Category Archives: Local News
Hart County Jail operates program to give inmates jobs, better lives after incarceration
By Angela Briggs, special to WCLU News MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. - Help wanted signs line the windows of too many businesses to count it seems as employers struggle to find workers. A program at the Hart Coun...
Oct 27, 2021
Glasgow EPB expects internet, cable outages during upgrades
GLASGOW, Ky. - The Glasgow Electric Plant Board expects cable and internet outages Wednesday as they upgrade their cable and internet services. The work began at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The outages are expe...
Oct 27, 2021
Barren County Schools lifts mask mandate across campuses, still required on school buses
Bo Matthews, superintendent of Barren County Schools, engages with a student during a visit to North Jackson Elementary in early 2020. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) GLASGOW, Ky. - Barren County Schools wi...
Oct 26, 2021
Council votes to pause 911 dispatcher pay increase despite fiscal court, Cave City support
Joe Trigg, Glasgow City councilperson, speaks at an earlier meeting of the Glasgow City Council. Trigg voiced his support and rationale for moving forward with a pay increase for employees of the Barr...
Oct 26, 2021
Cassady, Grieshop qualify for cross country championships
GLASGOW, Ky. - Two Glasgow High School cross country team members have qualified for the state championships. Mia Cassady and Quentin Grieshop qualified for the 2021 KHSAA Class 2A State Cross Country...
Oct 26, 2021
T.J. Regional Health offering Moderna Booster Clinics
GLASGOW, Ky. - T.J. Regional Health will be offering Moderna Booster Clinics in both Glasgow and Columbia beginning this week. An appointment is required and can be made online at tjregionalhealth.org...
Oct 25, 2021
Fiscal court moves to require rabies vaccination for cats, dogs in county
Tim Coomer, Barren County magistrate for the fourth district, studies a document during a meeting of the Barren County fiscal court. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) GLASGOW, Ky. - Dog and cat owners residing i...
Oct 22, 2021
Metcalfe County Schools to dismiss early Friday for funeral of staff member
EDMONTON, Ky. - Metcalfe County Schools will dismiss early Friday. The school system said Thursday that schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. The early dismissal is to allow students and staff time to at...
Oct 22, 2021
Police discover man partially in street intoxicated
Anthony Garrett, 33, of Glasgow, was discovered Thursday intoxicated and lying in the roadway along Kentucky Street. (BARREN COUNTY JAIL) GLASGOW, Ky. - Glasgow Police responded to Kentucky Street Thu...
Oct 22, 2021
Birdwell discusses aging election equipment; election filing begins Nov. 3
Barren County Clerk Helena Birdwell inspects a document while helping a customer from a window installed at her office during the earlier months of the COVID-19 pandemic. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) GLASGO...
Oct 21, 2021