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Graves Gilbert Clinic Welcomes Dr. Chhabra to Morgantown

Dr. Shalini Chhabra

The old saying goes, “when one door closes another one opens.” That is certainly the case with the retirement of Dr. Richard T.C. Wan and the closing of Wan’s Medical Clinic. While Dr. Wan has closed his doors, Graves Gilbert Clinic has taken over operations of the clinic, and with that Morgantown has a new physician.

Dr. Shalini Chhabra is now practicing at the Graves Gilbert Clinic Morgantown Campus, formerly Wan’s Medical Clinic. Chhabra comes to Morgantown after a two-and-a-half year stint practicing medicine at Graves Gilbert in Bowling Green.

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Fatal fire on Newton Road claims life, destroys home

120 Newton Road

A house fire in the Logansport community early Thursday morning, January 9, has claimed the life of Morgan Bentley “Bo” Phelps, II, 18, of Morgantown.  Shortly after 6:00 a.m. firemen were dispatched to 120 Newton Road to the home of Gerald and Janice Phelps (Bo's grandparents).  The home was a complete loss.  The Phelps's were transported to the Medical Center at Bowling Green for the treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Bo's father, Morgan Phelps I, was also home at the time of the fire. 

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Rep. C.B. Embry, Jr. Files Proposal to Provide Tax Credit to Volunteer Firefighters

Proposal will provide credit on tax return starting in 2015-Representative C.B. Embry, Jr., R-Morgantown (17th District) announced today he is sponsoring legislation for the 2014 Regular Session that if passed would provide a tax credit to any certified volunteer firefighter in Kentucky.  The bill is also co-sponsored by Rep. Michael Meredith, R-Brownsville (19th District).

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Fire destroys building on Bowling Green Road

An early-morning fire at 4542 Bowling Green Road in south Butler County has destroyed a house connected to a garage.  The property, owned by Dallas Pendley, is the site of the former Pendley Trucking building.  The call came into dispatch at approximately 5:45 a.m.  The house was being used as an office so nobody was in the building at the time of the fire.    

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2014 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly Starts Work Today

(Left) Rep. C.B. Embry, Jr., R-Morgantown (17th District) talks with Rep. Tim Moore, R-Elizabethtown (26th District) on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives during the first day of the 2014 Regular Session. (Photo: LRC Public Information)

Drafting a new budget for Commonwealth main focus of 60-day session-  With the drop of the gavel in the Kentucky House of Representatives, the 2014 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly began today in Frankfort.  The primary focus of this year’s legislative session, which will run 60 days, will be to pass a new two-year budget for the Commonwealth.

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Butler County Coroner’s 2013 Year -End Review

Gerald "Marty" Jones II

In 2013 there were 26 coroner calls made by the Butler County Coroner’s office and 14 provisional of death reports signed for cremations to be done.
Of the 26 calls made:
 22 were ruled natural deaths
14 provisional of deaths signed for cremation
4 ruled accidental deaths- of those, 1 vehicle fatalities (1 driver and 0 passengers), 2 accidential overdose deaths, and 1 accidental only
In 2012 there were 35 calls made and 10 provisional of deaths signed for cremation. 
23 ruled natural
4 ruled suicide
5 ruled accidental overdoses

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Flu level raised to widespread in Kentucky

FRANKFORT – Kentucky Department for Public Health officials reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week that the influenza activity level in the state has increased from regional to widespread.

Widespread activity is the highest level of flu activity, which indicates increased flu-like activity or flu outbreaks in at least half of the regions in the state. The activity levels for states are tracked weekly as part of the CDC’s national flu surveillance system.

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Big to-do list awaits General Assembly

Numerous issues await lawmakers when the 2014 legislative session convenes Tuesday, from crafting a biennial budget amid meager revenue growth to considering again a constitutional amendment to allow expanded gaming.

Their decisions — pending Gov. Steve Beshear’s veto pen — will have far-reaching ramifications for Kentucky. Some pieces of legislation will wither on the vine while others will appear to wilt, only to spring to life at the 11th hour.

This list is by no means exhaustive, but includes some major storylines to keep in mind as the 60-day session gets underway:

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Several MCRC residents relocated after water line bursts

At approximately 4:30 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, January 7, local emergency personnel responded to the Morgantown Care and Rehabilitiation Center due to the bursting of a water line.  According to Butler County Emergency Management Director Terry Hunt, a 3-inch water line burst in the east wing of the facility, resulting in heavy damage to the ceiling, walls, and floors in the effected area.  Approximatley 17 patients were relocated to differnt parts of the center.  

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Roads being treated as winter weather hits area

Crew with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (District 3) are out in full force treating roads as winter weather moved into south-central Kentucky earlier this evening.  "Our crews are out in every area of our district treating the roads. It is possible temperatures could be too cold for our salt treatment to work," said Wes Watt, Public Information Officer.  "We will have trucks and plows patrolling doing everything we can to make the road conditions at safe as possible. However, because of the low temperatures slick road conditions may be likely in some areas." 

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