Category Archives: Local News
Glasgow police release August checkpoint locations
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow Police Department has released its August checkpoint locations, which are limited to the city limits. The checkpoint period is from Aug. 2 to Aug. 30, according...
Aug 01, 2025
Edmonton woman indicted for Barren County fatal crash
By JAMES BROWN Glasgow News 1 A woman involved in a three-vehicle collision nearly three years ago has been indicted on criminal charges in Barren County. Heather E. Slater, 47, of Edmonton was indict...
Aug 01, 2025
Law requires schools to add info about sextortion: Caverna
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A new law will have more Kentucky children learning about sexual extortion during their school days. In an effort to comply with now-law Senate Bill 73, which requir...
Aug 01, 2025
Economic authority finance committee recommends $5,000 sportsplex donation
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Committee members unanimously recommended a donation for an economic impact study on the proposed regional sports complex during a special-called Barren County Econo...
Aug 01, 2025
Man arrested for meth; allegedly resists arrest, spits on Glasgow police officers
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A man has been arrested on several charges after a contentious traffic stop on East Cherry Street in Glasgow. On July 30, Glasgow Police Officer Micah Janes stopped ...
Aug 01, 2025
Glasgow parking structure ramp ‘open for business’
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 The ramp of downtown Glasgow’s parking structure is now “open for business.” Glasgow Mayor Henry Royse said the city received approval to reopen th...
Jul 31, 2025
Bid opening for justice-center construction delayed one week
By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET for Glasgow News 1 The opening of bids for construction on the new justice center for Barren County that was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon has been postponed for...
Jul 31, 2025
Barren County uninsured rate below 10% in 2023
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County was one of 1,455 United States counties that had an uninsured rate below 10 percent in 2023, and one of 194 counties that experienced a decrease compar...
Jul 31, 2025
Barren ATC students recognized at SkillsUSA national competition
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Several students with the Barren County Area Technology Center earned distinctions at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championship in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Poynter with the Barr...
Jul 31, 2025
Giving back to the future: Glasgow club children receive new shoes
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Some area children will be walking into the upcoming school year wearing a new pair of shoes. Corey Edwards and Ken Garrett donated 139 pairs of shoes Wednesday morning ...
Jul 31, 2025