Beech Tree News Network

The second Monday in September was this week and with it came the first regular monthly meeting of the Butler County Fiscal Court. A full agenda awaited the magistrates and several spectators were gathered to watch the proceedings.

One item of old business was on the agenda. Magistrates had to decide how to use the remaining Flex Fund Road Aid for fiscal year 2015-16. The Court approved using $55,536.77 in the Second District. The funds were left over after monies were used for road projects in the First District. The motion passed 5-0.

The suspect in the killing of State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder has died after being shot by troopers in a confrontation.

According to a news release from Kentucky State Police, at approximately 7 a.m. CDT, troopers located Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks in a wooded area in close proximity to Interstate 24.

The Morgantown City Council meeting on Thursday night took a dramatic turn as the Council heard, then rejected, a request for funding by the Boys and Girls Club, resulting in a questioning of the Council’s motives in the denial.

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 19- September 8th.
Civil Cases:
KFBMIC (A/S/O Mark Hood) vs. Andrew Taylor
KFBMIC (A/S/O Scott Coleman) vs. Allen W. Woodcock
James R. Wagner vs. Ellen R. Poole
Family Court:
Janice Michelle Coy vs. Dwight Shane Embry
Paula D. Davis vs. Anthony R. Davis

The Butler County Board of Education met Tuesday night at the Green River Youth Development Center, taking care of bond sale issues to finance school improvements and hearing presentations on the Green River YDC, SACS Accreditation progress, and the Confucius Classroom.
 

Tuesday evening, September 8 was the 77th Annual Butler County Farm Bureau meeting.  It was held at the Eva J. Hawes Agriculture Center. 

An incident at the Rochester Ferry last week ended with some heavy equipment in the water, and minor damage to the ferry.

According to sources, a pickup truck pulling a piece of heavy equipment was pulling into the ferry. The driver of the truck apparently felt the triller drag as he pulled it onto the ferry barge, and hit his brakes. The momentum of the heavy load going onto the ferry barge pushed it away from the landing, which in turn caused a link in the ferry's mooring chain to fail.

With the Kentucky General Election less than two months away Morgantown was visited last week by one of the candidates for Constitutional office. Ryan Quarles, candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture, came to Butler County to meet voters.  He visited several places in Morgantown and had lunch at the Farm Boy restaurant.

 "What an amazing day!!!The 3rd Annual Chad’s Body Shop & Wrecker Service Car Cruise In & Antique Tractor Show brought in an astonishing $7493.00, all benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Butler County. Plus the Butler County Caner Assistance made $870.00 for their cause. I cannot say "thank you" enough to all of you who came out and supported this event," said Robin Johnson.

Morgantown City Council met in a Special Called Meeting September 4, at 6:00pm in the Eva J. Hawes Ag. and Expo Center.
After the meeting was called to order, the invocation was given by Gary Southerland, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Phelps. Quorum was determined on the absence of Council Member Sharon Johnson.