Mary Jane Epling

1 week ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

WURTLAND A volunteer group of students, parents and staff turned up on Friday to move classrooms from Wurtland Elementary School to the neighboring middle school, completing the first step of consolidating students into the Greenup County School of Innovation. With enrollment trends falling in the Wurtland area, Superintendent Traysea Moresea said the district had to get creative to continue servicing students while maintaining Wurtland’s history outside of a roughly 70-year-old structure.

1 week ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

CANNONSBURG Two local families have reached out to social media seeking information after their campers came up missing in Boyd County and evidence suggests they were both struck by the same Winneba-Go-Getter. Boyd County Sheriff Jamie Rheis said the first family reported their 2021 Transcend Xplor was stolen from its parked spot off U.S. 60 — between Boyd County Middle School and the former car lot — on June 1.

1 week ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

CATLETTSBURG In line with Mayor Faith Day’s recent expectation, the Catlettsburg City Council voted to change the name of Boyd County Community and Senior Center during Tuesday evening’s meeting. The ordinance, which passed unanimously, changed the name of the city-owned facility at 3015 Louisa Street to the Catlettsburg Municipal Building. kAms2J E@=5 k6>m%96 s2:=J x?56A6?56?Ek^6>m D6?:@C 4:E:K6?D 2C6 DE:== :?4=F565 :? E96 3F:=5:?8’D 7FEFC6]k^AmkAm%96 ?2>6 492?86 72==D :?

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mary Jane Epling

CATLETTSBURG With the summer season quickly approaching, residents of the Tri-State have spent the first few weeks of June prepping for relaxation and various outdoor activities — which for some locals have included illicit street drugs and running from the cops, according to the most recent set of indictments issued by Boyd County grand jurors.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mary Jane Epling

ASHLAND The Ashland branch of the Boyd County Library was forced to evacuate on Monday evening after police say a man ran inside the facility wielding a knife to his own throat in an attempt to evade arrest. Gregory G. Hannah, 41, homeless, was arrested at the library around 7 p.m. on charges of second-degree wanton endangerment, disorderly conduct, second-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and second-degree terroristic threatening.