Elliott County News

An Elliott County man faces up to 30 years in a federal prison after pleading guilty recently to selling oxycodone to an undercover informant.

A group of rising seniors walked through a large room dominated by a metal printing press strung with spools of paper on Tuesday.

A man and a woman were killed Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident in Elliott County.

It took less than three hours Monday for a jury to find Charles F. Howard guilty of first-degree rape against a female prisoner he transported in August from Sandy Hook to Boyd County.

A Boyd County jury recommended that a Kentucky jailer serve 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of the rape of a female prisoner.

An Eastern Kentucky jailer is found guilty of rape. Elliott County jailer Charles F. Howard was found guilty of first-degree rape on Monday.

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.

The wife of Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard testified Thursday that she normally accompanied her husband as a deputy jailer matron on trips where he had female prisoners to transport.

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.

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 an ideal world where fiscally responsible legislators committed to doing what is best for Kentucky served in the General Assembly, the question of whether to expand gambling in Kentucky by allowing video slot machines to be placed at race tracks would be decided on its own merits with other issues being kept out of the debate.

State Rep. Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, and Sen. Walter Blevins, D-West Liberty, recently presented a $1.1 million dollar check to the Sandy Hook Water District for water system improvements and line extensions.

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.

I think news of a new restaurant in the area can spread like wildfire in any office, and the newsroom experienced a ripple of excitement last week after receiving a field report that the Tim Horton's location on Winchester Avenue is now offering Coldstone Creamery ice cream.

An investigation continues by the Kentucky Attorney General's Office into the endorsement of three school board candidates by Elliott County Schools' Superintendent John C. Williams.

Preliminary statistics indicate that 11 people died in 10 separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, May 11 through Sunday, May 17.

A new county clerk has been appointed in eastern Kentucky's Elliott County. Judge-Executive David Blair says he appointed Sheila Blevins to the position Thursday.

A Virginia man was killed Monday in a one-vehicle accident in Elliott County. Emory Lee Clevenger, 62, of Radford, was northbound on Ky.

People who live, work and play in the Rattlesnake Ridge Water District will experience noticeable improvements in their water during the months ahead following approval of a $1 million Community Development Block Grant.