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The Morgantown City Council discussed a MPD officer’s failure to pass the police academy and a new zoning ordinance on signs and billboards at Thursday’s regular monthly meeting.
 

For the second year in a row, WKU civil engineers took first place overall at the Ohio Valley Student Conference.

WKU students finished first in balsa wood bridge building, second in environmental engineering, third in steel bridge and concrete canoe and fared well in other events -- concrete horseshoes, concrete softball bat, technical presentation, surveying and AutoCAD -- at the regional competition April 4-6 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The WKU steel bridge team qualified for the national competition May 31-June 1 in Seattle.

On Thursday April 11th, a crowd gathered at the new Morgantown Mission building despite the elements to be a part of the grand opening ceremony. The Morgantown Mission has been an active staple in the community for many years and has been housed in multiple locations.

Annual survey measures nursing home quality: Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center is proud to announce that it was found to be deficiency free during its recent survey by state regulators.
Morgantown Care & Rehab is a 122-bed skilled-nursing and rehabilitation center located in Morgantown. The center also offers robust quality of life (activities) and spirituality programming, along with a safe and secure environment for patients who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

The Butler County NSDAR has named Sierra Fields the Good Citizen  for the Chapter. Sierra Breanne Fields, daughter of Gregory and Michelle Fields, senior at Butler County High has had many experiences in school and the community.

Courthouse renovations, road aid funds, and an issue from 2010 that has resurfaced recently dominated the discussions at the Monday night meeting of the Butler County Fiscal Court. The meeting was the regular meeting for April and all members were in attendance, as well as some visitors, including former Butler County Sheriff Joe Gaddie.

To open the meeting 5th District Magistrate Keith Daugherty asked that the minutes from the regular March meeting be amended to withdraw a motion to add Overlook Drive into county road maintenance.

Gov. Steve Beshear said Friday that he would allow the so-called hemp bill to come law without his signature.

“I strongly support efforts to create additional legal cash crops for our farm communities," Beshear said in a statement issued by his office. " At the same time, we have a tremendous drug problem in Kentucky, and I want to make sure that we don’t do anything that will increase that drug problem. I still share the same concerns our law enforcement officers have about the impact hemp cultivation may have on our drug eradication efforts.

“This April, and every day, I am proud of the impact this office had on the lives of others, especially those in need of life-saving organ transplants.  I am humbled at the generosity of our community,” says Butler County Circuit Clerk Melissa Cardwell.  “Even through tough economic times, our community is committed to helping others.”

Of the people living in Butler County, 8.1%  have been diagnosed with diabetes, The Barren River District Health Department’s diabetes program, the Diabetes Center of Excellence (DCOE), wants to help people with diabetes and their family members learn how to manage their condition.

Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields and Morgantown Mayor Linda Keown signed a proclamation on Thursday, declaring the month of April “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in Butler County.
Approximately 3,000,000 children are reported abused or neglected in the United States each year, with 802 rports of abuse or neglect substantiated and/or in need of services in the Barren River Area Development Districts from January 2012 through December 2012, and of these reports, 57 cases were substantiated and /or in need of services in Butler County, effecting 135 children.