Around a year ago, Crescent Springs proposed renovating a city park. A month later, in October 2023, plans and costs were finalized. Now, Lou Hartfiel Memorial Park sits empty as old equipment has been removed, and the city waits for grant funding to contribute to the park’s cost. The park, discussed at Monday’s city council meeting, […]
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Crestview Hills revises records request form to avoid AI fraud
Crestview Hills mayor Paul Meier issued an executive order revising the city’s open records request form and policies at the city council meeting on Sept. 12. The updates ensure that all requests are real and not AI-generated. This order came after the city said they received fake signatures on requests. City clerk Stacy Kellam explained […]
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Crescent Springs fills council seat previously vacated after two days
Steve Wilcoxson was sworn into a vacant Crescent Springs City Council seat in June after former member Bill Schult resigned. Two days later, Wilcoxson resigned, leaving a vacant seat. During Monday’s council meeting, a former council member was appointed to the seat. Wilcoxson “had something come up in his personal life,” leading him to resign, […]
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Crestview Hills bids adieu to officer who was ‘like a grandpa’
Crestview Hills City Council honored retired police officer Shawn Kleier and welcomed officer Joel Tignor as he stepped into the role during its August meeting. According to Chief of Police Brad Degenhardt, Tignor comes to Crestview Hills from the Kenton County Sheriff’s Department with 13 years of experience in law enforcement. He is also a […]
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Crescent Springs council appoints Steve Wilcoxson to fill vacant seat
Former council member Bill Schult moved from the city of Crescent Springs and resigned from the council after its May meeting, leaving a seat that needed to be filled. Although Mayor Mike Daugherty could not attend Monday’s council meeting, four candidates—Jeff Smith, Michael Folk, Bob Mueller, and Steve Wilcoxson — came to speak to the […]
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Crescent Springs council delays decision on medical cannabis facilities
At their June City Council meeting, Crescent Springs joined the conversation about medical cannabis facilities sweeping across the Northern Kentucky area. As former council member Bill Schult has moved out of the city, a seat needs to be filled. The city of Crescent Springs ultimately decided not to make any further decisions regarding medical cannabis […]
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City of Crestview Hills hosts farmer’s market at city building for the first time
Crestview Hills Town Center handed its annual farmer’s market over to the city three years ago. Since then, it has still been hosted at the town center, but this year, the city decided to host it at the city building. “The farmer’s market originated over at the town center,” said city clerk Stacy Kellam. “They […]
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Taylor Mill looks to prohibit medical cannabis facilities in the city
Taylor Mill plans to prohibit medical cannabis facilities from opening in the city. During its Wednesday meeting, the city commission had the first reading of an ordinance that would keep medical cannabis facilities from opening in the city. Medical cannabis will be legal in the state effective Jan. 1, 2025. Each individual city is responsible […]
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Tiburcio Lince brings ‘alegrÃa’ to Latino Student Initiatives at NKU
LINK nky partnered up with Northern Kentucky University’s Advanced News Media Workshop class and NKU’s student newspaper The Northerner for this series on the changing face of Northern Kentucky. Read the other stories in this series here: Two years ago, Leo Calderón retired from NKU after serving over three decades as director of Latino Student […]
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Crestview Hills creates a city noise ordinance
Crestview Hills has approved a city noise ordinance that will soon go into effect, regulating noise within the city limits and imposing fines for violations.