Barren County News

A southern Kentucky jailer told state investigators he knew having sexual contact with employees was "wrong morally," but he thought the women involved would tell him if he crossed the line.

Another suspicious house fire occurred Wednesday in the Hiseville area. The Barren County Sheriff's Office responded to a house on fire northeast of Glasgow on Center Road at around 4:40 p.m. This is the third suspicious fire that has occurred recently within the Hiseville area, said Sheriff's Chris Eaton.

Authorities in Barren County are calling a late afternoon fire there arson. The Barren County Sheriff's Office responded to the house fire on center road just before five yesterday.

Since 2001, the Kentucky Association of Counties' liability insurance plan has paid for more than $300,000 worth of criminal defense bills for five elected county officials accused of crimes related to their job.

An Austin man was killed in a one-vehicle wreck Tuesday afternoon. The truck he was driving is shown above.

Barren County Jailer Leland Cox says he knew having sexual contact with employees was "wrong morally." The Associated Press says Cox told investigators he thought the women involved would tell him if he crossed the line.

GLASGOW, Ky. -- A southern Kentucky jailer has told state investigators he knew having sexual contact with employees was "wrong morally." But Barren County Jailer Leland Cox says he thought the women involved would tell him if he crossed the line.

Three people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover wreck around 12:30 Wednesday morning on Coral Hill Road, according to the Barren County Sheriff's Department.

Jeffrey Corbin sits at the defense table during a recess of his jury trial in Barren County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon.

Departments in Barren County are still trying to work through the upcoming mandated radio system upgrade.

A Barren County man was arrested after a suspicious vehicle complaint Wednesday around 3 p.m. on Owens Road.

A wreck injured at least one female on U.S. 68/Ky. 80 near mile marker three in the Bon Ayr community around 10 a.m. Thursday.

A Glasgow man appeared before District Judge John Alexander on Monday afternoon on more than 70 sexual abuse charges involving a minor.

The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a budget reduction act - which bonds more than $1billion in new school construction - 68-28 Monday but not without some unusual twists.

Amanda Harlow, with Safe Kids of Barren County, adjusts the parachute canvas at station B before the Longest Day of Play event at Gorin Park Thursday morning.

A federal grand jury is looking into bidding practices on road paving projects in Barren and Metcalfe counties in southern Kentucky to determine if any wrongdoing has occurred in the awarding of contracts.

Barren County Sheriff's Deputy and acting jailer Matt Mutter went through the annual changes to the jail policies and procedures manual at Wednesday's county fiscal court meeting.

Johnny Bell wants badly to help the Glasgow Independent School District replace its 44-year-old high school.

Leland Cox wants his 30 days in jail and intends to ask the judge who sentenced him to diversion on 30 misdemeanor counts of sexual abuse to let him have it.

The attorneys representing the women suing Leland Cox as jailer appeared in court before Special Judge Thomas Castlen on Monday requesting a summary judgment.