Category Archives: Local News

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Heading towards a final vote, the Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board hosted a formal hearing wherein some Barren County residents voiced their opposit...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren River District Health Department, Need More Acres Farm and the Allen County Health Department Board of Health have received $44,000 from the Kentucky Depa...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Hopes of driving ATVs, minitrucks and utility terrain vehicles on county roads is closer on the horizon with the unanimous approval from the Barren County Fiscal Cou...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The Barren County Fiscal Court received more money from the Kentucky Department of Transportation for bridge preservation. On Oct. 2, Governor Andy Beshear announced...

PRESS RELEASE Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Police Department will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the City Limits of Glasgow periodically beginning Oct. 3 and running until the end of the mo...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Drivers traveling along Happy Valley Road between Cave City and Glasgow may soon begin to see construction equipment, construction crews and possible lane closures i...

By JAMES BROWN Glasgow News 1 Terry Smith stands outside the north entrance to the Mammoth Cave National Park visitor center. The lights inside the building where people can usually buy cave tours are...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 An ordinance relating to special-purpose vehicles is on the agenda for the Oct. 3 special-called Barren County Fiscal Court meeting. The meeting will be at 9 a.m. in...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The bridge over Skaggs Creek on Matthews Mill Road will be closed for maintenance for roughly a month and a half. Matthews Mill Road is south of Glasgow and intersec...

by Jennifer Shutt and Ariana Figueroa, Kentucky Lantern September 30, 2025 This report has been updated. WASHINGTON - The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed...