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 A Beaver Dam woman who was hired as a clerk in the Ohio County Treasurer's Office has been charged with felony fraudulent use of a county credit card.
Rhonda Spencer, 42, was arrested Friday after officials with the Ohio County Sheriff's Department said they reviewed video from the Beaver Dam Walmart and the Best Buy in Owensboro to confirm the identity of the person who misused credit cards to buy more than $3,000 worth of items.

   Records show the earliest theft with the credit cards was Oct. 12, 2013.

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 February 14- March 3.
Civil Cases:
Discover Bank vs. Bryant McClellan
Green River Rentals vs. Robert Sullivan
Cach, LLC vs. Elizabeth A. Deweese
Leon Tarter vs. Dollie M. Minton
Service One Credit Union, Inc. vs. Donald Renfrow
The Medical Center vs. Candace Maria Woosley

Morgantown- Butler County Chamber held their February luncheon at the Butler County Extension Office.  Sponsors included: Servpro, Drake’s Farm Service, Embry & Watts, CPAs, PBI Bank, Butler County Attorney Richard J. Deye, Advance Heating and Cooling/Quality Supply, Morgantown Prescription Center, Morgantown Utilities, and Jones Funeral Chapel & Monument Company.  The meal was catered by Country Fine Swine. Chamber President James Runion welcomed guests and members.

I am Ricky Romans and I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as a candidate for the office of Butler County Jailer.  With several years of jail experience under my belt, I understand and appreciate the importance of public service.  

"We have a homeless problem in Butler County," said Garry McKinney, Director of the Morgantown Mission. In the first two months of 2014, the Mission has helped over 15 people who had no place to live.  "We have had two families in the Hope House and others have been housed at the Green River Lodge," added McKinney.  "I want to get the word out we have a problem."

My name is Johnny Tuck and this May I will be seeking a second term as your magistrate in the Second District.  I am the son of Luther and Gusta Tuck and the nephew of Fed Tuck and brother of Sally Tuck.  I am married to Bonnie Huguenot.  Once again, I am asking for your vote.  

State Representative C.B. Embry Jr. and Bruce White, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Butler County visited in Frankfort recently at the State Capitol.  White attended the two day annual meeting of the Kentucky Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs.  He and Embry attended the Legislative Breakfast in Frankfort on Wednesday morning. 
Tuesday night, February 25, Embry drove to Lexington to attend the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentucky Youth of the Year Banquet. 

Red Cross celebrates all those who support its mission-The American Red Cross empowers ordinary people to do extraordinary things. March is Red Cross Month, a great time to celebrate and recognize everyday heroes in the community – those who help their neighbors by giving blood, learning lifesaving skills, volunteering or making a financial contribution to the Red Cross.

Red Cross Month is observed in dedication of people like Nathan Baker who support the mission of the Red Cross. Nathan is a Red Cross blood donor who has given more than 500 units of life saving blood products.

Some of you may be familiar with a song from the 1980’s by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in which they sing, “The waiting is the hardest part.”  Well the waiting on a budget proposal for Kentucky over the next two years could be the hardest on all of us.

On Monday, February 24, 2014, Sgt. Paul Burden and Officer Ethan Vincent made a traffic stop on Tony L. White Jr. in the 300 block of South Tyler Street regarding a probation violation.  After consent to search was given by the owner of the vehicle, synthetic cannabinoids a.k.a. “Spice” and drug paraphernalia were located inside the vehicle.  Tony L.