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The 61st Butler County Rural Development Annual Meeting will be Saturday night, October 27th at the new Butler County Extension Office (102 Parkway Lane) at 6 p.m. 

The Butler County High School yearbook staff attended the Kentucky High School Journalism Association meeting at Campbellsville University and earned several awards for last year's publica

The Butler County Chapter NSDAR had as guest speakers for their September meeting Blake Bratcher and Case Hooten. The students told of their recent experiences serving as pages at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort for Senator C.B. Embry. They had written an essay and were selected to represent Butler County through a program sponsored by BC Family Resource Center. They were invited to speak as part of the annual observance of Constitution Week by the NSDAR.

For the 8th Annual Turn Morgantown Pink, several gathered on the courthouse lawn to celebrate survivors, memories of those who fought and are no longer with us and to unite in hope for the cure for all cancers.  This event, originally orchestrated by Audrey Pendley, has continued to grow each year since is its inception being held during October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

 Food-borne illnesses and recalls are constantly in the news. Each year, 48 million Americans get sick from eating contaminated food.  While you cannot completely prevent food-borne illnesses from happening, you can reduce your risks by practicing good food safety at home.

The 2018 Miss & Mister Green River Beauty Pageant was held as part of the Rochester City Park Arts, Crafts, and Music Festival on Saturday.  The winners included:

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Winner- Jase Dunn the son of Olivia Dunn

Jeremy and Brandy Ford of South Hill would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Caitlyn Michelle Ford to Zachery Scott Gary, son of Mike Gary (Tonia) of Logansport, and Rodney and Penny Bont of Morgantown.