Ashley Killough - Senior Producer
Ashley Killough
Senior Producer
Ashley Killough is a senior producer for CNN based in Dallas.
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Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for Robert Roberson in 2-year-old daughter’s death
Nov 15, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a state house committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, clearing a path for a new execution date.
Donald Trump has promised a closed border and mass deportations. Those affected are taking action now
Nov 11, 2024
Immigrants, their employers and groups who work with them are already taking action ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, in which he has promised to deport millions of people.
How a stunning 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row inmate from execution in ‘shaken baby’ case unfolded
Oct 19, 2024
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the state and his attorneys exchanged frantic 11th-hour legal maneuvers to determine his fate before the clock ran out.
Execution of inmate Robert Roberson in ‘shaken baby’ death is halted after last-minute Texas Supreme Court decision
Oct 18, 2024
In yet another 11th-hour development in the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, a splintered Texas Court of Criminal Appeals struck down a lower court’s order halting his execution in a late-night ruling Thursday.
He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
Oct 17, 2024
The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the diagnosis is under increasing scrutiny in courts.
Texas committee approves subpoena for death row inmate ahead of his execution
Oct 17, 2024
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did not commit.
In Colin Allred, Ted Cruz once again facing a well-funded Democratic challenger in reelection fight
Oct 16, 2024
On a sunny October afternoon, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz posed for photos with supporters next to his campaign bus in downtown Waxahachie – a historic square complete with quaint shops and a storied, almost mythical-looking courthouse.
Judge dismisses Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop county from mailing registration forms to unregistered voters
Sep 17, 2024
A district court judge in San Antonio ruled against the Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop one of the state’s biggest counties from mailing voter registration applications to a large number of unregistered voters.
Texas attorney general sues county for trying to mail registration forms to unregistered voters
Sep 4, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday trying to stop one of the biggest counties in Texas from mailing voter registration forms to large swaths of unregistered voters.
Latino advocacy group wants federal investigation of Texas AG over home searches tied to voter fraud probe
Aug 27, 2024
A prominent Latino advocacy group asked the US Justice Department on Monday to investigate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after his office launched a series of raids that the group says was at the homes of Democratic activists and leaders last week on allegations tied to voter fraud.
CenterPoint Energy officials apologize after lengthy Houston power outages from Hurricane Beryl
Jul 25, 2024
CenterPoint Energy executives apologized and promised to do better Thursday after power outages from Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc for millions across the Houston area earlier this month.
Houston area residents struggle without power and water as excruciating heat continues
Jul 12, 2024
Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water.
Anger mounts in southeast Texas as crippling power outages and heat turn deadly
Jul 12, 2024
Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as residents struggle to access food, gas and medical care.
As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity
Jul 3, 2024
As global temperatures keep rising, the rush to fully electrify one of the poorest regions in the United States is more urgent than ever.
Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting
May 17, 2024
The Texas Board of Pardons has recommended a full pardon to Daniel Perry, a US Army sergeant who was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020.
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.
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.
