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Recently, Butler County High School along with local support from Morgantown Bank and Trust and Limestone Bank celebrated seniors who met ACT benchmarks in math and reading/writing or all three.  The high school grilled out for the students, MB&T provided supplies for homemade ice cream and sundaes, and Limestone Bank provided brownies.  Students' pictures are also on display in the Common's Area in recognition of their hard work and achievement.  

The City of Rochester is proud to announce they have been awarded funding ($136,281.00) to pave all the city streets in Rochester.

"We would like to thank Governor Beshear and the Kentucky Department of Transportation for giving us the opportunity to apply and receive the discretionary funding. This is quite an accomplishment for the city.  In the last 3 years all the city streets and highways have and/or will be newly paved,"said Mayor Martha Roe.

Paving companies are not able to pave in cold weather, so it will be spring before paving will start.

Only five of Kentucky's 172 school districts have not passed a tobacco-free policy to line up with a state law that went into effect July 2020, according to the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. 

Following American Cancer Society's advice of 2 years ago

Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are eight cents lower this week at $1.865, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

October 29, 2020 (Bowling Green, Ky) Today, two Warren RECC crews left Kentucky bound for Amicalola EMC in Jasper, GA. The crews will help repair damage and restore power in areas hit by Hurricane Zeta. This marks the third hurricane restoration effort in six weeks for Warren RECC crews.

With a recent increase in COVID-19 cases, Butler County is now in the “RED” zone according to metrics used by state officials to measure the spread of the virus.

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

9/16/20- 9/30/20

October 28, 2020 – Despite the many challenges 2020 has brought to communities across the state, the Kentucky Circuit Clerks’ Trust For Life has continued to grow the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry in an effort to save and heal the lives of those waiting on an organ, tissue, or cornea transplant, including the many children on the waiting list.