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Morgantown, KY (May, 2015) -- Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center will host a service on Thursday, May 7, at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the National Day of Prayer.
The National Day of Prayer is held each year on the first Thursday in May. A law was enacted in 1952 formalizing observance of the day, although its origins trace back to 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a National Day of Prayer and melding the relationship between government and the blessings of God.

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 April 15-30.

Civil Cases:
Virginia Embry vs. Susan Johnson
Cavalry SPV I, LLC vs. Harvey Combs
Atlantic Credit & Finance vs. Tyler Maxfield
Portfolio Associates vs. Raymond Beasley

Weather was the main topic of the April Morgantown/Butler County Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.  Meteorologist Landon Hampton was the guest speaker.  Hampton provides weather for Beech Tree News, WLBQ 101.5, The Daily News, and has his own website, wxornotbg.com. Hampton’s passion for the weather was very apparent.
“We need to think about weather and climate like this… the climate is your personality, the weather is your mood that day,” said Hampton

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today announced Jacob Price of Bardstown as the First Place winner for Kentucky’s Second District in the 2015 Congressional Art Competition.

Price, a student at Nelson County High School, titled his artwork “Self-Ego.”  His self-portrait is composed with graphite.

The Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session Monday night. All members were present.

Steven Haynes, representing the Big Reedy Watershed District, was on hand to present the Court with districts budget for fiscal year 2015-16. The watershed lies in portions of three counties--Butler, Edmonson, and Waren--and is required by the Commonwealth to present its budget to each of those county governments. The Court accepted the budget by a 5-0 vote.

Dewey Shepherd, of Johnson Hollow Road, Morgantown, wrecked on Friday morning, April 24. A little after 10:00 a.m. emergency personnel responded to an accident on Brooklyn Road.   Shepherd was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger.  According to law enforcement officers, he left the road and hit a tree.

“He was only about a mile from his home and according to family had left home about 9:00 a.m.,” said Butler County Sheriff's Deputy Heath West.

Butler County Fiscal Court and the Morgantown City Council joined efforts to host the 3rd Annual Clean-Up Days over the weekend.  Boat Factory Road stayed busy on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday as the county road department collected over 250,000 pounds of junk from residents as of 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and they were open until 4:00 p.m, with people still coming.

"It was a huge success," said Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields.  "Our city-county clean-up days grow every year and it's a great way to get a lot of junk collected and disposed of properly."

The Butler County Board of Education met in a regular meeting on Tuesday evening at the Butler County Elementary School at 6:30 p.m. Among the topics discussed were Project Prom and BCHS graduation dates.

A single vehicle accident on Hwy 231 at the Butler/Warren County line sent two people to the hospital.  Around 2:30pm Tiffany J. Johnson (DOB 3-26-93) was driving a 2003 Dodge Stratus traveling north bound when she lost control of the vehicle. She left the road and hit a tree.  Johnson and her passenger Ryan L. Embry (DOB 11-4-83) both of Morgantown were air lifted from the scene with multiple injuries. 

The Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center had their annual volunteer award ceremony to honor volunteers in the community on Thursday night. The event was originated as a way to give back to local citizens who chose to donate their time in the past year.