Beech Tree News Network

One hundred fifty students graduated from Butler County High School on Friday, June 1^st, at 7:30 p.m. Superintendent Scott Howard, members of the Butler County Board of Education, and members of Butler County High School’s Site Base Decision Making Council led the processional into the high school gymnasium.

Morgantown Utilities received a grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials in the amount of $4,767 for fluoridation to the water system.

Elizabethtown, KY (May 30, 2018) – Bluegrass Cellular has announced the 15 recipients of their annual Bluegrass Cellular Scholarship Program. This initiative supports local, college-bound high school graduates and annually awards $22,500 in scholarships to help local students further their educations.

Green River Waste, based right here in Butler County, has a new office at  619 W GL Smith Street, next to the Farmboy.  The company held a ribbon cutting recently complete with food and door prizes. 
Green River Waste is locally owned and operated. Louis White and Shirley Flener both have backgrounds in waste management— their combined experience totals over 30 years.
The company offers residential, commercial, and industrial services in all of Butler County. 

“There is a special sadness that accompanies the death of a serviceman, for we’re never quite good enough to them—not really; we can’t be because what they gave us is beyond our powers to repay.  And so, when a serviceman dies, it’s a tear in the fabric, a break in the whole, and all we can do is remember,” Superintendent Scott Howard quoted these words from Ronald Reagan at the Memorial Day program, held Monday, May 28, on the Butler County Courthouse lawn. 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Bowling Green, man pleaded guilty to multiple drug and firearm offenses yesterday in United States District Court, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.

The Barren River District Health Department (BRDHD) and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) are recommending that residents of Warren County over the age of one year get vaccinated against hepatitis A, due to an ongoing outbreak.