Catlettsburg News

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 number of local individuals took advantage of the first day of election filings to announce their candidacy for 2010 races.

The following information was taken from Ashland Police Department reports: Burglary -A man living in the 100 block of Carriage Gate Road reported Thursday that someone broke into his home and made off with $30,000 cash.

There is still plenty of time to take measures in battling the H1N1 pandemic, according to health officials.

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

Future users of the gym at Catlettsburg Elementary will be a lot more comfortable.

Catlettsburg's former fire chief was arrested Monday night after being indicted for allegedly misappropriating funds from the fire department's charitable gaming operations.

A former Eastern Kentucky fire chief is indicted. Danny Cornette of Catlettsburg in Boyd County is accused of not making deposits totaling more than 43 thousand dollars into the Catlettsburg volunteer fire department's account at a local bank.

Catlettsburg Elementary School is likely to have its gymnasium air conditioning installed earlier than originally expected.

A Boyd County educator is going to take her work to a national stage. Teresa Spurlock, who directs Catlettsburg Elementary's 21st Century Learning Center Wow Program, has been named as a 2009/2010 Afterschool Ambassador by the Afterschool Alliance.

A state highway safety official was in the region on Thursday to distribute grant checks to four police departments.

CATLETTSBURG A convenience store employee was injured when he was struck by a vehicle on U.S. 23.

Despite a new departure point along the Ohio River and a questionable weather forecast, the Ashland Alliance had a boatload of members aboard the Belle of Cincinnati for the organization's annual meeting Tuesday evening.

An executive of one of the leading industries in the Tri-State will be the keynote speaker at the annual Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards and Installation of Officers Dinner.

To many, pets are as much a part of the family as children. To others, they might as well be their children.

Kentucky officials say water falling on molten metal appears to have caused an explosion at an Eastern Kentucky metals plant.

A Grayson man charged, along with his father, in a federal case involving illegal weapon sales is expected to plead guilty on Friday.

An industrial plant in rural Boyd County was rocked by a series of explosions on Monday.

A road slippage has caused all westbound traffic on I-64 to use an alternate route between West Huntington and Catlettsburg.

The two westbound lanes of Interstate 64 are closed just west of the Catlettsburg exit after they sank about a foot because of an embankment failure.