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The Kentucky General Assembly may well let local school officials decide mask policy, rather than follow a state school-board regulation, Senate President Robert Stivers said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Asked if the legislature would shift the authority for school mandates back to locals, Stivers said, "I can see that very seriously happening, because we've had certain school systems where you have had very successful responses without a mask mandate."

Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks' Trust For Life announces the second annual Live To Save Lives Concert on Friday, October 22, 2021, bringing attention to the mission of organ donation. This year the live concert event will take place at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Kentucky.

Derek Cain, of Logansport, Kentucky was recently elected to serve on the board of the Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center (BRACAC) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 

The following information is directly from the Barren River District Health Department.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 24, 2021) – Gov. Andy Beshear announced today that Butler County has achieved Kentucky Work Ready Communities in Progress status.

The Kentucky Work Ready Communities certification program from the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board (KWIB) and the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC) assures employers that a local workforce has the talent and skills necessary to staff existing jobs and to master the innovative technologies new jobs will require.

The high court said Beshear's argument was off base, and "The General Assembly establishes the public policy of the commonwealth. . . . The trial court’s findings substituted its view of the public interest for that expressed by the General Assembly." But the high court did reserve for the future the question of whether a 30-day limit is too short.

Morgantown Bank & Trust is pleased to announce for the 2021- 2022 school year all student admission to any home sporting event for Butler County Middle and High  School will be free of charge.  

Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are nine cents lower this week at $2.807, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

An incident at a Brownsville Road residence in northeast Butler County has led to an arrest and multiple charges.

The Morgantown City Council met on Thursday, August 5, at City Hall. Sharon Johnson, Dionne Merritt, Russell Givens, Bryan Locke, and Jason Gaskey were in attendance.