Category Archives: Local News
Area places named as finalists in 'Best in Kentucky' contest, voting open through May 31
A small tour group gathers with park ranger Richard Howell at the Historic Entrance of Mammoth Cave on a summer day, preparing to enter. The cool cave air, meeting the warm, humid outer air, creates a...
May 18, 2021
Hart County traffic stop leads to drug arrest
Christopher Page, 26, was arrested and charged with several drug charges in Hart County on May 13. Page is from Bowling Green. (HART COUNTY JAIL) HORSE CAVE, Ky. - A Warren County man was arrested in ...
May 17, 2021
Chicago man leads police on multi-county pursuit
MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. - A Chicago man led a high-speed chase through Hart and Hardin Counties last week. The Hart County Sheriff's Office said Idris Akeeb, 35, initiated a pursuit May 12 with a HCSO unit ...
May 17, 2021
Metcalfe man discharges pistol, injures brother in vicinity of infants
Jessie R. Lothery, 27, was lodged in the Barren County Detention Center after he shot a gun and it hit his brother on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) EDMONTON, Ky. - A Metcalfe Count...
May 14, 2021
Barren County's Burks to cheer for Murray State
Briley Burks, middle, is joined by her parents as she makes the decision to join the Racer cheerleading team at Murray State University on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The ceremony was hosted inside Barre...
May 14, 2021
Garmon signs to cheer with Lindsey Wilson; BC's Caudill, Gibbons also sign
Haley Garmon laughs and smiles while an audience inside Glasgow High School cafeteria celebrate her signing of a letter of intent to cheer with Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia on Wednesday, May 12,...
May 13, 2021
Glasgow man identified in Wednesday standoff, no injuries reported
Cannon C. Pendergrass, 31, of Glasgow, was involved in a standoff with Glasgow Police and the Barren County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, May 13, 2021. (BARREN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER) GLASGOW, Ky. -...
May 13, 2021
Stinson named newest principal of Glasgow Middle School
Justin Stinson speaks before a crowd of people gathered inside Glasgow Middle School's library on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Stinson was named as the newest principal of the school. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU ...
May 12, 2021
Suspect detained in Humble Avenue standoff, bystanders clash with police
GLASGOW, Ky. - A suspect in a standoff involving Glasgow Police and the Barren County Sheriff's Office has been detained. Glasgow Police responded to the scene at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. A person was app...
May 12, 2021
NOW: Individual barricaded inside home along Humble Avenue
GLASGOW, Ky. - Authorities are on the scene of a barricaded individual inside a home along Humble Avenue. The Barren County Sheriff's Office and Glasgow Police Department are at the scene. EMS is on s...
May 12, 2021