Butler County News

Beauty contests, talent shows, fish fries, and square dances. It could all mean a lot for Morgantown's economy.

KSP unit 1 observed two motorists traveling northbound on the William Natcher Parkway speeding at approximately 130 mph.

In 1989 the body of Marvin Rowe, a local businessman in Ohio County, was discovered in rural Butler County off of Hwy 231 north of Morgantown.

It appears no Kentucky county escaped rising unemployment rates within the past year.

Kentucky State Police is asking for your help in solving a 20-year-old murder case gone cold.

A murder trial in Morgantown comes to an abrupt end today as a judge hands down a 13-year prison sentence for a Butler County man accused of killing 35-year-old Teresa Childress back in 2000.

A court case continues against a Morgantown man on trial for murder, after 35-year-old Teresa Childress was found shot to death more than nine-years ago.

A Kentucky man accused in the death of a woman found near a cemetery faces trial this week.

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fire at a Butler County grocery store.

William Phelps was westbound on Sandy Creek Road when they were passed by an Orange Mustang in a no passing zone.

Marvin Anderson Jr., was traveling northbound in the right lane of the William H. Natcher Parkway.

The towns of Beaver Dam and Hartford are already buzzing and wondering how this could have happened right under their noses.

A disabled Kentucky State Trooper brought his case against a former Butler County Sheriff to the Court of Appeals Wednesday.

Jim Duke, owner/operator of Com-Care Inc., Logan Countya s new ambulance service provider, is excited and looking forward to serving this community.

Even though its a problem spread throughout the state, officials with Warren Rural Electric say the counties hardest hit in our area are Grayson, Butler, and northern Edmonson.

Now that Congressman Brett Guthrie is representing Kentucky in the Second Congressional District, his old senate seat must be filled.

A New Year and will there be a new beginning for us? It could be if we follow the words of the Lord.

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009, Brett Guthrie will be sworn in as Kentucky's newest representative of the 2nd Congressional District.

Some county jailers in southern Kentucky say hard economic times are prompting more people with legal troubles to choose jail time over paying criminal fines.