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Saturday afternoon, October 8, the Provo Rural Development Club sponsored their annual cruise-in to benefit Butler County Cancer Assistance at the Rural Development Center in Provo, KY.  About 4 motorcycles and 40 cars/trucks along with a handful of tractors were brought to compete for the title of best in show of their respective categories.

Morgantown, KY (Oct. 6, 2011) -- Nursing home residents from Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center revisited their childhood last week when the group took a trip to Walt Disney World.
The residents from MCRC, one of 73 homes operated by Louisville, Ky.-based Signature HealthCARE, were part of a larger group to make the journey. A total of 22 residents and 30 caregivers, all from Signature homes across Kentucky and Tennessee, piled on board a charter bus last Tuesday and made the 14-hour trek from Nashville to Orlando.

A crowd of over 200 fish and wildlife sportsmen and ladies gathered at Wayland Alexander Elementary School gym in Hartford Tuesday night. They were participating in the selection of nominees for the position of second district wildlife commissioner. Six people were nominated from the floor which prompted selection of the top five by paper ballot. Pictured above are charter members of the Provo Fish Club who are each nominees for second district wildlife commissioner are Boyd Truelove, Dale Franklin and Bob Lee.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help.  There has been a rash of burglaries in the county over the last month or so.  Items taken include: guns, laptop computers, and a couple of four-wheelers. If you have any information about these burglaries please contact the Butler County Sheriff’s Department at 526-3676.

Rochester Post Office Meeting by: Andy Sullivan

 The Michael Hays Soccer Field in Morgantown was the site of a military family reunited once again as Major Allen Joiner surprised his children with an early return from deployment in Afghanistan. With an escort from the Morgantown City Police, Major Joiner was transported to the middle of the soccer field to meet son Cameron and daughter Adrianna.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell and Republican candidate for governor State Senator David Williams came to Morgantown on Thursday. The pair spoke at the Eva J. Hawes Agricultural Exposition and Community Building at Charles T. Black Park.  McConnell encouraged voters to get out and support Williams.

” McConnell said despite Williams trailing in the polls Kentuckians are just starting to pay attention to the race. McConnell also pointed out that he came back from an even bigger deficit to become a senator.

The Morgantown-Butler County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting at Merle Norman on Friday afternoon. Margaret Moore, the new owner of Merle Norman,officially opened her business in Morgantown.  The business is located at 104 South Tyler Street and is open Monday thru Friday from 9-5 and Saturday 9-12:30 pm.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to Transtek Recycling, at 760 Veterans Way in Morgantown, in reference to a stolen vehicle.  Leamon Henderson had located his car, a red 1987 Ford Tempo, in the junk yard. Officers compared the Vin number on the vehicle to the title in Mr. Henderson’s possession.

According to the police report filed by Deputy Heath West the motor and transmission had been removed and the car had been crushed.  Henderson stated that the car ran when it was stolen and was worth around $500.

Events stemming from a December 2010 altercation between Don Baker and Morgantown Police Sergeant Andy Gidcumb have resulted in a lawsuit being filed in Butler Circuit Court.  In the civil complaint, which was filed yesterday, September 28, Baker names Gidcumb and the City of Morgantown as defendants.  The Butler County Sheriff’s Department served the lawsuit papers yesterday on Gidcumb and Mayor Linda Keown on behalf of the city.

Beech Tree News ran the following story (posted 12/3/10) about the incident at the time it happened: