P. Gearlds for Glasgow City Council
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Read MoreJ. Martin for Glasgow City Council
Editor’s Note: Numerous opportunities will be available for candidates to help our community better know you and your plans for our future in our publications. If you would like to e-mail a photo you like and an introduction of 3oo words or less to allyson@jobeinc.com or private message a submission to our Barren County Progress Facebook page,…
Read MoreMary Ernestine Beals
GLASGOW – Mary Ernestine Beals, 91, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024. She was quite the Christmas gift as she was born on December 25, 1932, in the Happy Hollow Community of Barren County to her late parents, Dewey McClard and Frances Peden McClard. She was a 1952 graduate of Temple Hill High School and…
Read MoreSydney M. Bunnell
Sydney M. Bunnell, 86, was born on September 3, 1938. He entered his Heavenly home on September 3, 2024. He married the love of his life, Sue R. Bunnell on September 4, 1960. Sue preceded him in death on November 10, 2023. Clearly, God’s plan was for them to be together for their anniversary. They…
Read MoreDorothy Borden Doyle
PARK CITY – Dorothy Borden Doyle, age 80, departed this life on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at her residence. The Barren County native was born on May 16, 1944, to the late Elmer Woodrow and Ruby Frances Cary Borden. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of sixty-two years, Ronald David Doyle. Dorothy…
Read MoreSue Gillespie
GLASGOW – Sue Gillespie, 76, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at the Medical Center at Scottsville. She was the daughter of the late C. Howard Peden and Eva Coe Peden. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert P. Gillespie; and a brother, Charles Howard Peden. After graduation from high school, Sue…
Read MoreBetty Sue Riddle Williams
MARROWBONE – Betty Sue (Riddle) Williams passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at the Overton County Health & Rehab Center in Livingston, Tennessee, having attained the age of 84 years, and 19 days. She was born on Tuesday, August 13, 1940, in Kingston, Tennessee, the daughter of Ewing Ceph & Sarah Belle (Morris) Riddle.…
Read MoreHelen Morgan Shoopman
Helen Morgan Shoopman, 90, passed away Monday, September 02, 2024, at TJ Samson Community Hospital. She was born on January 02, 1934, in Hyden, Kentucky to the late Hugh Morgan and Orlena Begley Morgan. Helen loved spending her time surrounded by her family and playing scratch off tickets. She is survived by her husband of…
Read MoreGaunce Lawyers Up; Asks AG for help
Asks AG for help in blocking transparency of Bridge KY and the Boys and Girls Club’s use of >$4.75M in tax dollars By Jeff Jobe, Community Publisher In January of 2023, Barren County Schools (BCS) determined a local non-profit created and managed by Patrick Gaunce had over-billed the school system by $154,000 and had not…
Read MoreDrone Seeding in Barren County
By Allyson Dix, Managing Editor/Barren County Progress For the first time in Barren County’s history, Tom Holmes, a local farmer, recently opted to seed his crop cover in standing corn utilizing a drone, powered by a local company called Skytech Solutions. Farms have utilized aerial seeding for upwards of four decades by way of airplanes…
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