ASHLAND (AP) - School officials in Boyd County say they are on high alert after an attempted abduction. According to police reports, the grandmother of a Catlettsburg elementary student says a man driving a white van tried to coax her granddaughter off her porch and into his vehicle. Boyd County... more »
ASHLAND (AP) - Thieves in eastern Kentucky have made a clean getaway - with a bathtub. An Ashland woman reported to police that the tub was stolen last week after it was delivered to her home by UPS. The Independent cited a police report, which said the cast iron tub... more »
Kentucky State Police in Ashland is seeking the public's assistance locating two suspects responsible for the burglary of Clarks Pump and Shop located on US 60 at the Boyd-Carter County line near Ashland early Thursday.
Kentucky State Police responded to an alarm activation at about 4:45 a.m. at the... more »
ASHLAND (AP) - Emergency management officials are inspecting storm damage in eastern Kentucky. Violent weather struck Ashland on Tuesday, bring torrential rain, quarter-size hail, strong winds and vivid lightning. The heavy rain set off flash flooding that flooded streets and parking lots. Some people had to be rescued from their... more »
A woman was hit by a car at the scene of a deadly accident in eastern Kentucky Sunday afternoon.
A woman died in a single vehicle crash on 13th Street near Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland around 4;30 p.m., according to the Ashland Independent. Authorities have not released... more »
COVINGTON (AP) - Chemical maker Ashland Inc. said Monday it is selling its distribution business to private investment firm TPG Capital for $930 million.
The distribution business is Ashland's largest, with 2,000 employees in the U.S. and Europe and $3.42 billion in revenue in fiscal 2010. But the division... more »
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - A hospital that is Ashland's largest employer has laid off an unknown number of workers. The Independent in Ashland reported King's Daughters Medical Center laid off staff of Tuesday. The newspaper reported 82 members of the Service Employees International Union were laid off and others were... more »
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man is challenging his conviction in the 2006 shooting death of a woman in eastern Kentucky saying his attorney did a poor job at trial. Timothy Scott Simpson of Ashland is scheduled to return to court Monday in Boyd Circuit Court. The Ashland Daily... more »
(AP) - A 7-year-old boy has suffered "severe" injuries after being hit by a car while waiting for a school bus in eastern Kentucky. The Ashland Police Department told The Independent that the child was hit about 7 a.m. while attempting to cross a street. The newspaper reports the boy... more »
