Catlettsburg News

Catlettsburg Police say three inmates at the Boyd County Detention Center are facing additional charges after Jailer Joe Burchett says he discovered a jail escape in the works.

Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of a Kentucky native soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

A teenager is dead after crashing with a coal truck. CATLETTSBURG, Ky. -- An afternoon crash in Kentucky has resulted in the death of a Boyd County teenager.

A tow boat that sank early Thursday morning in the Big Sandy River south of Catlettsburg does not pose a threat to navigation, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A powdery, dry snow blanketed the Ashland area in varying depths overnight Friday, leaving secondary roads somewhat slippery as parking lots and primary routes were cleared within a few hours of sunrise.

I'm writing in regards to the Heart and Vascular Center staff at King's Daughters Medical Center.

A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against former Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard that was filed by the woman Howard was convicted of raping.

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According to a news release from the Catlettsburg Police Department, a Kentucky man has been charged with allegedly stealing electrical service.

A Boyd County Grand Jury has indicted nine people in connection a rash of burglaries which occurred between October and May last year.

The City of Catlettsburg has been fined again by state environmental officials for failing to generate administrative documents needed to comply with federal clean water standards.

The City of Catlettsburg finished the 2009 fiscal year in the black, according to auditors.

A two-car accident in Whites Creek, Ky. just south of Catlettsburg has shut down both Southbound and Northbound lanes in Boyd County.

The U.S. Census Buruea is now looking for appliants to fill thousands of jobs this spring in neighborhoods across the state.

Every available firefighter, engineer and their commanders remained on the scene of a structure fire at a two-story home on 44th Street in Ashland two hours after the blaze was reported Tuesday evening.

The flames were reported Tuesday night at the 38th Street Trailer Park. CATLETTSBURG -- Firefighters have been on the scene since around 7:30 p.m. Boyd County 911 dispatchers do not have any more information on whether or not anyone was inside the mobile home at the time.

U.S. soldiers serving abroad and residents of local nursing homes will receive handmade Valentine's Day cards again this year, thanks to those who participate in the sixth annual Hands that Touch a Heart campaign.

Residents of Grandview Manor in Catlettsburg will have to wait until the Housing Authority's next meeting to air their grievances against the agency's staff and recent policy changes.

The planned community center in a former horse barn in Boyd County is in the midst of a facelift.

Executives from the Ironton-based Modular Security Systems, Inc., and the Kentucky-based Price Solutions cut the ribbon on their new 40,000-square-feet facility in the former Marathon, Inc., airplane hangar at the Ashland Regional Airport in Worthington, Ky.