Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Years Ago

January 2012

Kelly Meehan-Ash, 24, is being tried as an assessory to murder in connection with the murder trial of Vencill Ash III. When the trial for Ash III was pushed back in date, the Meehan-Ash case was likewise rescheduled.

Meehan-Ash made a request to her attorney, Donald Miller of Sidney, to be moved to a different facility stating that she did not feel “safe” in the Kimball County jail, located in the courthouse. Meehan-Ash stated that because of the seriousness of her charges, that she feared someone might want to harm her.

According to Sheriff Harry Gillway, the Kimball jail is a mi...