Friends, family, and co-workers crowded the small commission room at Taylor Mill Wednesday and spilled over into the hall, waiting to see Lieutenant James Mills be officially promoted to assistant police chief. “When you look at James’ career, he’s a 13-year-decorated veteran in the police department, he wears multiple hats, as one does in a […]
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Covington schools improve scores on Cognia: ‘The hard work is paying off’
Covington Independent School District shared the good news that their scores on the Cognia Accreditation Report have improved dramatically. The report is done every five years, so the report was done last in 2017. “The results are reflected in the color-coded results,” said Ketsy Fields, Cognia Kentucky regional director. “There is no red! There is […]
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Boone County takes step toward water line expansion: ‘I am so excited’
Three resolutions passed at the regular Boone County Fiscal Court Tuesday night which pushed the water line expansion for rural Boone County areas forward. “I am so excited to have these items on the agenda tonight,” said Judge/Executive Gary Moore. “Our goal of expanding public water to those who currently do not have it is […]
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Independence to address dangerous intersection in partnership with county: ‘You can’t put a price on safety’
Independence City Council is partnering with Kenton County to fix the intersection at Independence Station road and Kimberly Drive. The partnership was discussed at this week’s Independence city council meeting. According to Mayor Christopher Reinersman, the intersection has been dangerous for some time, especially for the school buses. The Kenton County School district has discontinued […]
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Residents upset over Volunteer Park in Fort Wright; officials say they asked for input
Three adult residents and two children came to the Fort Wright meeting Wednesday evening to protest the design of Volunteer park on Park Avenue. Chris Schaffer, who lives at 5 Park, explained that they think the new design for the playground equipment is very plastic looking, and a poor substitute for the natural, wooden equipment […]
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Dayton honors board member for ‘substantial investment of time’ in leadership training
Dayton Independent School District Superintendent Jay Brewer presented board member Diane Huff with a certificate for completing level One of the training in advanced leadership through the Kentucky School Board Association. He read the statement from the president of the KSBA. “On behalf of the Association, and Kentucky’s 857 locally elected school board members, we […]
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Bellevue board president honored at school board meeting
Jenn Owens, president of the Bellevue Independent School Board, received a certificate Wednesday night celebrating the fact that she completed Level One training offered by the Kentucky School Boards Association. Superintendent Robb Smith presented the certificate to Owens. “Thank you,” she said simply, and indicated that she would be earning more certificates as her training […]
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Boone County introduces new treasurer at fiscal court meeting
Boone County Judge Executive Gary Moore introduced the new county treasurer at this week’s Fiscal court meeting. “I want to welcome a new face to the audience and to the court,” Moore said. “This is the first official meeting with our new county treasurer. Rob Notton is with us, and we are so happy that […]
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Taylor Mill takes final step toward creating assistant police chief position
The city of Taylor Mill called a special meeting Monday at noon after their second ever caucus meeting to take the first step toward acquiring an assistant police chief. Lieutenant James Mills is in line for the promotion to assistant chief as soon as it is created. “James is a good multitasker,” said Police Chief […]
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New audio technology helps Ludlow kids ‘want to read’
Fifth grade Ludlow teacher Chris Zimmerman said new audio technology recently added to a classroom has made kids who aren’t as engaged in lessons excited to learn. And not only that, it can help students with cochlear implants — in fact, the inventor of the system for audio enhancement had two brothers who were deaf, […]