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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 May 1-25.
Civil Cases:
Medical Center vs. Julie Steele
Miami Valley Steel Service vs. Morgantown Manufacturing
Cach, LLC vs. Jay Ouellette
Anesthesia & Pain Specialists vs. Julie Steele
Friendly Finance Corporation vs. Tammy Pogue
Green Tree Servicing, LLC vs. Connie Johnson

Following two work sessions and a controversial called meeting, a revised budget passed by magistrates for the 2015-16 fiscal year has been declared null and void.  Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields was notified on Friday, May 29, by Bobby Russell, an attorney from the Kentucky Department of Local Government, that recent actions taken by Butler County Fiscal Court were invalid due to "technicalities" associated with not properly following the agenda of a called meeting.  The Department of Local Government was responding to a complaint that was made to their office.  At a called mee

I have said many times that it is a total honor to be principal of North Butler Elementary.  This school has such a supportive and caring family atmosphere that has to be unmatched by any school around.  North Butler is blessed by intelligent, loving and charasmatic students, teachers and parents. 

“It’s a very special night…” The Butler County Senior Class of 2015 held honors night on Thursday, May 21st.  “…this is one of my favorite times of the year because we get to honor students [with many] scholarships that will help them…” Butler County School Superintendant Scott Howard continued.

Butler County Schools are set to implement the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for free meal reimbursement for school year 2015-2016 for North Butler Elementary, Morgantown Elementary and Butler County Middle School. 

“When the opportunity to reasonably offer free meals to schools within our district presented itself, we definitely wanted to pursue it for the financial help to families and for the benefit of students" said Butler County Schools Nutrition Director Kaitlin Harrison.

The Butler County Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the 2015 Memorial Day Program at the Butler County Courthouse on Monday morning, May 25.  Butler County Chapter N.S.D.A.R. Regent Jane-Eaton Henderson welcomed everyone and reminded each of us to teach our children to honor and respect our veterans. 

The Morgantown Trail Town Task Force held a meeting at the city hall on Tuesday to discuss the logistics of turning several Butler County towns into trail towns. Discussions have been ongoing in Rochester, Woodbury, and Morgantown, and have recently come to a head in the creation of a Trail Town Task Force for Morgantown with the goal of implementing the Trail Town program in the near future.

A tight Republican race for governor across the state didn't translate to a close one in Butler County.  Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer (Lt. Gov. candidate Chris McDaniel) easily carried Butler County with almost 58 percent of the vote.  Lousiville buisnessman Matt Bevin (Lt. Gov. candidate Jenean Hampton) received 287 votes (23 percent); former Louisville City Council member Hal Heiner (Lt. Gov. candidate K.C. Crosbie) was a distant third with 160 votes (13 percent); and former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott (Lt. Gov.

National EMS Week, May 17-23, 2015, is the perfect time to honor our local EMS professionals and promote awareness of their everyday service to the public. EMS Week is the one week with in the year in which the community is reminded of what EMS professionals do on a daily basis, 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year.

We depend on EMS professionals as they are the ones responding to our calls of distress after a heart attack, car accident, sudden sickness, a fall, stroke, or even to help deliver a baby.