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On July 4, Morgantown Police officers were dispatched to the Dollar General locate on Parkway Lane for a shoplifting complaint.

On July 3, officers with the Morgantown City Police responded to a female who would not wake up in the parking lot of McDonald’s in Morgantown. Upon arrival, EMS was on scene and had woken the subject. The subject advised that she had consumed gabapentin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methamphetamine. The subject refused EMS treatment or transport, upon a probable cause search of her vehicle officers located multiple pill bottles, a small bag of suspected meth and meth pipe, a scale and multiple small baggies along with over $1,296.00 in cash.

During the Butler County Fiscal Court meeting on Monday, June 23, magistrates once again tabled the motion to move forward with the removal of the Woodbury Dam.  

Independence Day trips are up 2.4% over last year; road trips and flights setting new records

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 25, 2025) — Some legislators want to attract veterans and service members to Kentucky, and members of the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection learned about legislation Wednesday that could help those groups save money. 

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell was in Morgantown last week and was the featured speaker at the Morgantown-Butler County Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon, which was held on Thursday, June 26.  

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 26, 2025) — New laws on squatting, drone surveillance, campus diversity programs, workplace safety, and gift card scams are all set to take effect in Kentucky this week along with many other changes to state statute. 

The Morgantown City Council met for their regular scheduled meeting on Thursday, June 12^th.

Unfinished Business

June 24, 2025 (Bowling Green, KY) At the request of our power supplier, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), we are asking our members to voluntarily reduce the use of all non-essential electricity. This will help power providers across the Tennessee Valley to continue delivering reliable service during this period of exceptionally hot temperatures across the region.

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Kentucky’s public colleges and universities made significant gains in undergraduate enrollment and graduation rates, according to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s