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UPDATE: Man Charged with Murder in Fatal Crash
Last Updated: 9:57 AM 02/08/12 - 26-year-old Billie Evans is charged with murder and DUI following a wreck that killed a passenger in his car, 21-year-old "Bubby" Irvin Spaulding.
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UPDATE: Ky.Judge Orders Redo of Legislative Redistricting
Last Updated: 5:19 PM 02/07/12 - Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd made that ruling Tuesday afternoon
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Early Morning Stabbing Reported in Ashland
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/07/12 - Police learned of the incident after getting a call from KDMC about 2:30 Tuesday morning.
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UPDATE: City Street Closed After Part of Building Falls; Engineer Consulted
Last Updated: 11:41 PM 02/06/12 - Catlettsburg City Council consulted with an engineer during an emergency meeting Monday night to address the partial collapse of an old building along Center Street.
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Tanker Overturns in Pike County, Ky.; Some Evacuated
Last Updated: 10:47 AM 02/07/12 - The single vehicle wreck happened on Ky. 3415 in the Robinson Creek community of Pike County.
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NEW INFO: Public Forum Pushes University of Pikeville to Become State School
Last Updated: 9:39 PM 02/06/12 - The forum offset some regional opposition to funding a state university with coal severance tax money.
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Children Making Valentines for Soldiers
Last Updated: 11:11 AM 02/06/12 - Children in eastern Kentucky are creating hand-made Valentine cards to send to soldiers and nursing home residents.
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UPDATE: License Suspension Closes Williamson Nightclub; Man Arrested
Last Updated: 12:38 PM 02/06/12 - The ABCA suspended Yesterday’s license on Friday.
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Different Kind of "Souper Bowl" Party
Last Updated: 12:15 AM 02/06/12 - When you think of charity you may think of days like Christmas and Thanksgiving, but some say there's no reason Super Sunday can't be on that same level.
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Make a Wish Foundation Grants a Local Boy His Ultimate Wish
Last Updated: 7:20 PM 02/04/12 - Cancer can affect the lives of people everywhere, but for one boy in Ashland, overcoming the odds has made one of his wishes come true.
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Pikeville Arsons Likely Related
Last Updated: 9:27 PM 02/03/12 - A string of suspicious fires remain under investigation in Pikeville.
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Alpha Natural Resources Announces Cutbacks; 320 Employees Affected
Last Updated: 7:59 PM 02/03/12 - Alpha Natural Resources announced late Friday evening coal production will be reduced at mines in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
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Ashland Fire Department Gets Independent Review
Last Updated: 8:03 PM 02/02/12 - The very positive review still included more than 90 recommendations.
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UPDATE: Beshear Calls for Coordinated Effort on Drug Abuse
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 02/07/12 - Bill would make it easier for law enforcement to target and then stop prescription drug abuse.
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NEW INFO: Man Indicted in Pike County Deputy's Death
Last Updated: 1:33 PM 02/02/12 - Deputy James I. Thacker, 53, was serving papers last Monday night when investigators say an SUV crossed the center line on U.S. 460 and hit him head-on.
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UPDATES: Police Use Checkpoints to Catch Drug Dealers
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 02/02/12 - Officers say new Kentucky laws designed to reduce jail over-crowding made undercover operations too expensive, so they are changing how they fight the war on drugs.
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Three Arrested on Meth Charges in Floyd County
Last Updated: 11:36 AM 02/02/12 - Two men and a woman were arrested Tuesday on meth-related drug charges.
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Former Ky. Agriculture Commissioner Asks for Unemployment Benefits
Last Updated: 9:47 PM 02/01/12 - Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has asked for unemployment benefits.
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UPDATE: Ky. Pain Pill Summit Targets Solutions
Last Updated: 10:22 PM 02/01/12 - Kentucky's fight against prescription pill abuse comes into focus during a daylong summit Wednesday.
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Strike Averted for Refinery Workers, Including at Marathon
Last Updated: 11:34 PM 01/31/12 - The United Steelworkers Union announced a last-minute tentative deal on a new three-year contract covering 30,000 refinery workers nationwide, including those at the Marathon refinery in Catelettsburg.
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Country Music Highway Contest and School Fund Announced
Last Updated: 8:16 PM 01/31/12 - Called the Country Music Highway Road to Fame, the talent competition is matched with a New Arts Education Fund.
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Man Killed in ATV Crash
Last Updated: 2:46 PM 01/31/12 - Kentucky State Police say 35-year-old Brian Slone died in the accident along Adams Branch in Elkhorn City about 9 a.m.Tuesday.
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Westwood Home Destroyed by Fire
Last Updated: 11:26 AM 01/31/12 - The fire happened at a home in the 1400-block of Hoods Creek Pike about 7 a.m.
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Pilot Makes Crash Landing at Ashland Airport
Last Updated: 10:48 PM 01/31/12 - Pilot tells WSAZ.com that the front landing gear would not come down.
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One Arrested in Pike County Drug Bust
Last Updated: 9:56 AM 01/31/12 - A person was arrested Monday on drug charges in Pikeville involving cocaine and marijuana.
