A towering cloud loomed over a muggy Northern Kentucky on Wednesday and produced a dazzling lightning show in the process. We snapped a couple photos and a video. Did you see it for yourself? What did you think? Share your thoughts and/or photos/videos to news@linknky.com.
Author Archives: Michael Monks
Michael Monks was one of the founding members of LINK nky.
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Man sought to sexually abuse teen girl for $20. He’s going to federal prison.
A man arrested last year in Boone County was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Shakir Aswad Little, 30, of Fairfield, Oh., received his sentence from U.S. District Judge David Bunning. As reported by LINK nky last year, […]
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Bellevue man pleads guilty to federal gun charge
A Bellevue man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal gun charge. Perrin George March V, 27, admitted to illegal possession of a firearm and entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced. According to March’s plea agreement, law enforcement executed a federal search […]
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Campbell Board of Ed. to redraw maps after federal court decision
The Campbell County Board of Education is expected to meet Wednesday evening to begin the process of redrawing its district boundaries as it relates to board members and representation of voters. Board President Janis Winbigler told LINK nky that the meeting is set for Wednesday at 6 p.m. and that an agenda would be forthcoming. […]
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Executive coaching firm names former TMU VP to leadership post
Leadership Excelleration (LE), a national executive coaching and leadership consulting firm based in Cincinnati, announced Dr. Angela Crawford as its new chief marketing officer and consulting partner. Crawford has 27 years professional experience with much in the area of executive coaching, marketing strategy, sales, client and employee research, operations, leadership development, and scalability planning. She […]
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Former local attorney left his phone on a plane. Now he’s going to federal prison.
An Alexandria man was sentenced Thursday to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, based in Lexington for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, delivered the sentence. Rodger William Moore, 54, said through his plea agreement that in May […]
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12 NKY cities rank in top 20 safest, including #1, security site says
The safest city in Kentucky is Taylor Mill, according to the eighth annual Safest Cities in Kentucky report by SafeWise, a website that explores security, crime, and safety. “We use FBI crime statistics data to rank cities in each state and across the country. To add extra insight and depth to that assessment, we include […]
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Flipped truck carrying gasoline closes I-71/75 at bridge, ‘code red’ alert issued for nearby residents
This story has been updated to indicate that northbound travel reopened at 10:15 a.m., according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. A truck hauling thousands of gallons of gasoline flipped on its side near the Brent Spence Bridge on southbound I-71/75 late Saturday night prompting the closure of the highway in both directions. The City of […]
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Campbell school board districts must be redrawn immediately, federal judge says
The Campbell County board of education has until August 1 to redraw the boundaries of the five districts represented by board members, or the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky will do it for them, Judge David Bunning ordered on Friday. In his order Friday, Bunning said that district two and […]
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BLINK co-founders say they are “effectively ending involvement” in light and art show
An organization intimately involved in the creation of the wildly popular BLINK light and art show is no longer involved in the production of this year’s return of the regional program. “After careful consideration, we decided to sever our relationship with the Cincinnati Regional Chamber, effectively ending our involvement with Blink, the show we conceived […]