Independence city council voted Monday night to delete storage units and mini warehouses as conditional uses in the Community Commercial zones throughout the city. Before the vote, John Huffman, a businessman who has been trying to buy the Cherokee Shopping center and establish more storage units on the property, brought his family and his attorney, […]
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Park Hills council meets to talk about a place to meet
The Park Hills city council is still looking for a permanent home to hold its meetings. The city building has not been used for meetings in some time but during Monday’s virtual meeting, Mayor Kathy Zembrodt suggested that the next meeting could be in person there. Councilman Joe Shields raised concerns about federal Americans With […]
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Reporter recounts his own horrors as Child Abuse Prevention Month begins
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” With that quote from Nelson Mandala and a blessing, Monsignor William Cleves, from Holy Spirit Parish, kicked off Child Abuse Prevention Month of April at Tom Gill Chevrolet in Florence. Sponsored by the Family Nurturing Center, […]
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Dayton Strength Assessment program expanding
The Clifton Strength Assessment program, which was instituted into the Dayton Independent Schools district in the elementary school last fall, has expanded to be included in the high school. The program, which consists of testing students to find out what their three top strengths are, allows teachers to use the information whenever they need extra […]
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St. Elizabeth honors firefighters for quick response to person suffering stroke
Florence firefighter/Paramedic Holly Bowman and firefighter/EMT Kyle Brant were honored at the Florence City Council meeting Tuesday evening because of their response time in getting an essential medication to a stroke patient in October of last year. “As we all know, time is essential to the brain, and it all depends on how quickly you […]
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Edgewood OKs new salt dome
Edgewood General Services Director Rick Lunnemann talked to council Monday night, outlining a plan to create a new, larger salt dome for the city, to be located on the same site as the present salt dome on South Loop road. “I’m here tonight to talk to you about a potential project for next year’s fiscal […]
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Edgewood debates purchase of new ambulance amid 41 percent increase in calls
Edgewood Police Chief Tom Dickman gave Councilmembers some urgent facts about why he feels the department needs a second ambulance at the March council meeting. He told council the EMS calls have increased so much that the department has had to ask for mutual aid from other cities on an increasing basis. “Now, in fact, […]
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Park Hills council discusses how American flags could help spur economic development
Mike Conway and Pat Flannery came to the virtual Park Hills council meeting Monday night to talk about installing American flags along Dixie Highway. “Our overall objective and thought is to help spur economic development along Dixie Highway,” Conway said. Conway is the chair of the Tree Board, but he came to this meeting as […]
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Students at The Point/Arc explore future careers in law enforcement
All students have a time as they near the end of their high school when they start to explore what they would like to do for a living out in the real world. The students at The Point/Arc, a nonprofit in Covington, Kentucky serving people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, are no exception. For over […]
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Ludlow joins NKU Young Scholars Program
The Ludlow Independent School board voted Thursday night to pay a fee to reserve seven places in the Northern Kentucky University Young Scholars Program for their students. The Young Scholars program is a highly selective partnership between the Kenton County School district and Northern Kentucky University. It did start with Kenton County schools, but now […]