew files zone change application for Glasgow location
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A new coffee shop may soon open a Glasgow location. Brew Team KY filed a zone change application with the Joint City-County Planning Commission on Nov. 12 requesting...
Nov 18, 2025
Spec building development plan approved by planning commission
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A speculative building had its final development plan approved by the Joint City-County Planning Commission members. During the commission’s Nov. 17 meeting, t...
Nov 18, 2025
Barren fiscal court discusses inmate money, property
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A new way to get released inmates their money, Barren County taxes and property given to the city of Glasgow were some of the items discussed by the Barren County Fi...
Nov 18, 2025
City mounts Twyman sign on municipal building
By JAMES BROWN Glasgow News 1 The sign has been mounted to the Luska J. Twyman Municipal Building in downtown Glasgow. The Glasgow City Hall was officially named in honor of the city's former mayor in...
Nov 18, 2025
Cave City Boys and Girls Club project postponed
By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 The Boys and Girls Club of the Caverns has hit another snag in its years-long effort. During a special-called Cave City City Council meeting Monday, Mayor Dwayne Hatc...
Nov 18, 2025
Barren transportation committee recommends bid for Oil Well Road
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County transportation committee members recommended accepting a $204,000 bid for repair work on Oil Well Road. A day before the full fiscal court is set to me...
Nov 17, 2025
‘Bailey Way’: Trojan Campus access road named in memory of Betty Ross Bailey
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 The recently constructed Trojan Campus access road is being named in memory of Betty Ross Bailey, and will be known as "Bailey Way" for the next 30 years. Members of Bai...
Nov 17, 2025
Glasgow’s Starbucks to open Dec. 8
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The world’s largest coffee chain is scheduled to open its Glasgow location before the end of 2025. Starbucks is set to open on Dec. 8 in the previously empty p...
Nov 17, 2025