Author Archives: Mark Collier

Newport location of the Campbell County Public Library.  Merk & Gile Injury Attorney. 526 York Street, Newport. Free consultation 513-713-0862.  The Campbell County Public Library is seeking applicants to fill two openings on its Board of Trustees. One new member will fill the seat of Christie Fillhardt, vice president since October 2020. Fillhardt has served […]

Katie Meyer of Covington is one of four from NKY to be appointed to the Judicial Nominating Committee. IMG: Provided.  Gov. Beshear has appointed four from Northern Kentucky as members of the Judicial Nominating Commission for the 16th Judicial Circuit and District of Kentucky: Kimberly Plummer of Fort Mitchell is a sales associate for Nordstrom. […]

Festival Park, Newport. FTM file.  40 years in the business! Home building, room additions, deck building, roofing, structural work, concrete, painting. (513) 205-4020. The City of Newport has issued $11.7 million in bonds for vital infrastructure projects that will fund major improvements to a busy traffic thoroughfare and a popular riverfront park. The Newport City […]

2000 Memorial Parkway.  Fort Thomas freelance writer and author of “The Unofficial Guidebook to Paramount’s Kings Island”, Charles Infosino, has just penned a children’s book named “Pina Panda – Adventures in Pandacornlandia”.  The book was illustrated and edited by Missy McGrew, an exceptionally talented artist from Pennsylvania. Pina Panda is an eight-year-old unipanda – a […]

COURTESY CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD.  Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2020 was 6.6%, up from 4.1% in 2019, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. 40 years in the business! Home building, room additions, deck building, roofing, structural work, concrete, painting. (513) 205-4020. The U.S. […]

IMG: @lauragilchristedu, Unsplash.  You have to hand it to cicadas; they are usually right on time.    After their 17-year hiatus, billions of the Brood X bugs will emerge in early May from underground lairs across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana in a natural cycle that cicadas have followed for thousands of years.    […]

Highlands High School has a student-led broadcast studio.  CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), a premier association of K-12 education technology leaders,  honored Fort Thomas Independent Schools with its District Team Leadership Award in recognition of the group’s exceptional commitment to leveraging technology to improve teaching and learning. CoSN’s District Team Leadership Award, sponsored by […]

Orangetheory Fitness, Newport Pavilion.  The Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association held their 91st Annual Conference in Bowling Green, KY, February 1-5, 2021. Attendees include sheriffs, deputies and staff, who participate in training and elect officers for the upcoming year.  Campbell County Sheriff Mike Jansen was elected to serve as 2nd Vice President of the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association […]

The list of issues receiving consideration from state lawmakers continued growing this week as workdays lengthened and an increased number of bills advanced through the legislative process.   Bills that took steps forward in the General Assembly this week include measures on the following topics:   School breakfasts. House Bill 384 would allow a school […]

FTM file.  Over 50 years experience in NKY. Call now, mention FTM. (859) 287-2499. Today, some businesses will be allowed to increase capacity within their businesses.  “This is an initial step where we’ll watch and see to ensure we don’t see a corresponding increase in cases, or these dangerous variants changing what we’ve been seeing […]