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WASHINGTON, DC – September 17, 2014, begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. The weeklong commemoration of America’s most important document is one of our country’s least known official observances. Our Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their liberties and freedom, and to ensure those inalienable rights to every American.

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 August 9- September 1st.
Civil Cases:
TD Auto Finance, LLC vs. James Miller
Anthony B. Flener vs. Kathie Embry
Morgantown Bank & Trust vs. James N. Glover
Bank of America vs. Troy Dunn
James Pierce vs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Butler County post offices have been a central part of local communities for several years, which brings many to wonder why a few local post offices aren't staying open as long, or have closed down altogether. According to Joey Elms, Post Master for the Morgantown Post Office, this is all just a normal part of the postal business.

On Thursday August 28, the monthly Chamber of Commerce luncheon was held at the Butler County Extension office. This event was sponsored by the Butler County Board of Education with Superintendent Scott Howard scheduled as the primary speaker. Many prominent members of the community and Chamber of Commerce were in attendance. Representative C.B Emby and Congressman Brett Guthrie were also present.

The Morgantown City Council finalized the real estate/tangible tax rate and discussed traffic problems around MES and BCMS at a called meeting Tuesday night.  The Industrial Holding Corporation also met but mostly in closed session.
 
The Council approved the 2nd reading of the ordinance setting the real estate/tangible tax rate at 10.5 percent per $100, the same as it is currently.
 

Lawrence R. Freeman, 64, of 1043 Dimple Road, Morgantown, was arrested Tuesday morning in Russellville and charged with first degree robbery. At approximately 9:45 a.m. the Logan County Sheriff’s Department was notified of an armed robbery at the Lewisburg Banking Company in Lewisburg, Kentucky.

Bank employees were able to give a very detailed description of Freeman, as well as his vehicle including a partial registration plate number, according to a report from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department.

United States Senator Mitch McConnell made a stop in Morgantown on Thursday. He was campaigning in the western half of the state as he continues to find himself in a hotly contested reelection bid against Democrat challenger Allison Lundergan-Grimes.

On Wednesday, August 27th, between 3:00-4:00pm, a caravan of between 500-1000 beautiful Corvettes has selected Morgantown for a brief rest spot.  A portion of the caravan begins in the Pacific Northwest, picking up participants along the way as they travel for several days before joining the Kansas and Missouri group.  The participants will meet in Columbia, Missouri and be in route to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The Butler County Fiscal Court had a busy week last week with two called meetings to take care of time sensitive issues.  On Tuesday the court approved a resolution and agreement from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet regarding $200,000 for the rural secondary road fund.  According to Butler County Judge Executive David Fields the money will be used to make repairs to existing roads throughout the county ( Hutcheson Drive, Ashalan North Road, Ashalan South Road, Hunters Point Drive, Frank Kitchens Road, and Region Road).  Next the court approved the payment of bills and transfers to date

Butler County Schools is a rural school district with an enrollment of 2,200 students and four classroom buildings totaling approximately 300,000 square feet of space. Two phases of performance contracting with Harshaw Trane have addressed energy and comfort issues in the high school, middle school, and central office. Harshaw Trane Intelligent Services was employed to ensure proper system operation and to drive additional savings. Butler County Schools invested $810,000 in phase one and $737,502 in phase two. They have seen an annual savings of $170,000.