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The Morgantown-Butler County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly luncheon on Thursday, June 23, at the Butler County Extention Office. 

The Green River Catfish Festival is preparing for the 36th edition of the longstanding event. The GRCF will take place July 1-4 at Charles Black City Park in Morgantown. There will be kick-off events leading up to the opening ceremonies, which take place Friday, July 1 at 6:00 p.m. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2015 Catfish Festival Video: https://youtu.be/08s30NcN5A8

Morgantown & Butler County Budgets

The City of Morgantown and the County of Butler have both passed their 2016-2017 budgets with the second readings occurring during the June meetings of both entities.

The Second Reading of the 2016-17 Budget Ordinance 2016-03 was approved by a 6-0 vote of the Morgantown City Council during the June meeting.  CLICK HERE FOR CITY BUDGET City Budget.pdf

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis. Courthouse information provided in this article is a matter of public record. The following records are from the Butler County Clerk and Circuit Clerk’s offices and cover June 1-19th.
Deeds:
Morgantown Bank & Trust Company to Morgantown Utilities Commission, Morgan Manor Bank, $300,000

Since the first Catfish Festival a fireworks show has been one of the signature features of the event. The show has grown from the small shows in the early years of the festival, to the 15-minute affairs of recent years. The technology involved has also evolved from a crew of local ‘experts’ firing the mortars, to modern, computer controlled shows launched by professionals.

The Butler County Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday at the Butler County Education Complex. 

Board member Amy Hood was absent. 

Superintendent Scott Howard praised the district’s first-ever Senior Walk that took place last month. 

The Bowling Green - Warren County Drug Task Force and FBI received information of a potential load of narcotics coming to Bowling Green. As a result of this information ½ pound of “Crystal Methamphetamine” (Mexican Meth) was seized, 5 miles South of Bowling Green on I-65 last night (June 15, 2016) at 7:40PM.

(Morgantown, KY) – Butler County Water System, Inc. held an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate their new location at 1118 South Main Street in Morgantown.  The new office opened June 6, offering the convenience of a drive-thru window as well as handicap accessibility.

The Butler County Fiscal Court held its first monthly meeting for June on Monday night.

The Morgantown City Council met in regular session on Thursday night at the Eva J. Hawes Community Center.  Council members Russell Givens, Allen Meredith, Dionne Merritt, Sharon Johnson, Ronald Givens and Gary Southerland were in attendance. Mayor Billy Phelps, City Administrator Jerrod Barks, Public Works Director Brad Johnson and Police Captain Paul Burden were also in attendance.

Mayor Billy Phelps called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.  The invocation was given by Councilman Gary Southerland and the Pledge of Allegiance by Police Captain Paul Burden.