The Daily Independent (Ashland, KY)

The Daily Independent, which was previously called The Independent from 2003 to 2015 and is also known as The Sunday Independent, is a daily newspaper published every morning. It serves the city of Ashland and the nearby regions of Boyd County, Kentucky. The newspaper is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

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More improvements to come at Armco Park

1 day ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

CATLETTSBURG Improvements at Armco Park are expected to continue as Boyd County Fiscal Court have begun the process to upgrade a second shelter house this summer, including inclusive playground equipment and new restrooms to neighbor the wiffleball field. According to Boyd County Judge-Executive Eric Chaney, the county has planned to upgrade at least one shelter at the park per year after revamping Shelter House 3 in 2024. kAm%96 4@>>:DD:@? 2AAC@G65 E96 DE2CE @7 2? #u! AC@46DD 7@C E96 :?DE2==2E:@?
Boyd students prepared for 'big, bright future' with new technical center

1 day ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

CANNONSBURG As a result of the General Assembly's $300 million investment toward career and technical education throughout Kentucky, government leaders, students and school representatives were on hand Monday to celebrate a ribbon cutting for Boyd County High School's new Career and Technical Center.
Moose International Chairman visits Ashland lodge

3 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

ASHLAND Ashland Moose Lodge 892 received a visit from the organization's international chairman on Friday evening, who extended a donation to the Ashland Fire and Police Departments on the local lodge's behalf. "Of course it makes you feel good when you do good things, but it also makes you feel proud of an organization you're a part of," Moose International Board of Officers Chairman Robert Funkey said, rounding out his term and national lodge visits that tallied 40 states in one year.
U.S. appeals court upholds death sentence for Ky. man convicted of 1985 murder

5 days ago | dailyindependent.com | McKenna Horsley

A federal court denied an appeal from one of Kentucky’s inmates serving decades on death row. Eighteen judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal from Benny Lee Hodge, 73, who was convicted in 1986 of killing 23-year-old Tammy Acker and attacking her father, Dr. Roscoe Acker, in Letcher County a year prior. Hodge was sentenced to death for Tammy Acker’s murder and 60 years’ imprisonment for non-capital charges. A three-judge panel overturned the sentence last year.
Being so extra: Rams go nine inngins for win in tight battle with Musketeers

5 days ago | dailyindependent.com | William Howard Adams

LLOYD If Thursday’s matchup between Raceland and Greenup County had a soundtrack, the main song might come from Bachman–Turner Overdrive as the Rams were taking care of business and working overtime to secure a hard-fought 5-2 road win in nine innings. Peyton Mackie came up clutch for the Rams on two separate occasions in the game, including keeping the game alive for her squad in the top of the seventh. kAmqCJ?2 (6==>2? 9:E 2 5@F3=6 E@ 96=A AFE CF??6CD @?
'A man for all seasons': Ashland area mourns loss of Ernie Pitt

5 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Lee Ward

ASHLAND The Ashland area is fondly remembering Ernest “Ernie” M. Pitt Jr., a well-respected attorney, former military man and professor at Ashland Community and Technical College, who died May 4. Ashland City Commissioner Sonny Martin knew Pitt well, having worked with him in the legal profession. Martin called him a friend as well. kAm“tC?:6 H2D 2 G6CJ 9:89\BF2=:EJ[ 4@>A6E6?E =2HJ6C H:E9 2 9:89 568C66 @7 :?E68C:EJ[” |2CE:?
Persistent lower back pain calls for neurosurgical intervention

6 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Keith Roach

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'Built for us, by us': UKKD unveils main entrance

6 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

ASHLAND Patients and visitors of UK King's Daughters will receive a refreshed welcoming come Monday morning after the hospital's main campus unveiled its new main entrance on Thursday. The celebration of the hospital's redesigned entry point is just one piece of the campus' years-long expansion project to be completed, as the hospital is now gearing up to phase in a brand new emergency department. kAmu@==@H:?8 2 C:33@?\4FEE:?8 46C6>@?J @? %9FCD52J E@ >2C< E96 @A6?:?8 @7 E96 >2:?
Man sentenced to decades in prison for principal stabbing

6 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Mary Jane Epling

The man convicted last month in the attack of an elementary school principal was sentenced on Thursday to up to 45 years in prison. Following a two-day bench trial Lawrence County Judge Andrew Allard found 44-year-old Joshua Lee Collins, of Huntington, guilty of attempted murder and felonious assault following the near-fatal stabbing of South Point Elementary School Principal Bill Christian last October. kAmr@==:?D H2D 2=D@ 4@?G:4E65 @? D6G6? 4@F?ED @7 <:5?2AA:?8[ 4@?G6J2?46 @7 2 5625=J H62A@? :?
Climate change intensified April flooding in Ky., according to scientific modeling

6 days ago | dailyindependent.com | Liam Niemeyer

An increasingly warming climate intensified the deluge of rain that fell on Kentucky and other states in early April, according to a new report from a multinational academic group that studies climate change’s connections to extreme weather events. Torrential downpours inundated communities across Kentucky in early April, with some parts of Western Kentucky receiving more than a foot of rain in just four days. kAm$@>6 H2E6CH2JD :?4=F5:?8 E96 z6?EF4<J #:G6C :?