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The Butler County Board of Education held their monthly meeting Tuesday night at Green River Youth Development Center.  Board member Karen Evans was absent due to receiving an award that night from Kentucky Farm Bureau.  New Principal Ben Annis, who replaced Principal Jim Bob Green, gave a presentation on the school and the goals and methods used to reach the students there.
 

The Butler County Grand Jury returned indictments against 24 individuals on September2,2014. Charges include drug trafficking, burglary, sex offender registration, and manufacturing methamphetamine.

Name: Royce Belcher (DOB 9/18/54)
Address: 231 Sawmill Road, Lot 20, Morgantown
Charges: Failure to comply with sex offender registration, second offense, persistent felony offender in the first degree
Bail: $50,000
Arraignment: 10/14/14
Witness: Trp. Brian McKinney

The Butler County Fiscal Court met in its regular session for September on Monday, September 8th, 2014. All members were present. Before the meeting Maggie Drake led the Court and visitors in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

UPDATE: According to Butler County Sheriff Scottie Ward the jewelry and safe have been recovered.  An additional search of Bobby Brown's vehicle and camper resulted in the recovery of all the jewelry.  Brown informed officers he had thrown the safe into the creek off Carson Bridge Road.  The safe was also located.

Members of the Butler County Chapter of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America have been involved in a variety of activities this summer:

 
Ivy Donaldson and Haley Edge participated in National STAR Events in Advocacy representing BCHS and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Ivy and Haley earned a silver medal at national competition in San Antonio, Texas during July.

Brandy Givens, Morgantown, Kentucky, a Modern Woodmen of America representative, has completed a five-day training program at Modern Woodmen’s home office in Rock Island, III.

The program focused on helping families plan for life and reach their financial goals with Modern Woodmen. Speakers also covered topics including technology, fraternalism, underwriting and a number of other areas vital for success.

The Butler County NSDAR will be holding its annual Constitution Week program at Morgantown Elementary school on Wednesday, September 17. This program would not be possible without the invaluable help and dedication of Linda Tyree and Jo Lynn Reed.
Bells Across America will ring in Constitution Week and the day’s celebrations at 8:00 AM.

The annual Butler County Extension Service & Farm Bureau Field Day was held on Thursday September 4, 2014. This years field day event was based at the Reedyville Rural Development Center with demonstrations and guest speakers being held at Farris Farms (approximately 2.5 miles beyond the Rural development center on Highway 185).

Ohio County Hospital is pleased to announce opening of the Butler County Family Care Clinic. The Butler County Office is located at 210 North Main Street (beside Morgantown Bank & Trust Data Center) in Morgantown, KY. The clinic opened on Tuesday, September 2nd and provides the full-range of family medicine services including lab and x-rays in the near future.

On September 12,  the Butler County Chapter NSDAR will  again have a  proclamation signed by  David Fields, Butler County Judge Executive , Linda Keown, Morgantown Mayor and Scott Howard, Butler County School Superintendent proclaiming September 17 - 23 Constitution Week marking this 227th anniversary of the United States Constitution.