Ashley Killough - Senior Producer
Ashley Killough
Senior Producer
Ashley Killough is a senior producer for CNN based in Dallas.
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Texas National Guard member arrested and charged after allegedly smuggling a migrant and leading officers on high-speed chase
Apr 4, 2024
A member of the Texas National Guard was arrested and charged with human smuggling after allegedly leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase near the Texas-Mexico border on Sunday.
A man who attended the Charlottesville Unite the Right rallies will lose his city council seat after his past was revealed
Apr 3, 2024
Enid, Oklahoma, City Council Commissioner Judd Blevins faced a recall election after it was revealed he attended the Charlottesville Unite the Right rallies.
Texas executes Ivan Cantu, who claimed innocence in 2000 double murder
Feb 29, 2024
The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted until his death that he was innocent.
With days left before he’s executed, Ivan Cantu insists he’s innocent of double-murder
Feb 23, 2024
Ivan Cantu says he has insisted for more than 20 years that he’s innocent of the two murders that landed him on Texas’ death row. But with a week until his execution, he’s running out of time to make his case.
Federal judge questions controversial Texas immigration law amid court battle
Feb 15, 2024
A federal judge on Thursday expressed concern and skepticism over a controversial law that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime while hearing oral arguments over a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the law.
Here’s what we know about a Texas woman’s battle for an abortion
Dec 12, 2023
In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a Texas woman has been battling the state to terminate her high-risk pregnancy — a legal dispute that could have ripple effects for many as one of the strictest laws in the country is tested.
Texas Supreme Court rules against pregnant woman seeking abortion as she leaves state for procedure
Dec 12, 2023
A Texas woman at the center of a legal battle over terminating her high-risk pregnancy has left the state to get the abortion, her attorneys said in a statement.
A Texas judge ruled a pregnant woman who sued the state seeking an abortion can legally terminate her pregnancy
Dec 12, 2023
A Texas state judge ruled a pregnant woman who recently filed a lawsuit against the state can legally terminate her pregnancy after learning her unborn baby has a fatal genetic condition and her gynecologist warned that carrying the baby could jeopardize her health and future fertility.
Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from emergency abortion
Dec 9, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion in a ruling issued late Friday.
Jury hears opening statements in trial of woman accused in fatal shooting of elite cyclist
Nov 1, 2023
Opening statements were delivered in an Austin, Texas, courtroom Wednesday in the trial of Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas in May 2022.
ExxonMobil executive arrested on sexual assault charge
Oct 9, 2023
An ExxonMobil executive who heads up the business unit that’s involved in a potential $60 billion mega-merger with Pioneer Natural Resources was arrested last week in Texas for allegedly committing sexual assault.
El Paso Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5.5 million in restitution in federal case
Sep 26, 2023
The gunman who killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Latinos in modern US history has agreed to pay more than $5.5 million in restitution to those impacted by the shooting.
More military personnel head to the US-Mexico border as officials describe an increase in migrant crossings
Sep 22, 2023
The Defense Department is ramping up resources at the US-Mexico border as officials describe a surge in border crossings in places including Eagle Pass, Texas, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency.
Texas AG Ken Paxton acquitted on 16 charges in state Senate impeachment trial
Sep 16, 2023
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was acquitted in his state Senate impeachment trial, an outcome that laid bare the fierce divides within the Republican Party that controls all levers of government there.
About
Ashley Killough is a senior producer based in Dallas and covers national news in Texas and beyond. She previously worked as a Congressional producer for CNN in Washington with a focus on the U.S. House of Representatives and moved back to her native state of Texas in 2019.
Prior to Capitol Hill, Killough covered the field of Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential race as an embed producer for two years, ending on Donald Trump’s campaign. Since joining CNN in 2011, Killough has held a variety of reporting and producing roles covering politics and domestic news across multiple platforms.
From Plano, Texas, Killough is graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Baylor University. She also spent a year in Armenia on a Fulbright grant working on journalistic projects.