Beech Tree News Network

The State of the City address is a financial report as much as it is a statement about the successes and trials of our City government.

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.

Heather Coleman Brooks has been named partner at English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP effective January 1, 2020.

At approximately 10:49 Friday night, dispatch received a third party call reporting an assault on the walking trail at the Morgantown City Park.

In 2019 there were 32 coroner calls made by the Butler County Coroner’s Office and 29 provisional of death reports signed for cremation to be done.

You must now be 21 or older to purchase tobacco products, according to the FDA.

Administrative and pricing changes are ahead for the special license plate program to comply with legislative changes made during the spring General Assembly.

After three straight legislative session working with — and sometimes fighting with — former Gov. Matt Bevin, the Republican supermajority of the Kentucky General Assembly will now labor over an extremely tight budget with a Democratic governor wielding the final pen.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 1, 2020) – State agencies have announced the Simpson County Welcome Center, built in 1974 and located at the zero mile marker on I-65 in southern Kentucky, is closing Jan. 2 for demolition and reconstruction with the new facility expected to be completed in the fall of 2020.