The William Natcher Parkway was shut down on Saturday evening as fire fighters battled a truck fire. The trailer caught fire between Exit 28 and Exit 29 at approximately 7:15 pm. The tractor trailer, owned by U.S. Express, was hauling laundry detergent from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Illinois.
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The Butler County Grand Jury returned indictments against 18 individuals. Charges included theft, burglary, assault, unlawful transaction with a minor, and drugs.
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"If you asked 100 random citizens when is Flag Day, probably only about 10 or 15 could tell you that it’s June 14th. Today, the banks are open, the mail will run, you won’t see advertisements for special at retail stores.
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A large crowd saw a sometimes testy meeting of the Morgantown City Council on Thursday night. The contention was on the possible elimination on the Morgantown Police Department, next fiscal year’s budget, and the level of community support for the Catfish Festival and the Chamber of Commerce.
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The Butler County Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night.
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Beech Tree News, already a member of the Kentucky Press Association (KPA), has signed on with the organization's news service, which will provide BtN readers with access to headlines from across the state.
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Western Kentucky University has announced the students named to the Dean’s and President’s lists for the spring 2012 semester. Full-time undergraduate students with a semester grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 are named to the Dean’s List.

A single vehicle accident on Rochester Road yesterday left four individuals shaken up but not injured. According to law enforcement officers the group was headed swimming at Lake Malone and failed to negotiate the curve, over-corrected and flipped the vehicle. All individuals where out of the v
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The Butler County Fiscal Court held its monthly meeting for June on Monday night. The meeting was designated as a ‘special called’ meeting so it could be held at the Little Muddy Rural Development Center.
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Before school was out for the summer, Regent and Flag Chairman Melanie Hunt, Casey Porter, DAR member and Christine Coleman, Registrar presented a program to 115 members of the 2nd Grade at Morgantown Elementary School. Mrs.
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