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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:

The last year of data before a new Kentucky testing system is put in place was released this week, with local schools showing a mixed bag of improvements and declines in scores. Butler County for the first time along with 33 other districts have realized the effects of the ever increasing No Child Left Behind (NCLB)  goals of having all student scoring at the proficient level in reading and math by 2014.

Butler County High School held their annual College/Post Secondary School Fair on Thursday, September 29. The event was hosted by the BCHS Guidance Office and Youth Service Center. Seniors and juniors were allowed to take full advantage of  information from over 36 different post secondary schools.

John T. Howard (DOB 2/8/63)was arrested on September 28, 2011 by Butler County Sheriff Deputy Heath West. After receiving a  tip of meth activity at 508 Dexterville Banock Road, Sheriff Scottie Ward and Deputy West went to the residence . “We detected a strong odor of ammonia  when we got out of the car,” said Deputy West.

Howard came around the coroner of the trailer and West saw in plain view in the back yard an anhydrous lab.  Howard was arrested and a search warrant was obtained. Howard was cooking meth and  attempting to make anhydrous ammonia.

An intense competition of can and food collection at Butler County Middle School resulted in a total of 3,604 items donated by students over a two-week period.  The items – cans and other non-perishable products – were donated to the Morgantown Mission during a brief recognition ceremony last week at the school.Mission Director Gary McKinney was on hand to accept the items, which will be placed in the Mission’s pantry to assist local families in need.

Before he was the mayor, he was the founding band director at Butler County High School.  On Sunday, they honored him. A standing-room-only crowd of former band members, friends, family and well-wishers were on hand Sunday afternoon, September 25, at the old band room to honor former Butler County Band Director Charles T. Black.