Category Archives: Local News
Welch Packaging announces 41st merger
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...
Sep 29, 2025
WKU receives $3M in federal funding to aid in student success
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 ...
Sep 29, 2025
Glasgow council to consider industrial tax incentives, final property-tax vote
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...
Sep 28, 2025
Glasgow Middle’s Fritsch named to Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS and WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Glasgow Middle School art teacher Jennifer Fritsch is one of three educators to be added to the Louis B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. Fritsch...
Sep 26, 2025
Ky switches to SAT as college entrance exam
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 College entrance decisions will no longer been determined on a 1-36 scale, but on a 400-1600 scale as the Kentucky Department of Education recently announced that it...
Sep 26, 2025
Juvenile killed in I-65 collision
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 A juvenile was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 65 on Thursday, Sept. 25. Just after 11 a.m., Kentucky State Police Post 3 received a call about a possible f...
Sep 26, 2025
Glasgow arrestee Donnie Boyd out on bond
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Sixty-eight-year-old Donnie Ray Boyd has been released from federal custody on a $25,000 unsecured bond, according to court documents filed with the Western District...
Sep 26, 2025
New industrial development announced at industry banquet
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 More economic development may be on the horizon for Glasgow and Barren County. During the Sept. 25 Industry Impact Awards Banquet, Barren County Economic Authority P...
Sep 26, 2025
Egypt-based company announces investment in Barren County; 60 jobs projected
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Sixty new jobs are on the horizon for Glasgow and Barren County. Governor Andy Beshear’s office announced that Egypt-based manufacturer Union Coating and Chemi...
Sep 25, 2025
2 indicted on child sexual abuse charges in Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Two people have been indicted by a Barren County grand jury on multiple child sexual abuse charges. Felicia Nichole Pyanowski, 30, and Damon “Erick” Dobb...
Sep 25, 2025