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Butler County 4-H held Range Day for BCMS students on Wednesday, May 18th to conclude their Kentucky Hunter Education course. The course has been required for all hunters in the state of Kentucky since 1975. Kentucky hunters must have a hunter education completion card, which is awarded at the end of the course, in order to hunt legally. 

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY (05/24/2022)-- The academic honors' President's List for the Spring 2022 semester has been announced by Dr. Donna Hedgepath, Campbellsville University's provost and vice president for academic affairs.

The following student has been named to Campbellsville University's President's List for Spring 2022:

Isaiah Embry, from Morgantown, KY.

Beauty By Hal had a ribbon cutting and open house on Saturday May 14.  Beauty By Hal is owned and operated by Hallie Sanders, Esthetician.  She offers facials, waxing, lashes, dermaplanning, hydrojelly masks, and microdermabrasion.   They are located at 501 W. G.L. Smith Street Suite D (in the Ace Hardware Shopping Center).  She will be open on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m and Saturday from 9:00 a.m.

MORGANTOWN, KY - The Butler County Water System promotes education in the water supply field by offering an annual scholarship to a graduating high school senior.  Avery McKee of Butler County High School was presented with a $1,000 scholarship to Western Kentucky University for the 2022-2023 academic year.   

The Butler County 2022 Early Childhood Spring Extravaganza was held at the BC Early Learning and Training Center on Saturday May 14.  This event was sponsored by the Tri-SKY Community Early Childhood Council, which serves Butler, Edmonson, and Warren Counties. 

The intestinal tracts of all mammals have various types of bacteria as part of their natural intestinal microflora. There are many opportunities for people, especially young children, to be exposed to these bacteria, such as pets, friends, etc. 

The Butler County Board of Education met on May 10th and honored several students.  The students honored are as follows:

Governor's Scholar - Tobin Maxfield

BCHS FBLA State Competition:

Brady Jones, Hope Phelps, and Maggie Childers - Talent Show (1st Place)

The 70^th Annual National Day of Prayer was held on Thursday, May 5, 2022, with a theme of Exalt the Lord who has established us. 

At the Butler County Arts Guild thirty-six colorful pieces adorn the walls, each shining with individuality from their spot in the gallery. The pieces are the work from twenty Hispanic and Latin American Kentuckians.  This traveling exhibition titled, “Our Old Kentucky Home” is the latest to be on display at the guild.

Butler County High School held its 2022 Junior-Senior Prom last weekend on Saturday, May 30th. While the event provided a return to normalcy after the pandemic, it was also one for the books. This year’s prom was held in Bowling Green for the first time at Western Kentucky University’s Knicely Conference Center.