Category Archives: Local News

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Bluegrass Ingredients is the first tenant of Barren County’s South Cooper Industrial Park. Barren County Economic Authority President and Chief Executive Offic...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision in Glasgow on Sept. 30. Debbie Tinsley was transported to the T.J. Samson Community Hospital for i...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Mammoth Cave National Park is an “economic engine” for surrounding communities, according to park Superintendent Barclay Trimble, commenting on the resul...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Common Council on Monday finalized the 2025 property tax rate for real and personal property and gave a first nod to tax incentives for two indu...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren River Drug Task Force received a federal grant in the sum of $114,545 to “fight drug trafficking and continue building a safer New Kentucky Home,...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both Wesley Houchens and Barry Sexton had their Barren County Circuit Court arraignments on Sept. 29. Due to technical issues the arraignments were not recorded, nev...

By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 The familiar chords of Guns N’ Roses’ "Sweet Child O' Mine" filled Beaver Creek Park as Recover Loudly 2.0 welcomed the community with one focus: celebrat...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Welch Packaging Group has completed its forty-first acquisition with the announcement that the Elkhart, Indiana, packaging company is merging with Elite Packaging of...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Western Kentucky University received over $3 million in renewed federal funding for two programs “that provide first-generation, income-eligible, and students ...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Monday's special meeting of the Glasgow Common Council essentially consists of two action items - one piece of old business and one new item. The business b...