Two local businesses are looking to fill open positions. Bru Burger is opening its newest location on October 1 at 279 Buttermilk Pike in Ft. Mitchell. The recently re-imagined retail strip was first reported by The River City News last year. RCN spoke with Cunningham Restaurant Group, which operates Bru Burger, about the new location in FeBruary. […]
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Proposed Apartment Building Sparks Concern in Ft. Mitchell
Plans to develop a new mixed-use apartment building with roughly 115 units and commercial space drew a large crowd to the Ft. Mitchell city building Monday night. Developers Paul Darpel and Dave Noll presented their preliminary plans for the 12-acre site on Grandview Drive. Rumors and concerns have swirled around town as word of the […]
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Sullivan University to Close NKY Center, Focus on Online Learning
Sullivan University is closing its Northern Kentucky Center for Learning. In a statement, the Louisville-based post-secondary education institution announced that it would focus its strategies locally on online learning. The center opened in a Fort Mitchell office building two years ago. “After being in the Northern Kentucky region for over two years, we have learned […]
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Fort Mitchell Continues Process to Boost Business District with Community Input
The City of Fort Mitchell is looking to strengthen its business district along Dixie Highway near the intersections with Buttermilk Pike and Orphanage Road. The city will host an open house to discuss the project on Tuesday, August 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. starting at Biggby Coffee (2498 Dixie Highway). Participants will be able […]
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Report: Christ Hospital to Appeal Ruling that Blocked Its Ft. Mitchell Plans
Christ Hospital plans to appeal the Kentucky circuit court judge’s ruling that blocked its plans to open an ambulatory surgical center in Ft. Mitchell. The plan was to be part of a $135 million mixed-use development on the site of the former Drawbridge Inn. In June of last year, a state judge gave Christ the […]
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Ft. Mitchell Police Bust Driver Going 118 MPH & Other Notes
The 7-year old boy injured during the Fourth of July parade in Fort Mitchell is recovering, Police Chief Andrew Schierberg told city council on Monday. The boy suffered a facial fracture but is doing well. The injury happened when the boy went to the back of a float to get more things to throw to […]
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Ft. Mitchell Man Gets 45-Year Prison Sentence for Rape, Child Pornography
A man convicted of rape and promoting and possessing child pornography was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday. Matthew Ryan Bucher, 30, of Fort Mitchell, was found guilty in May and Kenton County Circuit Judge Patricia Summe followed the jury’s recommended sentence. Bucher was convicted of second degree rape, six counts of promoting […]
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Montgomery Inn Closes Ft. Mitchell Location After Christ Hospital Denied
Montgomery Inn announced Sunday that it closed its Ft. Mitchell location effective immediately. The well-known local chain had operated a Ft. Mitchell location for 17 years, but noted in a news release that the recent decision by a state judge to block Christ Hospital’s expansion plans on nearby property as the reason it is shutting […]
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Christ Hospital Wanted to Build on this Site. So, Now What?
The Drawbridge Inn was an icon in Northern Kentucky, and a fixture for more than forty years. It’s gone now, razed several years ago – but its former site on Royal Drive near Buttermilk Pike in Ft. Mitchell was slated to be home to another business looking to grow its name in Northern Kentucky. Those […]
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Christ Hospital’s Ft. Mitchell Surgery Center Rejected by Judge
Christ Hospital’s plans for a more than $20 million surgery center in Ft. Mitchell on the site of the former Drawbridge Inn took a serious hit when a Franklin County Circuit judge denied a certificate of need application. The June 20 ruling by Judge Thomas Wingate reverses the Kentucky Office of Health Policy’s decision to […]
