Beech Tree News Network

A two year-old Ohio County girl is in critical condition after swallowing ingredients used to manufacture meth and the mother and her boyfriend have been arrested.

Early on Saturday morning, the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) received information from the Owensboro Regional Health System they were treating a two year-old with severe chemical burns to her lips, mouth, tongue, and esophagus.

This past saturday Chad's Body Shop & Wrecker Service held its first annual Car Cruise In for a benefit for local resident Janice White who has stage 4 cancer.  It was a great turn out with over 40 cars, trucks and bikes. Food provided by Cancer Assistance and lots of activities for kids made it a great atmosphere for all ages! Over $1600 was raised for Janice White. The main sponsor Holley Performance sponsored 3 carbuerators and many other prizes to help the benefit.

A visitor to the Gasper River region quickly understands how living in the region brought early settlers closer to a higher power. The area spawned a religious awakening known as the Great Revival around 1800. The rolling Pennyroyal hills of Logan, Warren and Butler counties give visitors vistas of growing green hay with fingers of wind moving through them in early summer. This beauty touches the soul of even the most jaded. The Gasper River drainage is one of the most pastoral regions of Kentucky.

A Butler County man is recovering in Vanderbilt after an accident on Tuesday involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.

Update 6/4/13: A Quit Claim Deed has been filed in the Butler County Clerk's office settling the dispute between David Whittinghill and Temple Hill General Baptist Church.  The Whittinghills, David and Linda, deeded the 0.55 acre tract of land located at 10352 Brownsville Road to the Trustees for Temple Hill General Baptist Church. 

On May 25^th students from Belmont Christian Academy traveled to Warrensburg, Missouri to the International Student Convention.  Students participated in a variety of competitions on the University of Central Missouri campus. 

Morgantown Housing Authority is offering a special program, REACH HIGHER.  On June 6, 2013 Renea Covington, director for the program, will be at the Kent Manor Community Room at 10:30am.

The Class of 2013 had many things to celebrate Friday evening:  great friends, high school graduation and the first step to life after high school.   Preceding graduation, the students had the first ever College and Career Ready Pinning Ceremony.  This ceremony was held during the graduation ceremony practice on Thursday, May 22nd.  The ceremony was one in which students were recognized among their peers by Superintendent Scott Howard, Butler County High School Principal Patrick O'Driscoll and Principal Ray Hammer of the Butler County Area Technical School.

Sam Osborne will be interning with the Beech Tree News this summer for 10 weeks starting this week as part of the Kentucky Press Association’s summer internship program. Osborne’s love for writing and journalism was sparked in high school.

The Butler County Fiscal Court met in special session on Thursday, May 23rd. All members were present and several visitors.

The first person to address the Court was Gina Tynes, from Hocker Family Insurance. Tynes presented the 2013-14 fiscal year insurance package, and brought good news to the squires. The renewal for the upcoming fiscal year will be lower than in 2012-13, and will save employees between $13.29 and $42.53 per pay period depending on their insurance package.