Catlettsburg News

CATLETTSBURG - A northeastern Kentucky jury that convicted a county jailer of raping a female prisoner has recommended that he serve 12 years in prison.

Cap-and-trade bill will harm Kentucky I'm encouraging readers to ask members of Congress to oppose the carbon cap and trade tax bill currently being considered by the House of Representatives.

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.

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.

With the sun and temperatures getting higher Saturday morning, volunteers dragged tires, wading pools, plastic bottles and other trash from around the edges of the Ohio River in Catlettsburg.

CATLETTSBURG, KY a ' The Boyd County Sheriffa TMs Department arrested five people in three separate incidents Friday night and four are accused of trafficking drugs in Boyd County, reports The Ashland Daily-Independent in its Saturday edition.

Catlettsburg leaders have approved a 3 percent pay raise for employees and will continue to fully pay their health insurance benefits in the coming fiscal year.

A Catlettsburg man claims runoff from heavy spring rain is eroding the hillside behind his house, and the flow is worse than ever because a street higher up the hill lacked a berm.

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

Bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District of U.S. Bankruptcy Court include the following: Boyd County Stanley Skaggs of the 30 block of Strawberry Court, Catlettsburg; Chapter 7; filed June 2; assets $132,720, liabilities $125,266. Nora Faye Johnson of the 1600 block of Elliott Avenue, Ashland; Chapter 7; filed June 3; assets $119,700, liabilities ...

A judge in eastern Kentucky has dismissed all but two claims in a lawsuit by four former police officers in a sex scandal.

The Gate City's new garage will be a prefabricated metal building, the council has decided.

A Catlettsburg woman was taken by Healthnet helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital Sunday evening after suffering non-life threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident.

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 ...

The 2009 version of Boyd County Public Library's Summer Reading program is bigger, better and way more colorful than in years past.

Kentucky's first lady challenged students at Catlettsburg Elementary to read at least four books this summer, and she made it easy for them to get started.

The Gate City has named a new city clerk. Helen Barker was appointed to the position last week and will take over as clerk on June 8. Barker, 61, is a Catlettsburg native and employed with the Boyd County School District as an administrative secretary at Summit Elementary.

Catlettsburg officials say they've decided to not pursue a US Department of Agriculture grant as part of the financing for a new city garage.

Gate City officials will build a new city garage but have changed their minds about how the building will be constructed and how they plan to pay for it.