The logo for this year’s Taste of Newport is set thanks to a winning design by Newport High School senior Drake Ward. The Taste of Newport event runs all month long and kicked off last week. Instead of the typical street fair from years past, this year’s Taste of Newport includes restaurants participating digitally. The […]
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SD1 to begin storm drainage projects in Fort Thomas
Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Sanitation District No. 1 will soon begin a combined sanitary sewer and storm sewer project along […]
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Highland Heights Takes a Close Look at Uses in Its Professional Office Zone
1800 Alexandria Pike, Highland Heights. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! by Robin Gee, city council beat editor In June, Earl Woeste, […]
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Gov. Beshear Calls Special Legislative Session to Extend COVID-19 State of Emergency
Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Today, Gov. Andy Beshear called lawmakers to Frankfort next week to extend the pandemic state of […]
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Independence Man Killed in Crash
An Independence man died in a single-vehicle wreck on Friday evening. It happened just after 6 p.m. on the 15000 block of Dixie Highway where Daniel Baker, 26, was headed south in a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe between Walton and Crittenden. Kenton County Police said that Baker’s vehicle exited the right side of the road for […]
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In Confrontational Meeting Ft. Wright Votes to Shutter Museum, Disband Board
Days after Mayor Dave Hatter issued an order closing the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum, the Ft. Wright city council in a heated meeting Wednesday night voted to make that decision permanent, closing the museum and disbanding the board. Former museum board president Bernie O’Bryan spoke at the meeting in protest. “Once again, Mayor, […]
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Diocese of Covington Schools to Require Masks Starting Tuesday
Schools within the Diocese of Covington will have required masking starting Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Kendra McGuire wrote in a letter to parents on Friday. The decision follows a legal victory for some families at St. Joseph School in Cold Spring who went to court to protest Governor Andy Beshear’s mask mandate for all schools […]
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Massey Presented with Ky. Chamber MVP Award
State Rep. Ed Massey (R-Hebron) was presented the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award this week. The MVP honors were announced in April by the Kentucky Chamber which recognized ten state lawmakers for “going to bat” for business interests in the General Assembly. Other Northern Kentucky recipients include Rep. Kim Moser (R-Taylor Mill) and Rep. Adam Koenig […]
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Ft. Thomas Man Gets 33 Months for Wire Fraud, Tax Evasion
The man who owned RCC Services, Inc. in Fort Thomas is now going to federal prison. Kevin R. Welsch, 48, was sentenced to 33 months by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves after he previously pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and tax evasion. In his guilty plea, Welsch admitted defrauding clients […]
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State Sees Second-Highest COVID Case Total, Legislature Weighs Special Session
“It’s time we get serious. Please, get vaccinated, encourage others and mask up indoors,” Governor Andy Beshear tweeted on Thursday after announcing the state’s second-highest single-day total of positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Kentucky recorded 5,457 new cases on Thursday including 1,774 in people under the age of 18. The state also has […]