Beech Tree News Network

Tuesday, Sept 28 was celebration day at Hanson VA Center.

 Heart to Heart Publishing,Inc was honoring Author Lynn Kendrick, 84 years young and Artist Jeannie Kittinger. Mrs. Kendrick's son is a patient at the VA center. He was happy to see his mother enjoy a grand time with her new book and the signing of, Jack's Tales.

 This is a true story about a little donkey from the Western Kentucky coal fields when she was a child. Her special friend for 29 years. She was born and raised in KY, yet traveled the world with her military husband before settling in IL.

U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY-01) announced today he will not seek a 12th term in Congress.

MORGANTOWN — Clinging to her teacher’s hand at Morgantown Elementary School, a tiny girl with ringlets of pale blonde hair was brought to the office Tuesday morning to speak to a grief counselor about the tragic loss of her schoolmate, Jayden Hawkins.

Jayden, 5, a kindergarten student, was struck and killed by a Butler County Schools bus Monday afternoon after he exited the bus in front of his grandmother’s home, Kentucky State Police Post 3 spokesman Trooper B.J. Eaton said.

Melissa Cardwell, Circuit Court Clerk of Butler County, has been selected to serve as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust For Life.  Created by Kentucky’s Circuit Court Clerks in 1992, the Trust For Life is a statewide 501c(3) non-profit organization that informs, educates, and encourages Kentuckians to register as organ & tissue donors to save lives.

(Morgantown, KY)-  The Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green is currently on the scene of a fatal accident on KY 70 Rochester Road in Butler County involving a school bus and a 5 year old child.

The Butler County Fiscal Court held a called meeting on Tuesday, September 22, at the Butler County Courthouse.  All magistrates were in attendance: Stevie Givens, Johnny Tuck, Chad Tyree, David Whittinghill, and Bobby Moore.

On Wednesday afternoon, September 23, the city of Morgantown and Butler County were proclaimed a “Law Enforcement Community” by Mayor Billy Phelps, Judge-Executive David Fields, Commonwealth Attorney Tim Coleman and Butler County Attorney Richard Deye. 
The group, including local elected officials and several individuals from law enforcement and the community, gathered to witness the proclamation signing on the steps of the Butler County Courthouse. 

Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields and Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps presented Butler County Schools' Superintendent Scott Howard and the local advisory council with a check for $10,000 from the B.R.A.D.D. Board for The Leader In Me Program.  The program started this year at Morgantown Elementary and will be implemented at North Butler Elementary next year.

FRANKFORT - Members of the Kentucky General Assembly discuss issues before the start of a Sept. 24 legislative committee meeting that focused on broadband expansion across the state. Pictured, from left, is Rep. Wilson Stone, D-Scottsville; Sen. C.B. Embry, R-Morgantown; Rep. Rick Nelson, D-Middlesboro; and Rep. Jeffery Donohue, D-Fairdale.

Greg Drake II spoke to the Reedyville Rural Development Club on September 17, 2015.  Greg discussed his 2014 trip to China with the WKU Confucius Institute.   Drake travelled with a small delegation from South Central Kentucky to Beijing, Langfang, and Tianjin China. 

While there, they discussed the US food system, and especially food safety.  The group was also able to tour several points of interest around Beijing.