The Butler County Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 at the Butler County Educational Complex. Amy Hood, Delbert Johnson, Debbie Hammers, and Ryan Daugherty were the board members present. The meeting was chaired by Superintendent Scott Howard.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2020) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet today announced the Butler County Fiscal Court will receive $18,300 in County Road Aid emergency funds for slide repair on Bryant Ridge Road. These repairs will make travel safer for the numerous residents and farms that rely upon this highway and those using this road as a connection to KY 411.
“The Transportation Cabinet is pleased to approve this request for funding to provide assistance to Butler County to repair and maintain safe connections in the community,” said Transportation Secretary Jim Gray.
The Kentucky Christian Recovery held its grand opening on Thursday, January 16th. The 16-bed residential program is in the former Third District Elementary School, which is located at 263 Huntsville-Quality Road.
Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session on Monday, January 13, 2020. All magistrates were in attendance: Stevie Givens, Kevin Phelps, Timmy Givens, David Whittinghill, and Dillon Bryant.
Jan. 13, 2020 – There are currently more than 2 million people registered as organ donors in Kentucky, and more than 99 percent of them joined the Kentucky Registry at their local Circuit Court Clerks’ Office.
Shelley Snyder, Executive Director of the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust for Life (TFL), said she truly appreciates the registry additions from each county and the financial support to the TFL that residents from across the state give while doing driver’s license business at local offices.
Emalyn Hawkins of North Butler Elementary and Brinlee Phelps of Morgantown Elementary have officially been selected by the KY Family Resource and Youth Services Coalition to serve as a Legislative Page at the annual 2020 FRYSC Legislative Page Days.
Morgantown Police Chief Giles Taylor presented the department year end report during the City Council meeting in January.For the year of 2019 the department answered 3867 dispatched calls for service, executed 12 search warrants made 787 traffic stops, wrote 768 citations worked 132 traffic accidents, made 293 arrests, opened 283 criminal cases and worked 237 special details, bringing the total calls for service to 10,968.
