GPD announces traffic safety checkpoints
The Glasgow Police Department will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the City Limits of Glasgow during the period of 06/02/2023 to 06/30/2023. The Safety Check Points will be but not limited to Columbia Avenue, West Main Street, North Jackson Hwy., Happy Valley Road. During the safety checkpoints officers will be enforcing laws related to…
Read MoreUPDATE FOUND -Missing mother and two children
UPDATE: We are happy to share that Anissa and the children have been located and are safe. Thanks to everyone for their help and sharing the post. UPDATE: Law enforcement officers have NOT made official contact with Anissa or the children. They are still entered as missing persons. The Kentucky State Police are asking…
Read MorePhilip Dewayne Clemmons
EDMONTON – Philip Dewayne Clemmons, 92, passed away Monday, May 29, 2023, at the T.J. Community Hospital in Glasgow, Kentucky. He was the son of Robert Becil and Renia (Gibson) Clemmons who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was his siblings, Clyde Clemmons, Bob Clemmons, and Imogene Romines, and a nephew, Roger…
Read MoreCharles Oscar Henderson, Jr.
EDMONTON – Charles Oscar Henderson Jr, aged 66, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2023, at his home. He was born December 27, 1957, in Philadelphia, PA, the first son of the late Charles Oscar and Eileen Margaret [Hilferty] Henderson. He grew up with his younger siblings: Michael and Roxanne. Charles lived as rich and varied…
Read MoreSpecial-called meeting today for public viewing of judicial center
Allyson Dix, Barren County Progress A special-called meeting is set for today at 4:30 p.m. for public viewing of the design plans for the new judicial center in Barren County. All of the Project Development Board, who oversees the judicial center project, meetings are open to the public. However, board members voted in April to…
Read MoreKindness sparks new business for Bradley
Allyson Dix, Managing Editor / Barren County Progress Generous acts of kindness are how Bradley Brown sparked the idea to start his own business. When he noticed his neighbor, who is also a veteran, was unable to trim the weeds around his yard, Bradley decided he wanted to help him out. Despite the neighbor insisting…
Read MoreBeshear awards area organizations $1.2M
Staff Report Governor Andy Beshear visited the local YMCA last Friday and presented over $1.2 million in awards for both Barren and Allen Counties for nonprofits. The funds are to support law enforcement, tourism, flood control, parks, and nonprofits. Beshear said over the prior three years, $26 billion in new development has taken place.…
Read MoreTrue Love and a Bullet
Allyson Dix, Managing Editor/Barren County Progress “I think we better go in the house,” Stanley Russell Jewell told his wife moments after she suffered a gunshot wound to her back that penetrated her heart. In July 2013, Mary Ethel Jewell was resting on her porch after returning home from a family birthday celebration. Across the…
Read MoreLester Wayne Pierce
SHELBYVILLE – Lester Wayne Pierce, 81, of Shelbyville, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at his home. Born on September 29, 1941, in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, Wayne was the son of Lonnie Q. and Nina W. Perdue Pierce. He married Barbara Jean Froedge on May 31, 1963. Before retirement, Wayne was employed at Cummins…
Read MoreRev. Dan Hogan
HORSE CAVE – Rev. Dan Hogan, age 71, departed this life on Monday, May 29, 2023, at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville. The Jefferson County native was born on June 27, 1951, to the late Rev. Roy Hogan, Sr. and Jenell White Hogan. He was married to his devoted wife Glenda Gail Hogan, until…
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