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Has returned $1.8 million since taking office-  Sen. Rand Paul today announced that he has returned $480,000 to the United States Treasury – money unspent from his official operating budget in 2014. He made the announcement while speaking to young professionals this morning in Louisville, Ky.
 
Since taking office in January 2011, from his Senate office budget, Sen. Paul has returned:

§  $1.8 million to the U.S. Treasury in cumulative yearly operating budget savings

§  $170,000 more through sequester cuts in 2013

United Way of Southern Kentucky (UWSK) will hold a region wide food drive aptly titled “Feed the Need” in Allen, Barren, Butler, Hart, Logan, Simpson, and Warren counties starting February 5th and ending March 7th.

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 January 19- February 18.
Civil Cases:
Cindus Corporation vs. Kentucky Copper, Inc.
Morgantown Bank & Trust vs. Timothy Mastin
Granite Tate, Inc. vs. Benjamin West
Capital One Bank vs. Brenda Deweese
Cavalry Spvi, LLC vs. Denise M. Valenti
Family Court:

Winter tightened its grip on Kentucky on Thursday (Feb. 19), as frigid polar air behind a cold front swept down across the snowpack that extends south across all of the Commonwealth.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Friends, colleagues, constituents and various interest groups flooded the hallways of the Capitol, making for a busy third week of the 2015 legislative session. It was great to see so many people weighing in on so many important issues in Frankfort.

Effective at 3 p.m. today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is urging Warren RECC and its members to reduce electric usage as much as possible. Artic temperatures are causing greater demands on the electric system, which could affect reliability.

UPDATE: According to Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps, he recieved an e-mail on Friday, February 13, 2015 stating that Kentucky Copper would be unable to make the agreed payment on Sunday, February 15, 2015. 

"At that point we (Ccty) secured the facility and nobody with Kentucky Copper will be allowed in the building.  I also contacted the city attorney, John King, and advised him to start legal action," said Phelps.

Kentucky Copper did advise that they planned on meeting the March deadline, according to Mayor Phelps.

FRANKFORT -– In response to heavy snows and bitter cold across the Commonwealth in the past 12 hours, Gov. Steve Beshear declared a statewide emergency to allow local officials immediate access to state resources to assist in public safety and recovery efforts. 

Morgantown, Ky. – Authors/Artist from Heart to Heart Publishing, Inc. will exhibit at Kentucky Crafted: The Market, the Kentucky Arts Council’s signature arts marketplace for wholesale buyers and the general public March 7-8 at the Lexington Convention Center.

They were invited to participate in The Market as a juried participant of the arts council’s Kentucky Crafted Program.

The Butler County Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, February 10, at the Butler County Education Complex.  Karen Evans, Amy Hood, and Debbie Hammers were in attendance.