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After more than a week off the job Butler County Deputy Sheriffs returned to work Tuesday night after the Butler County Fiscal Court approved the 2016 budget for the Sheriff's Office.

FRANKFORT – The Kentucky State Police are requesting a unique Christmas gift from Kentuckians this year. They are asking for the gift of life - they want motorists to wear their seat belts every time they get in their vehicle.

Sgt. Michael Webb, spokesperson for the agency, said performing the simple click of a seat belt will save lives.

“We are seeing an increase in traffic deaths in Kentucky this year and several of those tragedies could have been avoided if the motorist would have been wearing a seat belt,” Webb said in a news release.

Gov. Matt Bevin Tuesday issued five executive orders pertaining to marriage licenses, minimum wage, hiring practices within the state government, the restoration of rights to felons and a state board.

There are just three weeks until the voter registration deadline for Kentuckians who want to vote in the state’s first ever presidential caucus on March 5.  Only voters who are registered as Republicans by December 31 will be eligible to vote in the caucus.
To register to vote or change party affiliation, a voter registration card can be obtained and submitted at a county clerk's office, or it can be downloaded at elect.ky.gov and mailed to the State Board of Elections.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Barren River Area Development District, based in Bowling Green, Kentucky received a 2015 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation for "Be The Change" program in partnership with Warren County Area Technology Center.  

The meeting of the Butler County Fiscal Court on Monday night started as a routine regular session with a short agenda. When it ended almost two-hours later Butler County deputy sheriffs were on strike after another heated battle over the budget for the Butler County Sheriff's Office.

(Bowling Green, KY)-  The Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green responded to a two vehicle injury collision today in the 6500 block of KY 234 Cemetery Road that occurred at approx. 11:54 am.

The preliminary investigation indicated that Sylvester Ingram (54) of Bowling Green was operating a 1993 Buick passenger car and was traveling eastbound on KY 234 when it appeared that he crossed the centerline into the westbound lane and collided with a 1989 Chevrolet pickup that was traveling westbound and being operated by Robert Cox (35) of Morgantown.

Teresa Montgomery, of Delta Faucet, made a surprise visit to Morgantown Elementary on Wednesday afternoon.  Montgomery crashed the joint staff meeting of Morgantown Elementary and North Butler Elementary to present a check for $25,000 to the teachers for the Leader in Me program. 

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 November 7- 30th.
Civil Cases:
Lendmark Financial Services vs. Morris Moran
State Farm Insurance vs. Hershel House
Midland Funding vs. Austin Colgate
Medical Center vs. Candy Bratcher
Karen Deye vs. Jonathan Alexander

The petition for a local option election, “Are you in favor of the sale of alcoholic beverages in Butler Count, KY?" was filed in the Butler County Clerk office on November 6, 2015. According to Butler County Clerk Sherry Johnson the total number of signatures on the petition was 1893. The number of signatures needed was 1037. Johnson verified 1487 signatures.