Hitchins News

As flames engulfed the home of Stacy and Ryan Ison on Peaceful River Drive late Thursday afternoon, firefighters from throughout the county fought to bring the blaze under control.

A third defense attorney has resigned from the capital murder case of Robert Drown in Carter County.

A Kentucky State Police Detective testified in open court Thursday that one comment posted on Topix accused Carter County District Judge Rupert Wilhoit of selling drugs out of the justice center.

Hitchins and Grayson Fire Departments were called to the scene of a house fire Sunday evening, June 14, around 8:30 p.m. The home of Mike Gollihue, located at 532 Huff Run, was fully engulfed when they arrived.

Twenty-one individuals were indicted by a Carter County Grand Jury on May 29, with a total of 25 counts.

The old Hitchins School is once again becoming an important part of its northeastern Kentucky community, after nearly being lost due to neglect, abuse and weather.

For more than half a century, Hitchins School was the center of social life in the small Carter County community.

A fatal shooting in Hitchins this past Wednesday evening, May 24, has Kentucky State Police trying to figure out what provoked an 89-year-old man to allegedly kill his wife of more than 50 years.

For those who grew up in Hitchins, the old school is a place that holds a million memories and the promise of better times for future generations.

Ky. State Police have arrested a Carter County resident on a murder charge. Troopers say 89 year old Burl Porter shot and killed 72 year old Clara Porter of Grayson at a home in Hitchins.

A Carter County grand jury handed down 17 indictments May 4 on charges including drug trafficking, kidnapping and impersonating a police officer.

A Carter County Grand Jury handed down the following indictments, which were recorded in the Carter County Circuit Clerk's office on March 27, 2009, and are as follows: Roger A. Burnett, 41, of Carol Malone Blvd., Grayson, and Brian K. Burnett, 36, of Hancock Ave., Dayton, Ohio, were indicted on one count of trafficking in the scheduled I narcotic ...

The judge in the Robert Drown murder, rape and arson case must now decide whether cell phone evidence linking the defendant to the three victims in the case is scientifically viable.

Leeds Metropolitan University is on the lookout for a new boss. The university, with more than 30,000 students, has begun the process to replace outgoing vice-chancellor Prof Simon Lee.

Martha Elliott Withrow 1921-2009 Martha Elliott Withrow, 87, of Hitchins, died Monday evening, March 24, 2009 at King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland.

Folks, get ready to shell out extra cash for booze, cigarettes and chewing tobacco.

Three men and a juvenile allegedly stole an ATM machine from the Hitchins Post in Carter County, but they didn't get far, after a witness gave police a description of the vehicle they were traveling in across ...

A Carter County Grand Jury handed down indictments on several individuals on Dec.

Falling temperatures and freezing rain closed I-64 in Carter County early Sunday morning for approximately an hour.

Early Sunday morning Grayson Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Smith Branch in Carter County.