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Authorities have released the names of three people killed in a weekend traffic crash near Glasgow.

By LISA SIMPSON STRANGE Glasgow Daily Times A Barren County woman was killed and two others were injured as the result of a collision involving two vehicles and a motorcycle Saturday near the entrance of Barren River Lake State Resort Park.

The man accused of killing an Austin-Tracy firefighter in a hit-and-run crash last year pleads guilty in Barren Circuit Court Jorge Rodriguez Pacheco was charged with reckless homicide, tampering with physical evidence, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid, and failure to report a traffic accident.

The Barren County Fair featured a room full of homemade and home-grown crafts and food Friday morning.

It was hard to go anywhere in our community this week without someone talking about the accomplishments of area youth baseball and softball teams.

A little bit of rain didn't deter any of the attendees at the kick-off day for the 55th annual Barren County Fair Tuesday evening.

Safety is an ongoing concern for the parents of children who clamber to board the various amusement park and carnival rides found at county fairs each summer.

Names have been released in connection with a wreck involving an Amish buggy on Ky.

A standoff between deputies of the Barren County Sheriff's Office and a Glasgow man ended peacefully Thursday with the man in custody after about an hour of negotiations.

The investigation of 13 arsons that occurred over several weeks in late 2008 and early 2009 in Glasgow remain at a stalemate.

"Call before you dig" might be the phrase to remember for any site supervisors on road construction projects in the area this summer.

At his first meeting as Barren County School's finance director, John Stith previewed the status of the district's end-of-year budget Thursday evening.

Barren County authorities respond to drug activity in the community of Austin. After arriving on the scene, authorities found numerous marijuana plants.

H1N1, the flu strain popularly known as "swine flu," remains active in the southern hemisphere and is likely to re-emerge in the northern hemisphere during the seasonal flu season.

An Austin man was killed Tuesday evening in a single vehicle accident on Austin Tracy Road.

Kentucky State Police say a father and his 4-year-old daughter were killed and 2 of his sons injured during a house fire in Morganfield.

A storm that passed through the area in the early morning hours Thursday downed several trees in the Hiseville and Austin and Tracy communities.

An evidence suppression hearing has been scheduled in the case of a man who allegedly caused the hit-and-run death of a local volunteer firefighter.