Ashland News

A new crop of Ashland firefighters got a small taste of what lies ahead of them on Friday.

Leaving a day job to perform music across the country is a fantasy for many, but a reality for traveling singer/songwriter Chris Parriera.

Some farmers in Eastern Kentucky say their crops are being consumed in the fields by huge flocks of birds.

The Little and Preteen Miss Ashland pageant is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Touchstone Ministries on Center Street in Catlettsburg.

A nominating panel has sent Gov. Steve Beshear the names of 3 candidates to fill a judicial opening in Kentucky's 32nd Judicial District, which covers Boyd County.

Safe Harbor officials say two recent federal grants will provide services to help area domestic violence victims achieve and maintain their independence.

The U.S. Census Bureau has appointed a slate of managers for a new 2010 Census office in Ashland at 1539 Greenup Ave., Suite 501, east of Ashland Town Center.

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Vandals spray painted graffiti over large swaths of the Ashland Paul Blazer High School campus on the eve of its annual football grudge match with Boyd County High.

Ashland officials have taken another pedal forward in making Ashland a more bike-friendly city.

A former Greenup City Council member has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident and could face additional charges in connection with a wreck Tuesday night near the entrance to Ashland Community and Technical College that injured three.

The City of Ashland's new Web site was vandalized over the weekend by hackers who posted graphic photos of injured and deceased Iraqi war casualties on the site and claimed to be Islamic fundamentalists.

Durell "Butch" Hamm, an English and communications teacher at Larry A. Ryle High School in Boone County, has been named Kentucky's Teacher of the Year.

For four years I have been a citizen member of the Ashland Budget Committee and its chair for the past two.

Duane Whitcomb wants the violin to shed its stuffy image and take its place next to the guitar as a go-anywhere party instrument.

The governor and first lady will spend three days this week hop-scotching the state for a series of press conferences and town hall meetings on education.

An Ashland man has been arrested in connection with an August burglary in which a safe was stolen from a Boyd County pizza parlor.

Boyd County deputies have arrested an Ashland man on drug sales charges. They took 41 year old David Chapple into custody after they say he was selling drugs within a thousand yards of Crabbe Elementary School.

From the line into the front door back to the buffet line, one comment could be heard anywhere within The Chimney Corner Cafe during Ashland's first Oktoberfest celebration Saturday - "This is great!" "This area didn't have an Oktoberfest or anything like that.

I spend most of October stumbling through my days. Although I do plenty of tripping during the rest of the year my annual fall battle with gravity is induced by the hypnotic kaleidoscope of colors that appear for a few weeks above my head.