Beech Tree News Network

On February 6th at approximately 10:47am, Officers of the Morgantown Police Department responded to Ace Hardware in reference to shoplifting that occurred the day prior. During the investigation, Travis L. West age 40 of Morgantown KY was identified as the suspect.

JoLynn Reed, better known to the students as Mrs. Reed, has been at Morgantown Elementary School for 27 years.

February 14th is National Donor Day, which aims to serve as a reminder of the importance of discussing the lifesaving possibilities of organ and tissue donation.  Thanks to the Circuit Court Clerks of Kentucky, showing the heart on your driver’s license is the perfect way to start a conversation about love and legacy.

Prologue:  In recognition of National School Counseling Week this week, Beech Tree News caught up with Bethney Salmon, new guidance counselor at Butler County Middle School.  New to the counseling ranks this year, Salmon 

UPDATE (2-04-2019 8:30 PM): Kentucky State Police detectives have made an arrest in connection to the shooting of Michael J. Miller, 45 of Morgantown.  

Chasity D. Clopton, 27 of Morgantown was charged by detectives with Attempted Murder; Assault 1st Degree; Tampering with Physical Evidence and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

She is being held at the Ohio County Detention Center in Hartford.

Miller is still recovering at U of L hospital in Louisville.

The investigation is on-going and still considered in the preliminary stages.

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FRANKFORT – $12,261.58.  That's how much every man, woman and child in the commonwealth of Kentucky would have to pay to retire the state's debt, Auditor Mike Harmon reported Tuesday. 

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions (BIPPS), the commonwealth’s first and only free-market think tank, today launched

State Rep. Kim Moser plans a busy first meeting as chair of the House Health and Family Services Committee on Thursday, Feb. 7. She says she has the votes to approve bills to make schools tobacco-free, urge medical-marijuana research, and make it easier to get treatment for addiction.