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15 hrs ago | Independent

Park provides setting for Jake Owen show

While some said they missed the view of the river, people in Central Park for Wednesday's first night of live music during Summer Motion 2009 seemed quite satisfied with their surroundings.

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Related Topix: Savannah, Country, Ashland, KY, California, KY

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Independent

Sky's the limit for area holiday activities

Anyone who can't make it to Ashland to celebrate the Independence Day weekend will have plenty of options for fireworks, family and friends throughout the area.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July, Ashland, KY, Grayson, KY, Carter County, KY, Louisa, KY

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Independent

Joint recycling program dead issue

There will be no joint Ashland-Boyd County recycling program funded in part with state grant funds.

1 comment

Related Topix: Ashland, KY

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Independent

5 face burglary charges

The Boyd County Sheriff's Department arrested five on burglary charges Sunday. Three teenage men, a 17-year-old female and an 18-year-old Ashland woman were arrested for their suspected roles in nine burglaries in Westwood and Ironville.

9 comments

Related Topix: Ashland, KY, Westwood, KY

Independent

Elliott jailer found guilty

Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard was found guilty of first-degree rape on Monday afternoon in Boyd Circuit Court.. He faces a 12-year jail sentence.

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Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Sandy Hook, KY

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Independent

Elliott jailer denies raping woman

Portions of this story may be offensive to some readers. Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard took the witness stand Friday and denied raping a woman he transported to the Boyd County Detention Center.

30 comments

Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Sandy Hook, KY, Carter County, KY, Rush, KY

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Independent

Fun and learning

Short sessions. Intense instruction. Fun with a purpose. The summer session for elementary pupils at Catlettsburg Elementary School is not much like what they see in the classroom the rest of the year.

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY, Education Etc.

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Cincypost.Com

Alleged Rape Victim Testifies In Trial Of Jailer

The trial of Elliott County Jailer Charles F. Howard continues with expected cross-examination of the woman Howard is accused of raping.

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Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Catlettsburg, KY

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Independent

Jailer admits to having sex with prisoner

Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard gave two vastly differing statements to a Kentucky State Police detective investigating an allegation that Howard had raped a female prisoner while transporting her to jail.

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Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Sandy Hook, KY, Rush, KY

Tue Jun 23, 2009

WLKY

New Law Should Help Curb Pill Abuse 26min

Law enforcement officials say a prescription drug tracking bill signed into law by Florida's governor should help shut down a pill pipeline into eastern Kentucky.

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY, Charlie Crist, US Governors

Independent

Jailera s rape trial opens

Contents of this story may be offensive to some readers. The jailer of Elliott County went on trial Monday in Boyd Circuit Court for allegedly raping a female prisoner he was transporting.

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Related Topix: Elliott County, KY, Prison, Sandy Hook, KY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Independent

Award winner a "

In naming Robert Clark the 31st winner of its Father of the Year competition, the Ashland Breakfast Kiwanis Club paid tribute to what can be one of life's most difficult challenges: That of being a stepfather.

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Related Topix: Ashland, KY, Opinion

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Independent

In Your View a "

Let people vote on superintendent In reading the June 16 Independent, I was amazed to learn that only two people had applied to fill the vacancy on the Boyd County Board of Education.

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Related Topix: Rush, KY, Opinion

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Independent

Voting 'wet' a "

For the first time since World War II, the sale of alcohol soon will be legal in Paintsville.

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Related Topix: Paintsville, KY, Johnson County, KY, Russell, KY, Ashland, KY, Catlettsburg, KY, Opinion

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Independent

3 charged in drug conspiracy enter pleas of guilty

Three Ashland residents accused of conspiring with one another to smuggle more than $80,000 worth of heroin from Detroit entered guilty pleas in federal court on Monday.

1 comment

Related Topix: Drugs, Ashland, KY

Mon Jun 15, 2009

WTCR-AM Huntington

The doors are open on Boyd County's new judicial home

The big move to the new Boyd County Justice Center is now complete and the new 20 million dollar building in Catlettsburg across from the old courthouse is drawing praise from its tenants.

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Independent

Wife of former foreman hurt in cycle mishap

The wife of a former Boyd County road foreman was injured Sunday night in a bizarre motorcycle accident.

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Independent

Faulty valve causes break

Much of Ashland lost water pressure Tuesday after a valve near the city water plant broke, said public works director Marion Russell.

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Related Topix: Ashland, KY, Russell, KY, Westwood, KY

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Independent

Scott sentenced to 6 years

A man who was mistakenly released from jail last month right after pleading guilty to robbing an Ashland convenience store was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.

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Related Topix: Ashland, KY, Drugs

Sun Jun 07, 2009

WKEE-FM Huntington

The arrests all have links to the Florida-to-Kentucky prescription drug connection.

Boyd County Sheriffs deputies made three weekend drug-related arrests. 52 year old Kathy Howard and 46 year old Wendall Howard were arrested Friday evening and charged with trafficking a controlled substance after deputies say the found transaction notebook Deputies say they executed a seach warrant for the Howard's home on Miller Road in ...

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Related Topix: Catlettsburg, KY

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