Boyd County News

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 ...