Beechwood Independent Schools Superintendent Mike Stacy, who announced his retirement in March after a controversial contract extension the year before, has been permanently barred from renewing his certification to work in Kentucky schools, according to meeting minutes from the Education Professional Standards Board. According to the board’s June 4 minutes, Stacy “shall not be employed […]
Author Archives: Meghan Goth
As LINK nky's executive editor, Meghan Goth oversees editorial operations across all platforms. Before she started at LINK in 2022, she managed the investigative and enterprise teams at WCPO 9 in Cincinnati. She has also worked at The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dateline NBC and The New York Times Syndicate. She graduated with her Bachelor's in journalism from the University of Cincinnati in 2007 and received her Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in 2008.
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A farewell to Streetscapes as we search for new food writer
Maria Hehman has been a food writer with LINK from basically the beginning. At first, she wrote feature stories like who were the best dressed coaches left in the NCAA tournament that year and places to go for a summer cocktail on a patio. And then, we came up with a great idea: What if, […]
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Inside LINK: Meet our new editorial board members
We recently completed our search for two new editorial board members, and I’m pleased to say that we are ready to announce our choices. Laura Lyons is the president and owner of ATech Training in Walton and has more than 30 years of manufacturing experience. Laura is a Northern Kentucky native and lives in Florence. […]
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Jesse Brewer (no, not that one) shares intent to challenge Thomas Massie
Jesse Brewer has shared his intent to run as a Democrat against Rep. Thomas Massie for Kentucky’s 4th District House of Representatives seat. That is, assuming he wins the May primary against Melissa Strange. No, not Boone County Commissioner Jesse Brewer. This Jesse Brewer lives in Villa Hills and said he decided to run for office […]
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Building community can help build housing
Zoning. Affordable Housing. Adaptive reuse. Alternative funding. These are all ways that organizations, companies and people across Northern Kentucky are working to find a way to fill the need for more than 6,600 housing units in the region in the next five years. There’s one thing, though, that anyone can do to begin creating an […]
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NKY has more people than homes. Now what? Let’s talk about it.
A recent housing study found that Northern Kentucky needs more than 6,600 new housing units in the next five years in order to keep up with workforce needs. But … how? Many people have many ideas, but at the end of the day, said Tara Johnson-Noem, “it’s not going to be a one-size-fits-all kind of […]
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Inside LINK: How is a staff report different from a story with a byline?
We get a lot of questions here at LINK. Sometimes people want to know how to submit an opinion article (find out here). Sometimes people want to know how we choose our stories (here’s an Inside LINK column I wrote about that). One of the most common questions we receive is: What’s a staff report? […]
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NKY is coming together to take care of its young people. Here’s how you can join.
Mental health is such a hard thing to talk about. It’s even harder to talk about when it’s our kids: When they’re not OK, we, the adults, are supposed to have the answers. But the fact is, many times, we don’t. We don’t know what to say, let alone what to do, when multiple deaths […]
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Inside LINK: I’m asking you for money
Meghan Goth is the executive editor at LINK nky. Email her at mgoth@linknky.com. I might as well just come out and say it: I’m writing this column to ask you for money. Whenever I see fundraising campaigns that lure me in with the promise of a good, compelling read or watch only to realize it […]
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James Votruba, former NKU president and ‘everyone’s mentor,’ dies
Dr. James Votruba, who served as Northern Kentucky University’s president for 15 years, died Tuesday night at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 79. While he may be most well known because of his tenure at NKU, which stretched from 1997 to 2012, in Northern Kentucky, Votruba has always been known for […]