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Elizabethtown, KY (Jan. 30, 2015) – Bluegrass Cellular is seeking local students’ help to put an end to texting while driving in central Kentucky with its annual DRIVE NOW. TEXT L8R. PSA contest. The contest, open to both middle and high school students living in Bluegrass’s home service area, challenges students to produce short television public service announcements (PSAs) that discourage others from texting while driving.

More than 280 Southern Kentucky residents joined United Way of Southern Kentucky (UWSK) for the LIVE UNITED Awards Celebration on Thursday, January 29th at the Western Kentucky University Augenstein Alumni Center in Bowling Green.

On Thursday, January 22nd the Butler County Chamber of Commerce held their first luncheon of 2015.. The January event was sponsored by Embry & Watts, CPA's; Chad's Body Shop & Wrecker Service; Law Office of Richard J. Deye; PBI Bank; C&L Used Cars & Collision Center; SERVPRO of Butler, Hopkins, Ohio, Muhlenberg, Edmonson Counties; Morgantown Community Church; Logan Telephone Cooperative; Drake's Farm Service, Inc; and Morgantown Utilities. Catering was provided by Green River Catering.

The cost of food in America remains affordable.  According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, American consumers spend, on average, just over 10 percent of their disposable income for food.  That means the average household will have earned enough disposable income – that portion of income available for spending or saving – to pay for its annual food supply in about seven weeks, said Kentucky Farm Bureau president Mark Haney.

The latest numbers on the graduation rate are out from the United States Department of Education, and Kentucky is among the leaders nationwide.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Kentucky’s 86 percent graduation rate in the 2012-13 school year is fourth highest in the United States. Only nine states have a higher rate and six are tied with Kentucky. The national graduation rate is 81 percent.

MORGANTOWN, KY (January 26, 2015) – Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installer and do-it-yourself customers, announced today it will open its first store in Morgantown at 204 West G L Smith Street near Rite Aid on January 29th.
Company officials said they chose this location for the store because it’s convenient to where their customers live and shop as well as the garages where they take their vehicles for repair.

The Circuit Court Clerks of Kentucky made 2014 a momentous year in the fight to save lives.  With 998 Kentuckians on the waiting list for an organ transplant, there is no better time to join the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry.

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 1-19.

Civil Cases:
The Medical Center vs. Gary McKinney
Alden Berisa vs. Norman Katschke
Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance vs. Garvin Hunt
The Cecilian Bank vs. Joshua Woodcock

For the first time, more than 6,000 students have made the University of Kentucky Dean’s List.  UK has released its Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester.

A record high 6,366 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance.  That's an increase of nearly 500 since Fall 2013 and nearly 900 more than Spring 2014.

Crews in Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Todd and Warren Counties have been and are currently out treating the roads. Butler and Edmonson County have been the hardest hit so far. There are reports of multiple crashes on the Natcher Parkway in the northern part of Warren County and into Butler County. Most of Warren County roads just have wet conditions at this time. Roads in the northern part of Warren County may be slick.