Wurtland News

Greenup County Sheriffs Deputies say a recent Raceland High graduate has died in a car crash.

Video by John Flavell/The Independent Thirty-eight volunteer firefighters ran into a burning building Tuesday afternoon - five times.

Despite high humidity and heat, two dozen skaters recently put their skills to the test during a mini-competition in Grayson celebrating Go Skateboarding Day.

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The report also listed a male suspect in the case, who had not been arrested as of Tuesday.

The U.S. is facing identity problem Confederates can't also be patriots In response to Sons of Confederate Veterans, I still can't understand why those loyal to a Confederate flag would even want to march in an American parade.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are edited versions of letters written by foreign exchange students who spent the school year living with families in northeastern Kentucky and attending area high school.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer A continued production slowdown in the automotive industry will lead to the shutdown of the Sun Chemical plant in Wurtland on June 1, company officials said.

Sun Chemical will temporarily close its pigment plant here to adjust to inventory.

Sun Chemical will temporarily close its pigment plant here to adjust to inventory.

A brush fire on New Haven Court in Flatwoods damaged a home and three other buildings on Monday afternoon.

Community service is a theme that runs through the life of Gail Sammons. The 65-year-old Catlettsburg native's father was a businessman and a member of the city council and her brother, Don, was a business owner and served as mayor.

Certain offenders in Greenup County will soon be doing farm work rather than sitting in jail cells.

Corrections is going a bit "old-fashioned" in Greenup County, Ky., as officials say some offenders will be serving their sentences "on the farm". A county work farm is being developed on two acres of land at the Wurtland River Port where vegetables will be grown to feed inmates at the county detention center.

Six were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident Tuesday morning near the intersection of old 13th and U.S. 60 in Ashland.

The Boyd County Board of Education has selected an architectural firm to design a new high school.

Kentucky State Police say they are investigating the discovery of skeletal human remains in Pike County.

The Backstage Players open "Beauty and The Beast" tonight at the Paramount Arts Center.

A bridge in northeastern Kentucky will be named in honor of a fallen soldier. Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed a joint resolution from the General Assembly to designate a bridge that carries Kentucky Highway 2 traffic across the Little Sandy River as the Spc.

Former Kentucky first lady Judi Patton has undergone triple-bypass heart surgery after suffering chest pains.