On the night of Tuesday, Feb. 28, 93-year-old Southgate firefighter and Navy veteran Melvin “Mel” Whitehead was last seen at the Southgate VFW Post 3186, his daily hangout where he’d have a few beers. Around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, firefighters found him deceased on the side of Route 8 in Fort Thomas, lying next […]
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Posted inTravel
Regional airports offer spring break deals
Spring break is just around the corner. However, with the looks of it, spring has arrived early in the area. (Daffodils and trees budding in February is the new normal.) For those planning a trip with the family to Orlando or college kids looking for an affordable, quick excursion to New York City, here are […]
Posted inCrime
‘Lock your vehicle’ Southgate police chief warns citizens
The citizens of Southgate were recently warned to stop leaving their car doors unlocked. Chief of Police John Christmann spoke about the issue during February’s Southgate city council meeting. “People who have been here have heard me talk about locking your vehicles,” he said. “I’ve been here almost, what, 11 years? I can’t remember one […]
Posted inBriefs
Beverly Hills Supper Club memorial ceremony set for May
Southgate will commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire with a long-awaited memorial at the site on May 28. The 1977 fire killed 165 people. At the time, it was the third-worst nightclub fire in the U.S. The 80-acre, 54,000-square-foot entertainment complex didn’t have smoke detectors, sprinklers, smoke alarms, or enough […]
Posted inBusiness
More than just a haircut: Local barber seeks to become community resource
This story originally appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. During an unseasonably warm winter morning, Covington-based barbershop Hair on the Floor is literally buzzing. Barber Ryan Richardson uses a razor to cut a client’s hair, while owner Reginald England talks to another barber, […]
Posted inNews
City of Southgate is looking for more park and tree board members
Southgate’s park and tree board is back. During the Feb. 1 Southgate City Council meeting, recreation and community events council member Aileen Okura announced she had appointed three new members to the previously deactivated board. Last year, with a few board members moving on, the board fell into inactive status. But with new members, it […]
Posted inBriefs
City of Southgate introduces new treasurer
At Wednesday’s city council meeting, Southgate treasurer Terri Franklin, who had served for nine years, officially retired. Mayor Jim Hamberg wished Franklin well and ushered in new treasurer Patty Edgley. “Thanks for doing what you’ve done and stopping me whenever I needed it, or smacking the back of the head when I needed it at […]
Posted inOpenings & Closings
With bourbon bars ‘played out’ in NKY, couple opens gin and tapas bar in Mainstrasse
On Jan. 6, Vic and Lesley Hugo opened up Juniper’s, Northern Kentucky’s first gin and tapas bar, in Mainstrasse. The couple, who previously had worked in the corporate world and didn’t have restaurant experience, founded Crafts and Vines in Mainstrasse in 2016, located a couple of blocks from Juniper’s. A few years ago, they decided […]
Posted inElections
Alan Keck stumps in Fort Thomas: ‘I probably own more guns than the rest of the field combined’
Gubernatorial Republican candidate Alan Keck held a town hall Tuesday night at Campbell County Library Fort Thomas branch to present his platform and answer questions from a room of about 25 people. Keck is running against Democrat incumbent Andy Beshear and a field of 11 other Republican candidates, including Attorney General Daniel Cameron. In 2018, […]
Posted inCulture
From Puerto Rico to Ukraine: How NKY’s melting pot celebrates the New Year
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 23 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, people around the world will celebrate a brand new year — but in somewhat unusual ways. Americans raise a champagne toast and some may wake […]