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Reward Offered for Info in Death of 19-Year-Old Man
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 01/30/12 - A $3,750 reward is being offered for information surrounding the death of 19-year-old Dillon "Nemo" Bryant.
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Melvin Goins will Host Bluegrass Tribute to Veterans
Last Updated: 9:06 PM 01/30/12 - The fifth annual tribute is set for Saturday, Feb. 18.
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UPDATE: Lowe Sentenced in Pike County Murder
Last Updated: 3:03 PM 01/30/12 - It is 20 years in prison for Jeffrey Lowe for the death of Millard Thornhill last May.
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UPDATE: Candidates File for Geoff Davis's Seat in Congress
Last Updated: 11:38 AM 01/30/12 - Two more Republicans are expected to officially file Monday for the congressional seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis.
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NEW INFO: Husband Arraigned in Ashland Car Bombing
Last Updated: 12:04 PM 01/30/12 - ATF agents and the Ashland Police arrested Biederman, 51, earlier this month in connection with an explosion inside an Ashland parking garage on July 28, 2011.
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Pair Charged in Ashland Burglary
Last Updated: 12:05 PM 01/30/12 - Ashland Police arrested Joseph Waddle, 21, of Coal Grove, and Dennis Workman, 33, of Ashland.
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Welfare Drug Testing Legislation Debated in Kentucky
Last Updated: 1:36 PM 01/29/12 - Legislation that would require welfare recipients to be tested for drug use is gaining popularity among Kentucky lawmakers, but is still unlikely to pass.
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Man Found Dead in Ashland
Last Updated: 1:29 PM 01/31/12 - Police say 53-year-old Jerry Moore was pronounced dead at KDMC.
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Scioto County Man Killed in Ky. Crash
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 01/27/12 - The Lewis County, Ky. Sheriff says William Bailey, 62, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, died in the crash Friday morning.
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Sheriff Believes Armed Robberies are Connected
Last Updated: 10:07 AM 01/27/12 - The VIP Fuels Marathon in Hager Hill was robbed twice in the past two weeks. The Shell Mart in Paintsville was robbed earlier this week.
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APD Welcomes Three New Officers
Last Updated: 9:58 AM 01/27/12 - The recruits will report to the police academy in Richmond on Sunday for 18 weeks of training.
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New Laws to Reduce Jail Overcrowding Creates High Dollar Road Block
Last Updated: 10:20 PM 01/26/12 - The old adage it takes money to make money holds true for many of our area police and sheriff's departments fighting that never ending war on drugs.
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President of ACTC Retiring in June
Last Updated: 5:52 PM 01/26/12 - The President of Ashland Community & Technical College has announced his retirement.
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Driver HIts Carter County School Bus; No Injuries
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 01/26/12 - Accident happened on Kentucky 955 in Carter County about 7 a.m.
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Ky. Lawmakers Modify Proposal to Regulate Pain Clinics
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 01/26/12 - The amended measure would require clinics to be owned by physicians licensed in Kentucky and be certified in pain management.
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INVESTIGATION: File Misplaced; Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse Walks Free
Last Updated: 11:53 PM 01/25/12 - Justice still has not been served to a man found guilty of sexually abusing his stepdaughter more than a decade ago. A clerical error has allowed him to walk free. -
Man Seriously Hurt in Stabbing; Sister Arrested
Last Updated: 12:09 PM 01/26/12 - A man was stabbed in the back late Wednesday night at a mobile home in Lovely, Ky., and the suspect is his sister.
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Greenup County Man Arrested Following Standoff
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 01/26/12 - Ricky R. Porter, 47,of Sunshine, was charged with numerous counts of terroristic threatening, menacing, resisting arrest and unlawful imprisonment.
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Executions Could Temporarily End in Ky.
Last Updated: 10:10 PM 01/25/12 - Executions in Kentucky could be halted for a year or more if lawmakers form a task force to study how the system works and correct problems with how death penalty cases are handled, legislators said Wednesday.
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UPDATE: Industrial Fire Reported in Ashland; Contained to Crane
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 01/25/12 - The fire at Mansbach Metal Co. was contained to a crane inside a storage building.
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UPDATE: Second Raid at Paintsville Pain Clinic; 29 Arrested
Last Updated: 7:36 AM 01/27/12 - Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price tells WSAZ.com that Care More Pain Management, on Tays Branch, was raided Wednesday morning.
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President Obama Says Economy 'On Its Way Back'
Last Updated: 10:20 PM 01/24/12 - President Barack Obama says the economy is on its way back, and that "we've come too far to turn back now."
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UPDATE: Suspects in Ashland Strong Armed Robbery Indicted
Last Updated: 3:08 PM 01/24/12 - On Monday, a Boyd County grand jury indicted 29-year-old Roger Kittle, Jr. and 22-year-old Heather Griffith, both of Ashland, on first-degree robbery charges.
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Olive Hill Woman Arrested on Outstanding Warrants
Last Updated: 9:43 AM 01/24/12 - Kentucky State Police say Tonya Fultz, 41, was arrested about 10:30 Monday night.
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Olive Hill School Ready to Begin Volunteer Drug Testing
Last Updated: 10:24 PM 01/23/12 - The "Screen and Clean" project sends drug testing kits home to parents.
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