Beech Tree News Network

Thirty years ago, while still living on Richland Church Road, Ricky and his wife, Mary Ann, were contemplating how to landscape the area around their driveway and decided upon roses. Hauling rock, they formed a tear-shaped flowerbed to plant them in. All these years later, Ricky Lockart still makes it a point to not only stop and smell the roses but to tend his roses and continue to curate them as well. 

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The Kitchen, located on West Ohio St., celebrated their one-year anniversary with a ribbon cutting on Monday, September 11^th. 

According to Rhonda Howard, a year ago Belmont Church took over the operations of the kitchen, as they pay the rent and utilities for the building.

The Kitchen provides 160 meals on Monday and Thursday evenings for anyone in the community.  They also feed Kentucky Christian Recovery Sober Living residents. 

The Butler County Stockman’s Association Board of Directors is sponsoring a Forage Quality Contest for Stockman’s Association members.  

In commemoration of 9/11, employees of Cash Express of Morgantown recently presented Butler County First Responders with a cake to show appreciation for their service. 

Tuesday night, September 12, was the annual Butler County Farm Bureau Annual Membership Meeting commemorating 85 years of serving Butler County Agriculture.  After President Gregory Drake II's welcome, Vice President Woody Moore gave the invocation, and the crowd enjoyed a meal courtesy of Green River Caterers. 

Did you know?

There are four key descriptions of Prescription drug abuse:

1. Taking more medicine than you are supposed to at one time.

2. Taking medicine that was prescribed to someone else.

Bee Spring, KY. (September 7, 2023) –The Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green is asking for the public’s assistance as part of an ongoing missing person investigation.

KSP Post 3 was contacted on June 14, 2023, regarding a missing person in Edmonson County.  The initial investigation indicated Kayla Decker, 35 years old of Bee Spring, KY, was last seen on December 18, 2022 in the Bee Spring Community. She is described as a white female, 5’6” tall, 130 lbs., with blond hair and hazel eyes.