Category Archives: Local News

Barren fiscal court to accept state road funds
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Both Beechtree Lane and Matthews Mill Road are getting funds from the commonwealth. The seven Barren County magistrates are scheduled to meet on July 15 at 9 a.m. in...
Michael Crimmins Jul 14, 2025

Barren County school board approves paid parental leave
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Barren County Schools full-time employees will now be eligible for up to 30 days of paid parental leave, for both childbearing and adoptive parents. Superintendent Amy I...
Will Perkins Jul 14, 2025

Mobile GED unit to visit Barren County
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Residents of Barren County will soon be able to get their General Educational Development credentials close to home. Team Kentucky announced that the GED testing is ...
Michael Crimmins Jul 14, 2025

Celebrate the Barrens explores forgotten roots of local history
By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 History often feels like a collection of well-told stories, milestones marked on a timeline. But the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center's recent Celebrate the Bar...
Michael Crimmins Jul 14, 2025

AGENDA: Glasgow Common Council to meet tonight, July 14
STAFF REPORT Glasgow News 1 The Glasgow City Council is expected to meet at 6 p.m. on July 14 to conduct second reading on two ordinances; one amending the code of ordinances relating to the mayor's a...
Michael Crimmins Jul 14, 2025

1 death confirmed after two-vehicle collision on Scottsville Road
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 One person is dead as a result of a two-vehicle collision involving a semitruck and motorcycle, according to Kentucky State Police Public Information Officer Katan P...
Michael Crimmins Jul 11, 2025

Glasgow man arrested after his vehicle hits woman
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A Glasgow man has been arrested after his vehicle hit a woman on July 11. Glasgow police located a woman on Cleveland Avenue who told them she had been “struck...
Michael Crimmins Jul 11, 2025

1 dead, several injured after interstate collision; Glasgow man arrested
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 A female juvenile is dead and several were injured following a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 65. On March 30, “just before” 7 p.m. Kentucky State P...
Michael Crimmins Jul 11, 2025

GALLERY: Louisville Orchestra ensemble performs at Weldon library
By WILL PERKINS Glasgow News 1 Hours before the Louisville Orchestra performed on Glasgow's downtown square Tuesday night, a select ensemble put on a production at the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Librar...
Will Perkins Jul 11, 2025

Preliminary hearing set in Barren County child sexual abuse case
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Kyle Ankney, 32, of Glasgow, requested a preliminary hearing at his district court appearance yesterday afternoon. Ankney was arrested by Barren County sheriff deput...
Michael Crimmins Jul 11, 2025




