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By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 People going around Glasgow and Barren County will see United States flags flying a little lower than normal. From sunrise to sunset on Aug. 14 U.S. flags have been ...

STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 In anticipation of the fast approaching Labor Day weekend, the Kentucky Transportation announced they are joining the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign and...

STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 Tax rates are on the agenda for tonight's Barren County Schools Board of Education meeting that begins at 5:30 p.m. at the district's central office. The board will recogni...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 It appears that maybe - just maybe - the total of the bids for the construction of a justice center for Barren County is going to be under the amount budget...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Anthony Janes, a longtime Barren County Schools employee who most recently served as the principal and director of the district’s College Street Campus, has be...

By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow-Barren County Tourist and Convention Commission approved a $1,500 contribution to the Barren County Fiscal Court for a feasibility and impact study on a pote...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Nearly a year-to-the-date after Chick-fil-A originally filed the paperwork for a stand-alone Glasgow location, the opening of the ever-popular restaurant is in sight...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Probable cause was found to send a Glasgow man’s case to a Barren County grand jury recently. Barry Sexton, 19, was arrested by the Barren County Sheriff’...

By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 With a special-called meeting having taken place only two weeks before, Monday evening's regular meeting of the Glasgow Common Council Parks and Recreation ...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Nominations are open for the 2025 Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. In 2023, longtime and well-known local educators — Jesse Brown and Helen Russell — were ...