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The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 5837 is honoring Bill Childress as its Veteran of the Year for 2019.

Third quarter checks have been issued for the Morgantown Bank & Trust Spirit Card Program and several local organizations have benefited financially.

Morgantown Bank & Trust Co. announces the retirement of Mr. R. Forest Taylor.  Mr. Taylor was appointed to the Bank’s Board of Directors in 1974 where he has served for 45 years. In April of 2004 Mr. Taylor was appointed Chairman of the Board and maintained this position till retirement. Mr. Taylor married Zora Evans in 1949. Both were lifelong residents of the Banock community of Butler County where they continue to reside today.  After their marriage Mr.

The Butler County Rural Development held its annual meeting on October 26th, 2019 at the Butler County Extension office. This is a time for the five rural development clubs, Gilstrap, Provo, Little Muddy, Big Bend, and Reedyville, across the county to meet, discuss, and celebrate what has happened over the past year. 

As Halloween is creeping around the corner, TopCashback.com, the USA’s most generous cashback site, is sharing their spooky survey results and found that 85 percent of Americans plan on celebrating Halloween this year with 71 percent stocking up on sweets by buying more candy than they need

FRANKFORT - The Kentucky State Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency are partnering on Saturday, Oct. 26 to encourage the state's residents to remove potentially dangerous medicines from their homes and dispose of them safely.

The city of Morgantown has officially achieved status as a Kentucky Trail Town.

The Trail Town Task Force was presented with an official certification on Thursday, Oct. 17 at the certification ceremony held at the Butler County Arts Guild.

A Butler County woman is a regular when it comes to playing the Kentucky Lottery.  Sheila Grubb says she stops every morning on her way to work just to play her favorite scratch-offs. 

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin seldom needs notes or a prepared speech at announcements such as the recent unveiling of UPS' $750 million expansion in Louisville.

(BUTLER COUNTY COURTHOUSE, KY) –Butler County Judge Executive, Tim Flener and Morgantown Mayor, Billy Phelps signed a proclamation declaring October as United Way month in Butler County.