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The Boys & Girls Club of Butler County, Morgantown Bank & Trust, and WLBQ 101.5 teamed up for the 24th year for the Annual Radio Auction on Saturday morning.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the auction was moved to the Boys & Girls Club on South Tyler Street, but the results were the same as in previous years as $13,637 was raised.

For Kelsey Lee of Morgantown, locking in quality child care was such a priority that she put her name on a top local provider’s waiting list while she was pregnant. More than five years later, she said that decision has helped her son be more than ready to thrive in kindergarten next year and in the school years ahead.

“He knows how to write his first and last name, and he can recognize every letter,” Lee said of her son, Walker. “He knows what letter everybody’s name in the family starts with — I can put down a letter and he knows who it goes with.”

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis.  Courthouse information contained in this article is a matter of public record.  The following information is from the Butler County Clerk and Circuit Clerk’s offices and covers: October 1-31.

Civil Court

Kathy Dockery vs, Signature Healthcare, LLC

Anna Barnes vs. Signature Healthcare, LLC

Graves-Gilbert Clinic vs. Arianna Davis

American Express vs. Gerald Hawkins

Republic Finance, LLC vs. Christopher Johnson

CPC Commodities vs. Danny Farris

Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are four cents cheaper this week at $1.855, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020 – As the holidays are approaching, communities are reminded of the season of giving. While family gatherings and gift exchanges may be from afar this year, organ transplant recipients and their families are incredibly thankful for the priceless gift of life.

On November 1, Friends of Butler County Animals signed a contract with the Butler County Fiscal Court to run the county-owned animal shelter.  Ruby Fooks will keep her position as executive director and is president of the Friends of Butler County Animals Board.

Leaders in the Kentucky General Assembly have released statements critical of the Governor’s actions - both on the substance of what he ordered and the process by which he reached the decision.

Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session on Monday, November 9, at the courthouse. Judge-Executive Tim Flener and magistrates Stevie Givens, Kevin Phelps, Timmy Givens, and David Whittinghill were in attendance. Magistrate Dillon Bryant participated by phone due to sickness in his family.

From the time she was a little girl, Rachel Givens’ dad instilled in her that Christmas wasn't just about her. She now tries to teach her children this same lesson. Over the last 5 years, Rachel, her husband Jon, her daughter Caroline and her daughter Ellie,  once she came along, have made an effort to give to Toys for Tots.