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UPDATE: The driver of the car was James Lacefield of Grayson County.

A single car accident on Love-Lee Road near the Grayson County line earlier this evening resulted in one person being airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital.  The driver of the 1993 Chevy Lumina left the roadway and over turned.  His name has not been released. 

Responding to the scene were the Fourth District Fire Department, Butler County Rescue Squad, Butler County Sheriff Deputy Joe Alford, Air Evac, and the Kentucky State Police.

The 2012 Football Homecoming Queen is Sierra Fields.  She is the daughter of Greg and Michelle Fields of Morgantown.  Homecoming King is Jacob Richmond the son of David and Kelly White Richmond of Possum Hollow.

Gov. Steve Beshear has promoted longtime aide Larry Bond to be his chief of staff. Bond is a native of Butler County who now lives in Louisville. He is the son of the late Troy Bond and Ailene Bond of Morgantown. Bond succeeds Mike Haydon, who died suddenly earlier this month.

Bond, who had been serving since 2010 as a deputy chief of staff, previously was commissioner and later deputy secretary of the Department of Public Protection.

UPDATE: The Bridget Renea, replacement ferry barge for Reed’s ferry, began its last leg of travel down the Green River Wednesday morning as those who helped build it and others watched. The trip, expected to take four hours according to the crew, was to begin at mile mark 142, Aberdeen boat ramp.  It would pass the old Borah ferry site at mile mark 132, then on to the Reed’s ferry site at mile mark 123. 

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Warren RECC sponsored the monthly Morgantown-Butler Chamber Luncheon on Thursday at the Butler County Extension Office.  Scott Duvall, of WRECC, was the guest speaker and shared information about the second largest electric cooperative in Kentucky.

“WarrenRECC has over 60,000 member accounts with 6,107 in Butler County,” said Duvall. 

Aberdeen Hill on KY 79 North was the site of a single-vehicle accident earlier this afternoon that has sent a Morgantown man to the hospital via Air Evac.  

According to Butler County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Reneer, Thomas V. (Tommy) Smith (204 Thomas Street in Morgantown; DOB 9/12/77) was traveling north on KY 79 in a 1997 green Ford Ranger pick-up when he apparently dipped slightly off the shoulder of the road below the former Embry's Grocery and Bait Shop, overcorrected, lost control, and flipped multiple times.  He was ejected from the vehicle.  

Firefighters were called to 622 Old Provo Road shortly after 9:00p.m. Friday night.  The home of Milton and Carolyn Wilson was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The home was a total loss.  Firefighters from Morgantown, Rochester and 2nd District responded to the scene.

A wreck this afternoon occurred in front of Sonic involving four vehicles and resulting in an arrest.

Judy Fay Hite, 57, of Logan County hit a vehicle causing a chain reaction involving three other vehicles.  Hite was arrested at the scene by Butler County Sheriff Deputy Chris Reneer.  She was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs .08, first offense and operating on suspended revoked operator’s license and lodged in the Butler County Jail. Hite was driving a 2001 Dodge pickup.

Exactly twenty years ago this month, then Judge Executive David Martin and program director Billie Clark traveled to Tatsurahama, Japan to officially sign a Sister City agreement, beginning a cultural partnership based on the foundation of our economic relationship (Sumitomo).  

Butler County High School juniors taking the ACT college-entrance exam during the 2011-12 school year showed improvement from the previous year. 43.5% of the students met CPE benchmark standards in English, 25.4% met the benchmark in Mathematics, and 37% met the benchmark in Reading. This year improvement has been made in both English and reading. The percentage of students meeting the benchmark in mathematics is down by 1.6% from last year.