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The Morgantown Police Department and Kentucky State Police are investigating a death scene involving a possible drug overdose at Green River Lodge in Morgantown.  One individual was found dead at the scene.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – During a special called meeting on Friday, June 7, the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents approved the university’s operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2024, and ends June 30, 2025. The $394,230,000 budget includes a proposed 2% tuition increase and provides a 2% salary increase pool for faculty and staff that was originally recommended by the university’s Budget Executive Committee. This increase marks the seventh time the university has raised employee salaries since 2019.

Overall U.S. decline was 3.8 percent.

In 2023, 9.8 percent fewer Kentuckians died from drug overdoses than the year before, according to an annual state report released Thursday.

Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are 14 cents lower this week at $3.069, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This week’s average prices: 

Western Central KY Average--$3.069

Patriotic organizations and members of the community gathered on Saturday, June 8, to remember D-Day (June 6, 1944) and honor all those who fought in what led to the liberation of Europe and ultimately a victor for the Allies over Nazi Germany in World War II. The event was held at the Charles Black City Park in Morgantown.  

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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 Circuit Clerk’s and Butler County Clerk’s offices and covers:

Butler County Fiscal Court met on Tuesday, May 28, at the courthouse. All magistrates attended: Stevie Givens, Kevin Phelps, Allen Smith, David Whittinghill, and Dillon Bryant.

Old Business:

Program Reaches Across State and Inspires Students from Butler County

LOUISVILLE, KY. (June 3, 2024) – The Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) has announced its 2024 class list, marking the third year the program has been able to expand thanks to supplemental funding from the Kentucky Department of Education.

May 29, 2024 (Bowling Green, KY) 8:15 a.m. As of 8:15 a.m., we have 275 members without power. At this time, we have restored 98% of our members who were affected by the weekend’s storms and replaced over 100 broken poles.