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The following individuals were indicted by the Butler County Grand Jury during November and December of 2024:

MORGANTOWN, KY. (January 28, 2025) – Just before 7:00 a.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 03 received a request for assistance from Morgantown Police Department regarding a shooting incident. Troopers arrived at the scene on West Morrison Street and discovered a male individual with life-threatening injuries.

Butler County Fiscal Court convened on Monday, January 13, at the courthouse. All magistrates were in attendance: Stevie Givens, Kevin Phelps, Allen Smith, David Whittinghill, and Dillon Bryant.

Butler County Coroner Gerald M. "Marty" Jones II recently released statistics from his office for 2024.  

The Butler County Coroner's Office made 33 coroner calls in 2024 and signed 31 provisional death reports for cremation. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3 from food, beverages and drugs on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Kentucky is seeing a “very high” rate of respiratory illness,  especially among children.

Frankfort, Kentucky (January 16, 2025) – Representative Rebecca Raymer of Morgantown is the new Vice Chair of the Kentucky House’s State Government Committee, House Speaker David Osborne announced this week.

 “I am honored to have been appointed Vice Chair of the House’s State Government Committee,” said Raymer. “As Vice Chair, I look forward to advocating for policies that ensure the needs of our state are met across all three branches of state government.”

The Morgantown City Council met on Thursday, January 9 at Morgantown City Hall. Annual reports were given by department heads and Mayor Billy Phelps gave the State of the City Address.  

Morgantown City Police

Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps delievered the State of the City address during the January meeting.

 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 Circuit Clerk’s and Butler County Clerk’s offices and covers:

 December 1-31

Family Court

Rebekah Bell Rager vs. Jessie William Rager

Karrie Johnson vs. Terry Johnson

Kenney Reynolds vs April Reynolds

Kaia Gary vs. Nicholas Gary

Civil Court

Capital One vs. Christopher Wilson