Catlettsburg News

A Boyd Circuit Court jury on Tuesday recommended the maximum sentence for a man it convicted on a drug-trafficking charge...Sullivan be sentenced to 10 years in prison for first-degree trafficking. Under state sentencing guidelines, Sullivan will have to serve 20...

The Catlettsburg City Council accepted the unrelated resignations of a council member and the city’s building inspector on Tuesday night. Officials appointed a former council member to fill the vacancy on the six-member council. Councilman Jeremy Spears submitted his resignation...

A judge on Thursday heard oral arguments in a lawsuit involving Ashland’s zoning board and its decision to deny a permit for a controversial housing development on Kirk Street. Developer Richard “Gene” Meyers, his company, Terrace Park Townhomes Ltd.; and...

Two local county governments have signed resolutions supporting a pro-coal campaign...Greenup County Fiscal Court members followed suit on Tuesday, said Greenup Judge-Executive Bobby Carpenter. Coal states on its Web site — www.facesofcoal.org — that it is “an alliance of people...

A Boyd Circuit Court jury has cleared a former heart surgeon at King’s Daughters Medical Center of negligence in a long-running medical malpractice case. Jurors deliberated for about 45 minutes on Monday before returning a unanimous verdict in favor of...

Two arrests were made in Boyd County on Tuesday that officials say are linked to the wave of recent burglaries in rural neighborhoods. Kyle Riley Cornett, 20, of Ironville, and Jeffrey Ryan Shannon, 22, of Ashland, were arrested on one...

The following defendants were named in indictments returned Friday by a Boyd County grand jury: �Dustin A...Stacey, 44, of Wurtland, charged with burglary and criminal mischief. �Terry L. Prichard, 47, of Grayson, charged with fraudulent use of credit cards and...

A judge on Wednesday shot down an attempt by a man found guilty two years ago of a number of a pattern of “disturbing” and “despicable” crimes against his own children to have his conviction thrown out...Bryan, 55, had filed...

Man struck by vehicle on U.S. A convenience store employee was injured when he was struck by a vehicle on U.S...England Hill area, south of Catlettsburg near the junction of U.S...According to the Boyd County Sheriff’s Department, Phillip Meade, 41,...