Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. The plan seems to be working, Scott Ruthsatz said late Tuesday as his Covington Catholic Colonels returned from Louisville with four wins in five days and their first-ever King of the Bluegrass tournament title. The plan: Play as many tough […]
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NKY All Hazards Incident Management Team Returnsfrom WKY Tornado Response
Sixteen members of the Northern Kentucky All Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT) demobilized Tuesday from Mayfield in western Kentucky, after helping in the aftermath of deadly tornadoes. The team was deployed for nine days working in the Graves County Emergency Operations Center coordinating operations. More than seventy people died in Kentucky during the storms. “The […]
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State Search Warrant Task Force Releases Final Report with 8 Recommendations
Kentucky’s Search Warrant Task Force released its final report on Tuesday, with eight recommendations, Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office announced. The task force, which includes three representatives from Northern Kentucky among its eighteen members, was established earlier this year. In part, Cameron’s office established the task force in response to the shooting death of Breonna […]
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Building Industry Association of NKY Names New Leadership
The Building Industry of Northern Kentucky recently elected new officers and directors for the 2022 year. Ben Taylor, a division president at the Drees Company, will serve a one-year term as president of the organization. Shad Sletto of A. Neyer will serve as vice president. Other officers include Chris Cook of TKOR Holdings as secretary-treasurer, […]
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Record Number of Three-Pointers Propels Norse Over Wofford
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team set a new program record for three-point shots made when they sank sixteen in an 84-64 win over Wofford on Monday night. NKU is now 8-3 on the season after the road win. Ivy Turner led the Norse with 24 points, tying her career-high, including four three-point shots, while […]
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COVID-19: Governor Says Get Booster ASAP; 653 New Cases in NKY Sat.-Mon.
Governor Andy Beshear on Monday again reiterated his call for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a new variant, Omicron, believed to be more easily transmissible than prior variants, has arrived in Kentucky, including in Kenton and Campbell counties. Beshear confirmed the first cases of the Omicron variant of the virus that has devastated […]
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Kenton Library Awarded Five-Star Ranking by Library Journal
The Kenton County Public Library was awarded a five-star ranking by the trade publication Library Journal. KCPL has been consistently highly ranked. Each year, Library Journal ranks libraries across the country based on library visits, circulation, e-book circulation, program attendance, and public internet computer use. The LJ Index gives an overall indication of how libraries stack up to their peers nationally. Library Journal ranks libraries on a three, four, or five-star rating. Kenton County […]
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NKY Cattle Association Awarded $105,000 from State Agricultural Board
The Northern Kentucky Cattle Association was awarded $105,445 through the state County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP). The funds were approved by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, which approved a total of $547,124 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. “Today’s investments by the Kentucky Agricultural […]
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Rick Robinson: Pestering Trout in Northern Kentucky
Written by Rick Robinson As the state legislature prepares to reconvene in Frankfort, there are a lot of issues over which the members of our state house and senate will struggle. There will be ideological arguments and regional scuffles. Rs will battle Ds and rural officials will fight with those from the Golden Triangle. I […]
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Dayton Schools Award Renovation Contract, Celebrate Drug Free Club
Dayton Independent Schools saw its revenues increase and expenses decrease, according to the results of an annual audit conducted by firm Barnes Dennig. Accountant Morgan Ryle explained that federal dollars bolstered the district’s revenues. Meanwhile, architect Joe Hayes of the firm Robert Ehmet Hayes offered an update on projects at Dayton High School. The district […]