Beech Tree News Network

The Butler County Fiscal Court held a called meeting at Reedyville Rural Development Center.  A delicious meal was served by the club, prior to the meeting.

McConnell secures measures to protect Paducah residents from flooding and to transfer control of infrastructure on the Green and Barren Rivers to local communities
 

Tuesday night, September 13th, Butler County Farm Bureau held its 78th annual meeting.  President Shane Wells welcomed everyone.  Patrick Daugherty provided the invocation. Collins Coots played the banjo.

Newswise — PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS – Gary Jenkins, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) from Morgantown, Ky., receives the 2016 Ira P. Gunn Award for Outstanding Professional Advocacy during the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Annual Congress held September 9-13, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Morgantown City Council met in regular session on Thursday night, September 8, at the Eva J. Hawes Community Center.  Council members Russell Givens, Allen Meredith, Dionne Merritt, Sharon Johnson, and Ronald Givens were in attendance.
Mayor Billy Phelps made several announcements.

Saturday morning did not turn out to be such a great fishing day for John Coots and James Renfrow.  They had planned to fish in a tournament at Rochester.  Around 6:30 am while putting the boat into the water everything, boat, trailer, and John's 2003 Chevy Truck ended up in the Green River.
James Renfrow, John's son-in-law, was backing the boat into the water and told Deputy Trey Flener he placed the truck in park, but when he put the truck in gear, he had no brakes, and everything went into the water.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 9, 2016) — A request to build and operate a commercial boat dock on Lake Malone in western Kentucky is the subject of a public meeting to be held Sept. 22 at Muhlenberg County South Elementary School in Beechmont. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Central Time.

State regulations require a public meeting for proposals to build commercial boat docks on buffer areas owned by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The department has received a request for approval to build a dock with commercial boat slips on Sherwood Point.

The Butler County Grand Jury returned indictments against three individuals on September 7, 2016. Charges include murder, receiving stolen property, assault, and wanton endangerment.

Name: Kevin R. Dye
Address: 2420 Russellville Road, Morgantown, KY
DOB: 3/26/87
Charges: Murder- two counts, possession of handgun by convicted felon, receiving stolen property -firearm, persistent felony offender second
Bail: $ no bail
Witness: KSP Detective Jason Lanham, Post 3

An ongoing investigation led law enforcement to 1319 Orange Cemetery Road, off Russellville Road on Tuesday night around 10:00 pm.  Drugs, money, a truck and motorcycle were confiscated at the residence.  A Harley motorcycle, a GMC Yukon, over $3,000 cash, two other vehicles and 9.85 grams of methamphetamine were seized along with marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.

Morgantown Police arrested a Butler County resident on Sept. 1 for receiving stolen property.

William Brown was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property (firearm) and is currently lodged in the Butler County Jail. The Morgantown Police Department responded to a call at 111 South Teddy Avenue Apartment B7 in regards to a complaint regarding a stolen firearm.