Beech Tree News Network

 The Butler County Sheriff's Department assisted Kentucky State Police in apprehending an Edmonson man wanted for raping two underage girls.

“We received a tip that Dalton was at a home in Butler County,” said Deputy Heath West.

 Jason Dalton, of Edmonson County, was arrested at a home on Leonard Oak Road in Butler County.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection are investigating a site in Ohio County where extremely high concentrations of the toxic element arsenic have been detected in the soil, state officials confirmed Wednesday.

Farmers, you may want to check your barn.  According to Butler County Sheriff Scottie Ward, there have been several thefts on local farms in recent weeks.

“Individuals are stealing barn wood off barns in the middle of the night,” said Ward.  There has been thefts on Carl Pharis Road, Neafus, Welcome Road, Long Branch School Road and Lumbstown Road.”

Butler County joined the growing list of counties in Kentucky with Right To Work ordinances on Monday night. The Butler County Fiscal Court voted 4-1 to approve the second reading of an ordinance "relating to the promotion of economic development and commerce by regulation of certain involuntary payments required of employees in Butler County. (Right To Work Ordinance)."

The Butler County Grand Jury returned indictments against 36 individuals on February10, 2015.  Arraignment date for all the individuals is March 10, 2015 at the Butler County Courthouse.  Charges include rape, sodomy, burglary,  theft, drugs, and flagrant non-support.

Has returned $1.8 million since taking office-  Sen. Rand Paul today announced that he has returned $480,000 to the United States Treasury – money unspent from his official operating budget in 2014. He made the announcement while speaking to young professionals this morning in Louisville, Ky.
 
Since taking office in January 2011, from his Senate office budget, Sen. Paul has returned:

§  $1.8 million to the U.S. Treasury in cumulative yearly operating budget savings

§  $170,000 more through sequester cuts in 2013

United Way of Southern Kentucky (UWSK) will hold a region wide food drive aptly titled “Feed the Need” in Allen, Barren, Butler, Hart, Logan, Simpson, and Warren counties starting February 5th and ending March 7th.

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 January 19- February 18.
Civil Cases:
Cindus Corporation vs. Kentucky Copper, Inc.
Morgantown Bank & Trust vs. Timothy Mastin
Granite Tate, Inc. vs. Benjamin West
Capital One Bank vs. Brenda Deweese
Cavalry Spvi, LLC vs. Denise M. Valenti
Family Court:

Winter tightened its grip on Kentucky on Thursday (Feb. 19), as frigid polar air behind a cold front swept down across the snowpack that extends south across all of the Commonwealth.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Friends, colleagues, constituents and various interest groups flooded the hallways of the Capitol, making for a busy third week of the 2015 legislative session. It was great to see so many people weighing in on so many important issues in Frankfort.