City name: California City size: 0.24 Square Miles Population: 83 Median income: $59,458 Median home value: $102,925 Mayor: Emma Neises Incorporated: 1874 California is the least populous incorporated city in Northern Kentucky, with only 83 residents living on 0.24 square miles. The city was founded in 1849 and named after the Gold Rush that was […]
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Crestview: A tiny, quiet city in the shadow of a post-war housing boom Â
City name: Crestview City size: 0.10 square miles Population: 426 Median income: $77,714 Median home value: $136,785 Mayor: Shane Owens Incorporated: 1950 Driving the streets of Crestview, Kentucky, it’s impossible not to notice an abundance of Cape Cod-style homes, built in the late 1940s as an answer to the post-war housing boom. Originating in New […]
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Rural road project recommendations made in Kenton and Campbell Counties
At least once a year, a representative of Rural and Municipal Aid from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) presents recommended projects for the rural secondary program for the county review. Andy Yeager from KYTC visited Kenton and Campbell Counties to present the fiscal year 2022-2023 recommended projects. ​KYTC District 6 serves the 11​ counties that […]
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Rural Northern Kentucky Residents Say They Have the Best of Both Worlds
Before second grade, Rachel Franzen played in the creek and picked wildflowers for her mom in the hayfields on her neighbor’s land that stretched around her parent’s property in California, Kentucky. When Franzen was in second grade, her neighbors sold their field, and a subdivision took its place. “Even that climate jump was very strange […]
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Drug Strike Force director gives updates on drug trends across NKY
The most prevalent drugs in Northern Kentucky right now are fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to Drug Strike Force Director Scott Hardcorn. Hardcorn reported to the Kenton County Fiscal Court Tuesday trends the team is seeing, which includes counterfeit pills. “And that’s not just a Northern Kentucky problem — that’s nationwide,” Hardcorn said. “And those are […]
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Memorial Day events in NKY: When and where you can find them
Monday, May 30 is Memorial Day, and many of Northern Kentucky’s cities are planning events to honor the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. All of these events take place on Monday, May 30 unless stated otherwise. Bellevue: Bellevue-Dayton Memorial Day Parade When: 10:30 a.m. Where: The […]
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Bellevue’s Barkhouse aims to make dogs feel at home
After leaving their corporate jobs behind, the owners of the boutique-style doggy daycare Barkhouse in Bellevue are getting to live their retirement dream a little early. As long-term fosters with stray animal adoption for over nine years, Nicole Ladnow and her husband, Doug Ladnow, knew they wanted to retire from corporate life and do something […]
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As Dayton building awaits new life, city’s history runs through it
The now-vacant Rayme/Burton building — also known as old Dayton City Hall — could soon become a mixed-use structure with apartments and storefronts if Stage 1 development plans are approved next month. The building has been an iconic landmark in the area since constructed by Burton Hazen in 1880. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, […]
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Alexandria housing development gets first reading at Campbell Fiscal Court
The zone change for the Maronda Homes development at 10743 S. Licking Pike was on the agenda at Wednesday night’s Campbell County Fiscal Court meeting. It was the first reading of an ordinance for a zone change required for this development. There was no vote. That will happen following a second reading. Wednesday’s meeting was […]
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Campbell incumbents defeat challengers in GOP primary; Eight advance in Newport city race
Judge/Executive Steve Pendery cruised to victory in Tuesday night’s Republican primary, a rematch against his 2018 foe Anna Zinkhon whom he beat that year by about 500 votes. This year’s race was not as close as four years ago with Pendery claiming 5,206 votes to Zinkhon’s 3,463. Pendery faces no Democratic competition in the fall […]
