Category Archives: Local News
Miles forfeits teaching license for 4 years in child abuse case
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A former Caverna boys’ basketball coach and educator received a 12 month conditional sentence after he pleaded guilty to his criminal charges during his recent...
Dec 26, 2025
Weldon library accepting submissions for ‘Teen Zine’
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library is calling all creative teenagers to submit original work for the library's monthly Teen Zine publication. This magazine is a way to s...
Dec 26, 2025
Barren County Fiscal Court Magistrate Botts not to seek reelection
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Magistrate Jeff Botts announced he will not seek reelection for another term in 2026. Botts represents the first district of the county on the Barren C...
Dec 26, 2025
Barren County farmer gets 52 month sentence for crop insurance fraud
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Barren County farmer has been sentenced to serve time in federal prison for conspiracy to launder money tied to a large-scale crop insurance fraud scheme. Sixty-ni...
Dec 23, 2025
Natural Christmas trees make fish happy homes
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Anyone looking for a good thing to do with their natural Christmas trees after the holiday season can donate them to be turned into a fish habitat. Each year the Kentucky D...
Dec 23, 2025
Barren County unemployment at 4.8% in September
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County unemployment rose slightly during the month of September, but is still below the 2024 unemployment percentage. The unemployment percentage for Septembe...
Dec 23, 2025
Glasgow council reviews ethics code amendments, street acceptance
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 A review of proposed ethics changes dominated Glasgow Common Council's Monday meeting. Council members worked through the first reading for amendments to be made to t...
Dec 23, 2025
Barren County Schools hosts Winter Wonderland event
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Preschool students and their families explored a winter wonderland last Thursday in the Trojan Way Center. The gym was transformed into a Christmas landscape, full of li...
Dec 22, 2025
Luminaries to light Norris Court
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Residents of Norris Court will again light luminaries this year in celebration of Christmas. The lighting of luminaries is a tradition that symbolizes lighting the way for ...
Dec 22, 2025
No injuries reported after Glasgow house fire
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 No injuries were reported after a Grandview Avenue house fire on Monday, Dec. 22. Glasgow firefighters “noticed smoke from outside [of 112 Grandview Avenue] th...
Dec 22, 2025