Category Archives: Local News
Dollar General opens 14th Barren County location
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Dollar General is opening another location near Glasgow north of the city limits. The new location is at 3890 N. Jackson Hwy., which is near Willow Oaks Golf Club, a...
Aug 29, 2025
Farmers RECC welcomes home Honor Flight veterans
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Employees with Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation gathered at the Bluegrass Airport to welcome back the 65 Kentucky veterans taken on this year’s H...
Aug 29, 2025
Neon Christmas announced as theme for Glasgow Christmas parade
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 As the weather gets cooler, and the winter months loom closer, Barren Inc. announced the 2025 Christmas parade theme during an afternoon press conference at Philips ...
Aug 28, 2025
Barren County burn ban lifted
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Updated as of 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 23 The Barren County burn ban has been lifted, according to deputy judge-executive Garland Gilliam. The Louisville Office of the National W...
Aug 28, 2025
Federal hearing set in child exploitation case
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A child sexual abuse case is working its way through the federal court system. Chad Delucenay of Allen County was indicted by a Barren County grand jury in November ...
Aug 28, 2025
GALLERY: Community rallies around Glasgow-Barren County crosstown rivalry
Community members celebrate the crosstown rivalry between Glasgow and Barren County high schools during a pep rally Wednesday evening in downtown Glasgow. Will Perkins/Glasgow News 1 Community members...
Aug 28, 2025
U.S. flags ordered to half-staff for Minneapolis shooting
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 United States flags at state buildings will be lowered to half-staff until the end of the month in remembrance of those killed in the Minneapolis shooting. This order from ...
Aug 28, 2025
Barren County locations, personalities finish top 3 statewide competition
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Several of the top three finishers in the 2025 Best in Kentucky are staples in the Glasgow and Barren County communities. The top three were included in the most rec...
Aug 28, 2025
Glasgow arrestee federally indicted on drug charges
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A man that was arrested last year in Glasgow is now facing federal drug charges. Donnie Ray Boyd, 68, was arrested by Glasgow police in November 2024 on eight charge...
Aug 28, 2025
New fire truck, police social worker to be added soon
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 Glasgow's police and fire chiefs each expect new arrivals of entirely different natures over the next few weeks. The police department is getting a staff po...
Aug 27, 2025