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Beech Tree News, already a member of the Kentucky Press Association (KPA), has signed on with the organization's news service, which will provide BtN readers with access to headlines from across the state.  As a member of the KY Press News Service, Beech Tree News and WLBQ 1570 AM will be able to connect its readers/listeners with a broader spectrum of news from different parts of the state, as well as have its stories made available to other media outlets throughout Kentucky.  

Western Kentucky University has announced the students named to the Dean’s and President’s lists for the spring 2012 semester. Full-time undergraduate students with a semester grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 are named to the Dean’s List. Students with a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 are named to the President’s List. Their names are marked with an asterisk (*).

A single vehicle accident on Rochester Road yesterday left four individuals shaken up but not injured.  According to law enforcement officers the group was headed swimming at Lake Malone and failed to negotiate the curve, over-corrected and flipped the vehicle.  All individuals where out of the vehicle when authorities arrived.  Responding to the scene were Butler County Rescue Squad, EMS, Sheriff's Department, and Third District Fire Department.  The driver and passengers all refused treatment.

The Butler County Fiscal Court held its monthly meeting for June on Monday night. The meeting was designated as a ‘special called’ meeting so it could be held at the Little Muddy Rural Development Center. After a potluck meal provided by the ladies of Little Muddy the meeting was turned over to Judge-Executive David Fields and the rest of the Fiscal Court.

Before school was out for the summer, Regent and Flag Chairman Melanie Hunt, Casey Porter, DAR member and Christine Coleman, Registrar presented a program to 115 members of the 2nd Grade at Morgantown Elementary School.  Mrs. Coleman talked to the students about patriotism and Regent Hunt taught them about respect for the flag.  The finale to the program was reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.  Each student was given a flag and copy of the Flag Code to take home.

A Leonard Oak man is behind bars today following a domestic dispute and brief standoff with police on Sunday evening.  Bryan S. Proctor, 30, was arrested, taken to the hospital for treatment, and returned to the Butler County Jail. 

Butler County Middle School Principal Jeff Jennings has been named the new principal at North Butler Elementary School.  Jennings will replace long-time principal Elaine Daugherty, who announced her retirement at the end of the 2011-12 school year.   

According to school officials, the North Butler Elementary Site-Based Decision Making Council held a special-called meeting this morning - Friday, June 8 - for the purpose of interviewing applicants for principal, discussing applicants, and possibly selecting a new principal.  

One man is behind bars after allegedly stealing and selling the car of a Morgantown Care and Rehab resident. David Allen Bowlds has been lodged in the Butler County Jail and is facing felony theft by unlawful taking charges.

The 1991 silver Chevy Lumina owned by Elzie Hoops was reported missing by his niece, who looks after his house on Dunbar Coal Road. Butler County Sheriff's Deputy Trey Flener traced the car and found that it had been sold at a recycling center in Ohio County. Bowlds was arrested by Flener on Monday afternoon.

Members of the Butler County-Morgantown Chamber of Commerce gathered at Charley Biggs' this afternoon for their ribbon-cutting ceremony. Charley Biggs' has been serving up chicken, desserts and smoked foods since opening up in late May. The restaurant is owned by James and Jean Beattie.

Representative C.B. Embry, Jr. joined with local leaders and others, including Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center CEO Steve Meredith, and Dr. Thelma White, President of Elizabethtown Community and Technical College,  in breaking ground on the new Walter T. Kelley Postsecondary Education Building on Thursday, June 7th.  The groundbreaking  took place at the building site located on Wallace Avenue, Leitchfield.