Author Archives: Mark Collier

In her fourth year leading one of the highest-performing school districts in Kentucky and the surrounding region, Dr. Karen Cheser announced that she will retire as superintendent on June 30, 2021, the last day of the 2020-2021 academic year.  Dr. Cheser shared her plans at a meeting of the Board of Education on January 6, […]

The 2021 Regional Artist Relief Fund will offer $1,000 grants to up to 100 artists working in both the performing and visual arts. Nonprofit ArtsWave is offering a new round of financial relief for local artists. The 2021 Regional Artist Relief Fund will offer $1,000 grants to up to 100 artists working in both the […]

TANK’s (Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky) has completed its major planning study and has announced its new redesigned routes, fare simplification and more frequent service in key corridors starting Saturday, January 30, 2021.  With the redesign some of the routes will no longer operate after January 29, 2021. Those include: – 1X Florence Express – […]

Members of the NKY Legislative Caucus at the forum at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas in 2018.  The public is invited to join Northern Kentucky House and Senate members on Monday, January 11, 2021, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. for the 2021 Northern Kentucky Legislative Forum. The doors will open to the public at 6:30 p.m. […]

Governor Andy Beshear reported case information and noted that data was “fluctuating” after the holidays.  “2021 is going to be the year that we defeat the coronavirus. It’s going to take months. We are still going to sustain heartbreaking losses along the way. But vaccines are here. The first two that received emergency approval are […]

Senate Minority Floor Leader, Morgan McGarvey.  Eleven top legislative leaders from throughout the commonwealth received the COVID-19 vaccination Monday in the Capitol Rotunda, highlighting the bipartisan support for the vaccines.  The House and Senate leaders who received the Moderna vaccine Monday we’re: House Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy of Paducah, House Minority Floor Leader Joni […]

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, said the next priority group (Phase 1b) for vaccination will be Kentuckians who are at least 70 years old, as well as first responders and educators. Depending on the vaccine distribution schedule, Phase 1b could begin as early as […]

Almost a week after Gov. Andy Beshear, Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr., House Speaker David Osborne and Senate President Robert Stivers each received their initial dose of the Moderna vaccine, Agricultural Commissioner Ryan Quarles issued a statement saying that while he plans to take the COVID-19 vaccine, he will wait until […]

Changes include child masking policy updates New requirements are in effect for Kentucky child care providers. Local, efficient, reliable. Call Adam for your electric needs today. (859) 628-8304. The new regulation, which was filed by the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), an agency of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), on Dec. […]

Barre3 Ft. Thomas. Virtual classes available! Gift card too. 90 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas.  Late summer Mya Beets, a 4th grader at Woodfill Elementary, drew a picture of a woman with blue hair wearing a red mask. That drawing sparked a fundraising effort that will benefit many local men and women experiencing homelessness this winter.    […]