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The Butler County Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, February 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Butler County Education Complex. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Karen Evans and the agenda was approved along with the minutes of the January 14, meeting.
Make-up days were discussed by the board.  According to Superintendent Scott Howard if no more days are missed school will be out May 30, 2014.

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 29- February 13.

Civil Cases:
National Collegiate Student Loan vs. Lora Phelps

Bankof New York Mellon Trust Company vs. William Royal

If you live in Morgantown, you were without water for a short time on Saturday morning according to Randall Gaskey, Superintendent of Morgantown Utilities.  A major leak was discovered around 3:00am on the corner of Roberts and Hobson Street next to the Morgantown Water Treatment Plant. 

Graves Gilbert Clinic has taken over operations of the Wan Clinic, and with that the new signs went up today. 

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

The Morgantown City Council turned their attention to the Small Business Incubator Program, the annual city audit, and litigation against the city in their monthly meeting Thursday night.
 

UPDATED: Sinkhole Corvette restorations to be overseen by General Motors-Announced at a press conference Thursday that was held at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky is that General Motors has stepped up to oversee the restoration of the eight Corvettes that are still trapped in the sinkhole at the Museum.

Trevor Jenkins, son of Chelcey and Deanna Jenkins of Dunbar, and Lydia Murphy, daughter of Marty and Lora Murphy of Aberdeen, were crowned Homecoming King and Queen during Bearfest 2014 on Tuesday night.

Senior Representatives included:

Senior Class: Lydia Murphy, daughter  of Marty and Lora Murphy of Aberdeen and Clark Parker, son of Steve and Tammy Parker of Leonard Oak

Monday night, February 10th, marked the regular meeting night for the Butler County Fiscal Court. All members were present along with a handful of visitors who braved bitter cold temperatures to attend the meeting.

Justin Young, from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in Bowling Green addressed the Court concerning Rural Secondary Road Funds for the upcoming fiscal year. Young told the Court that the county will receive $1,563,741 in total funding.

Legislation would allow people with debilitating medical conditions to access and use medical marijuana without fear of arrest. Similar bill already introduced in Senate

An early-morning fire has destroyed a home at 1547 Mooretown Road in Butler County.  Local firefighters were dispatched to scene shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday morning.  

According to a Beech Tree News reporter at the scene, the owner of the residence, James McCoy, was awakened by his son telling him that the house was on fire.  McCoy, his son, and two dogs made it out of the house but the cat wasn't so lucky.