Beech Tree News Network

There could be a hitch in an agreement to sell an unused portion of a city of Bowling Green-owned landfill in Butler County to a Bowling Green business if the city of Morgantown decides to exercise its option to purchase the property.

Members of the Morgantown City Council voted Thursday evening to postpone a decision on whether to release their option to purchase 67 acres of unused property at the landfill in Butler County. The option to purchase was included in documents for original sale of the property in the 1970s to Bowling Green.

Morgantown became the 43rd Purple Heart City and Butler County became the 44th Purple Heart County in Kentucky on Wednesday, August 7. The ceremony was held at the Eva J. Hawes Community Building by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5837 Ladies Auxiliary and the Butler County National Society Daughters of the America Revolution.
Morgantown Mayor Linda Keown and Butler County Judge Executive David Fields signed proclamations declaring the Purple Heart status for the city and county.

The Morgantown City Council heard from groups of citizens on both the old Bowling Green landfill property and speeding on Oak Hill Drive during Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting.
 

A Butler County man is lodged in the Butler County Jail and facing multiple charges after an incident on Thursday afternoon left one man stabbed.

The Bowling Green City Commission, on Tuesday, approved a municipal order authorizing the sale of 67 acres off KY 70 West (Rochester Road) in Butler County to Owl's Head Alloys, an aluminum recycling company located in Bowling Green.  

On Monday morning, August 5, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5837 Ladies Auxiliary in Morgantown held a groundbreaking ceremony on the Butler County Courthouse lawn for the new "Walls of Honor " honoring veterans.

The Butler County Fiscal Court granted approval in May to the Ladies Auxiliary to enhance the existing VFW Monument on the south lawn of the courthouse.

"Many of the bricks were defaced and so much sand on them that you couldn't read the names," said Jennifer Odle, a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

The southbound lane of the Natcher Parkway was shut down for most of Tuesday due to a tractor-trailer accident.  According to witnesses the truck went over into the median, then overcorrected causing the truck to flip.  According to the Butler County Sheriff's Department driver fatique was a factor in the accident. The driver of the truck, Jeffrey Terry of Beattyville, Kentucky, was not injured. 

Ceremony salutes efforts to save lives on Kentucky roadways-
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS)  honored 140 law enforcement officers from 123 agencies across the Commonwealth for their efforts to increase the use of seat belts and child restraints in motor vehicles on Monday.
One of those officers was Sergeant Paul Burden, of the Morgantown Police Department. Burden received the Governor's Award for life-saving achievement in reducing highway fatalities and injuries.

Cody Calhoun, of Boy Scout Troop 208 in Butler County, accomplished his Eagle Scout Project.

Signature enters two new markets in three-month span
Louisville, Ky. (Aug. 5, 2013) -- Signature HealthCARE this week acquired seven additional
buildings from Kindred Healthcare, bringing Signature’s total number of locations to 87 in what has
been a pivotal year bearing considerable growth for the company.
The acquired centers are:
• Signature HealthCARE of Fort Wayne (formerly Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab-Fort Wayne),
Fort Wayne, Ind.
• Signature HealthCARE of Lafayette (formerly Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab-Greater