UPDATE ( 4:55 P.M.): The Kenton County Police have released an initial report from the scene: On January 14, 2014 around 6:00 p.m., Kenton County Police Officers responded to 2042 Cruise Creek Rd. in Morning View to check on the well-being of the resident and her estranged boyfriend. When officers arrived on the scene and searched […]
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Cop Shooter Guilty, Jury Recommends 60 Years
Sixty year in prison is the recommendation of a Kenton County jury Tuesday night for the man who shot at three Covington Police officers, striking two of them, and wounding one in the foot. Pharo Wilson, 27, was convicted on three counts of attempted murder of a police officer just before 8 o’clock Tuesday night. […]
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Cop Shooter Guilty, Jury Recommends 60 Years
Sixty year in prison is the recommendation of a Kenton County jury Tuesday night for the man who shot at three Covington Police officers, striking two of them, and wounding one in the foot. Pharo Wilson, 27, was convicted on three counts of attempted murder of a police officer just before 8 o’clock Tuesday night. […]
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Man Fires Shot in Air, is Arrested in Latonia
A man is behind bars Tuesday night after allegedly firing a gun into the air. Melvin Doug Steger, 61, was booked into the Kenton County Detention Center and charged with one count of first degree wanton endangerment. Police on the scene told The River City News that the suspect came outside with a gun, was […]
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Man Fires Shot in Air, is Arrested in Latonia
A man is behind bars Tuesday night after allegedly firing a gun into the air. Melvin Doug Steger, 61, was booked into the Kenton County Detention Center and charged with one count of first degree wanton endangerment. Police on the scene told The River City News that the suspect came outside with a gun, was […]
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Would-be Robber’s Hand Slammed in Register, Gets Away With Nothing
The Taylor Mill Subway restaurant was robbed on the afternoon of January 6 and the suspect is still free. Detectives released grainy surveillance footage of the robbery this week. A Subway employee told police that a while male came inside the store, walked into the back as if he were going to use the restroom, […]
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Would-be Robber’s Hand Slammed in Register, Gets Away With Nothing
The Taylor Mill Subway restaurant was robbed on the afternoon of January 6 and the suspect is still free. Detectives released grainy surveillance footage of the robbery this week. A Subway employee told police that a while male came inside the store, walked into the back as if he were going to use the restroom, […]
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Copper Thieves Hit Westside Home For Sale, Flood Basement
Copper thieves made off with pipes from the home at 222 Berry Street in Covington’s Westside neighborhood. The damage left the basement flooded. The house is on the market for $44,900. Neighbors tell The River City News that as of 4 p.m. Saturday, there was still roughly six feet of water in the basement. Photos […]
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Copper Thieves Hit Westside Home For Sale, Flood Basement
Copper thieves made off with pipes from the home at 222 Berry Street in Covington’s Westside neighborhood. The damage left the basement flooded. The house is on the market for $44,900. Neighbors tell The River City News that as of 4 p.m. Saturday, there was still roughly six feet of water in the basement. Photos […]
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Man Pleads Guilty in Murder of Covington Teen
A man pleaded guilty Friday in the shooting death of a teen in Covington. Christopher Hill pleaded guilty to robbery and murder charges, Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders told The River City News. Hill, 24, faces twenty years in prison that would be served consecutively with the three he was given last March for […]