Beech Tree News Network

Prologue:  In recognition of National School Counseling Week this week, Beech Tree News caught up with Bethney Salmon, new guidance counselor at Butler County Middle School.  New to the counseling ranks this year, Salmon 

UPDATE (2-04-2019 8:30 PM): Kentucky State Police detectives have made an arrest in connection to the shooting of Michael J. Miller, 45 of Morgantown.  

Chasity D. Clopton, 27 of Morgantown was charged by detectives with Attempted Murder; Assault 1st Degree; Tampering with Physical Evidence and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

She is being held at the Ohio County Detention Center in Hartford.

Miller is still recovering at U of L hospital in Louisville.

The investigation is on-going and still considered in the preliminary stages.

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FRANKFORT – $12,261.58.  That's how much every man, woman and child in the commonwealth of Kentucky would have to pay to retire the state's debt, Auditor Mike Harmon reported Tuesday. 

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions (BIPPS), the commonwealth’s first and only free-market think tank, today launched

State Rep. Kim Moser plans a busy first meeting as chair of the House Health and Family Services Committee on Thursday, Feb. 7. She says she has the votes to approve bills to make schools tobacco-free, urge medical-marijuana research, and make it easier to get treatment for addiction.

What began as a shoplifting call on Saturday morning ultimately resulted in the arrest of two individuals on several drug-related offenses.  On February 2, at approximately 8:07 a.m., officers of the Morgantown Police Department responded to

FRANKFORT – Preliminary figures indicate highway fatalities in Kentucky declined in 2018 to 722, down from 782 in 2017. According to the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS), this is the second consecutive year that roadway fatalities have decreased.

January 2019 Activity and Safety Checkpoint Locations

FRANKFORT - A field of 39 candidates will compete in May for their political party’s nomination for Kentucky governor and six other statewide constitutional offices.

The 2018-19 Butler County Spelling Bee was held Tuesday night, January 29, at the education complex.  BCMS student Brady Jones took home top honors in the event against quality competition from both Morgantown Elementary and North Butler Elementary.  Brady's winning word was "snuggle."