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"Beware of a scam in Butler and surrounding counties," said Scottie Ward, Butler County Sheriff.  People are recieving a check and letter in the mail claiming their company has been retained to inform you of the official release of the USA MEGA PUBLISHING CLEARING HOUSE DRAWS.

According to the letter you have won $250,000 and are given a claim number.  To expedite the processing they have enclosed a check of $4,194.10 from your winnings to help you send in $2,995 for processing fees.

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 Clerk and Circuit Clerk’s offices and cover March 4-17.
Civil Cases:
Robert Cron vs. Butler County Fiscal Court
AllState Insurance Company vs. Brian McKinney
U.S. Bank , N.A. vs. Joseph Sweetsir
Morequity Inc., vs. Frankie Wayne Burden
Family Court:
Jamie Dumoulin vs. Daniel Huff
Haley Jeffries vs. Sonino P. Jeffries

Art Mural in Morgantown set for April 13th! 

The Morgantown City Council discussed various topics at their regular monthly meeting Thursday night.  Council member Terrell House was absent, and new MPD Chief Charles Swiney participated in his first Council meeting.

The Butler County Board of Education met Tuesday night at the Butler County Education Complex.  The Board recognized several students for recent achievements, particularly those involved in the Bowling Green Technical College Regional Competition of Skills USA.  Damon Cockrell was 2nd place in Carpentry; Carrington Harpe, 3rd place in Carpentry; Caleb Hunt, 3rd place in Related Technical Math; Alex Hudnall, 1st place in Industrial Motor Controls; Zach Felty, 1st place in both HVAC and Job Skill Demonstration; Paul Staples, 3rd Place in Welding; and Landon Lynch, 3rd place in Residential Wir

The Boys and Girls Club of Morgantown has recently hired a new director following the departure of previous director Debra Hall.  Mr. Stan England, of Bowling Green, has been hired as the new director.

 Mr. England has extensive experience with Boys and Girls Clubs, as well as AOC Pretrial Services. He is also experienced in recruiting, training, supervising staff, composing budgets, human resource policies, crisis management, and safety standards. He has also created individual and business leader donor lists that contribute to raising in excess of $300,000 per year.

Spec Ronald T. Cox of Morgantown Kentuckyy stationed in Afghanistan with the 101st meets and shakes hands with the Chuck Nagel the new US Secretary of Defense on his first tour in Afghanistan on CNN

Shortly following 9AM, a two-vehicle accident occured in front of Aberdeen grocery at the intersection of highway 231 and highway 79. No injuries were reported. Butler County Sheriffs deputy Heath west responded along with Butler County Rescue Squad and Butler County EMS. A red Pontiac Sunfire and a white Toyota Tacoma collided. Names have not been released.   

If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor, I would’ve worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster with the words, “I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA. I will speak until I can no longer speak” — and I meant it.

In a two-and-a-half hour on Monday night the Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session. Of most interest on the agenda was the Court’s second-reading--and expected adoption--of a countywide citing ordinance aimed at quelling the number of less-than-one-acre construction/demolition debris (CDD) landfills. Several visitors were in attendance as the meeting was called to order.