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 April 9, 2018 (Bowling Green, KY) Warren RECC celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day on Monday with celebrations throughout the Warren RECC district. 

Over 60 individuals turned out on Tuesday, April 3^rd, at the Eva J.

The Butler County High Chapter of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America attended the State FCCLA Leadership meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.  This year’s theme was KY FCCLA:  This is Us!  Members attended a variety of sessions geared toward leadership and community service as well as a formal banquet.
Butler County’s FCCLA chapter received the following awards:  Scholarship donation, Sepsis Alliance donation and a Silver Honor Roll.

April 2, 2018 -- Every April, the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust for Life (TFL) and Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) celebrate National Donate Life Month.  This a time to focus national and local attention on every individual’s power to make LIFE possible by registering his or her decision to be a potential organ and tissue donor, and learning more about living donation.

A new Morgantown business is opening its doors on South Tyler Street.  An official ribbon-cutting was held Thursday, March 29, for Bratcher & Co. Florals & Gifts, which is located at 104 S.

 FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 2, 2018) – The Kentucky House of Representatives has finalized a two-year state budget that pours $3.3 billion into the pension systems, boosts SEEK classroom funding to $4,000, and fully restores all of the Governor’s cuts to school transportation and retiree health insurance.

Butler County Judge Executive David Fields and Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps signed the following proclamation declaring April as National Donate Life Month.  Butler County Circuit Clerk Melissa Cardwell and staff hosted the event.  Cardwell was recently elected president of the Trust for Life Board in Kentucky.

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis. Courthouse information contained in this article is a matter of public record. The following information is from the Butler County Clerk and Circuit Clerk’s offices and covers March 5, - March 25, 2018.

FRANKFORT – A bill that supporters say would help reduce more than $40 billion in unfunded costs to the state’s pension systems received final passage today by a 22-15 vote in the Kentucky Senate.

A suspect in a shooting death earlier today was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon by Kentucky State Police behind John Hardin High School.