Category Archives: Local News

Barren River Drug Task Force receives $114K grant
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,...
Michael Crimmins Sep 29, 2025

Houchens, Sexton each enter not guilty pleas
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...
Michael Crimmins Sep 29, 2025

Community Partners for Recovery host Recover Loudly rally
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...
James Brown Sep 29, 2025

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...
Michael Crimmins 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 ...
Michael Crimmins 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...
Melinda Overstreet 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...
Michael Crimmins 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...
Michael Crimmins 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...
James Brown 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...
Michael Crimmins Sep 26, 2025




