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Employees honor and feed veterans at ‘drive-thru parade’ breakfast
By T. Wampler Jobe News and Sports South Central Bank held their annual Veterans Celebration outside their Operations Center on South Rogers Boulevard in Glasgow last Wednesday morning. South Central Bank and its employees honor and feed veterans on a morning before Veterans Day every year. This year, like in 2020 due to COVID…
Read MoreThe Social Effect Part II The Dark Side: Crime & Mental Health
Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Barren & Metcalfe Whether or not social media can be considered a “good” thing is up for debate, but one thing isn’t: It enables the dark side of human nature, leaving society forever changed. In September Facebook made national news when it was likened to big tobacco, at a senate…
Read MoreVeterans Day Parade 2021
Special to the Barren County Progress The annual Barren County Veterans Day Parade is scheduled for Saturday, November 6, 2021, at 11 a.m., according to Chairman Darrell Pickett. “We regret that we again had to cancel the dinner due to Covid, but with the number of people who usually attend and with it being…
Read MorePediatric Cancer Series Part 3: Ryan’s Story
Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Hart County News-Herald Last week, The Hart County News-Herald shared Ayden’s story. This week, we bring you the journey and story of Ryan Rutledge. Osteosarcoma is the eighth-most common form of childhood cancer. Ewing sarcoma that starts in a bone is the most common tumor in the osteosarcoma family. However,…
Read MoreDomestic violence survivor pens book
Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Hart County News-Herald “For years, he underestimated me. But, I was not stupid. I was not needy. I was not unstable. I was not undeserving. I was not asking for too much and I was not his property. And, on February 28th, 2020, he figured that out the hard way.”…
Read MoreThe Social Effect Part 1: Just the Facts
Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Metcalfe and Barren In 2003 the way we communicate and interact with each other was forever changed with the launching of the first social media platform, MySpace. Many thought it wouldn’t catch on. Now, almost 2 decades later social media has become such an infectious part of life that it…
Read MoreCold Case of 1989 Part 3: Thirty-two Years and Counting
Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Jobe Publishing, Inc. A fog of mystery has loomed over Barren County since August of 1989 when a blue suitcase was found on the shores of the Skaggs Creek section of Barren River Lake. Inside of that suitcase were the skeletal remains of a young child. The case currently remains…
Read MoreCold Case of 1989 – Part 2: A Coroner’s Memory
Mary Beth Sallee Jobe Publishing, Inc. Thirty-two years ago, a blue suitcase was discovered by two fishermen at Skaggs Creek. Inside of that suitcase was skeletal remains. Those remains were examined by the Barren County Coroner at that time, Larry Marion. “On August 20, 1989, I received a call from law enforcement that a…
Read MoreFather Me – Glasgow native makes successful documentary
By Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Metcalfe and Barren Glasgow native Sheri Pedigo knew from an early age her small town was not enough for her huge aspirations. She grew up singing in the church choir, she knew in her heart then she was destined to take her God-given talent to the world. Although…
Read MoreCold Case of 1989 – Part 1: The Blue Suitcase
Mary Beth Sallee Jobe Publishing, Inc. It’s been 32 years since a blue suitcase found its way to the bank of Skaggs Creek in Glasgow, 32 years since a horrendous discovery was made. According to Barren County Coroner records, on August 20 of 1989, two fishermen found a suitcase at the water’s edge of…
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