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The Morgantown City Council met Friday at the at the Eva J. Hawes Building at a called meeting.

Mayor Billy Phelps said the City is taking applications for summer employment until April 29.

Area fire departments responded to a structure fire at 2715 Bowling Green Road on Monday morning. The home belongs to Dorothy Sims and is located at the intersection of Russellville Road and Hwy 231.  The fire appears to have started in the attic.  No injuries were reported.

FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2016 regular session ended on Friday, April 15, shortly before midnight, capping off a session in which lawmakers approved the state’s next two-year budget and numerous other measures that will impact people throughout the state.

Most new laws – those that come from legislation that don’t contain emergency clauses or different specified effective dates – will go into effect in mid-July.

A partial list of bills approved this year by the General Assembly include measures on the following topics:

A Butler County man missing since last weekend has been found dead in an automobile near Highway 70 West.

Cardwell Family Farm of Butler County is one of the 88 certified farm markets across the Commonwealth accepted into the 2016 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Certified Roadside Farm Market Program.

In joining the KFB Certified Roadside Farm Market Program, Cardwell Family Farm has committed to offering quality products and service to its customers. Its acceptance by Farm Bureau tells customers that this market meets the highest standards of quality, freshness, and marketing appeal.

Butler County High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) has received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by  local farmer, Bonnie Howard Annis. The donation will help the Chapter by assisting members in attending camp, conventions and competitons according to Lee Ann G. Daugherty, FFA Advisor/Agriculture Teacher. In previous years Patrick Daugherty and Shane Wells also directed their donation to the Butler County High School FFA Chapter.

During the recent Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) Annual Conference, school districts were recognized for having at least one school that had achieved the ENERGY STAR Labeled School rating of 75 or above. Special recognition was given to 10 districts - including Butler Counry - that have achieved ENERGY STAR rating for all their schools.

The Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session on Monday night, April 11th. Absent from the meeting was Second-District Magistrate Johnny Tuck.

The first agenda item was a presentation from Greg Meredith with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3. Meredith outlined the 2016-17 Rural Secondary road aid for Butler County. The county will receive a total of $1,384,472.00.

The City of Morgantown and Butler County proclaimed April 2016 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month Tuesday morning in the lobby of the Butler County Courthouse. Butler County Judge Executive David Fields and Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps signed the proclaimation and was joined by several community leaders.
National Child Abuse Prevention Month has been observed each April since its first presidential proclamation in 1983.
 

The Butler County Daughters of the American Revolution announce the Good Citizen for 2016. Emily Caroline Wallace, daughter of Greg and Penny Wallace, senior at Butler County High is our Good Citizen.
    Emily has been active in many school activities her high school years.  Some are Beta Club, Health Occupations Students of America, Pep Club, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Tennis, Golf and was Field Commander of the Butler County Marching Band.