Kentucky surpassed 1 million positive COVID-19 cases in recent days and the state also currently has its highest-ever positivity rate, a staggering 30.25%. Saturday brought the highest number of positive cases in a single day – 14,896 – since the pandemic began nearly two years ago. “The increase in cases is severe, by far more […]
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Posted inObituaries, Sports, Sports
Dan Weber: Remembering Joe B. Hall (and Some NKY Connections)
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK nky. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Over three decades removed to Philadelphia, Chicago, and Southern California, I’ve had some opportunities, not many, to write about UK basketball. And that’s as the lone person who has covered – on a daily beat basis – the top two programs in […]
Posted inBusiness, Lifestyle, News
Rumpke Driver Retires After Nearly 47 Years of NKY Routes
Rumpke Waste & Recycling Driver Tommy Wells retired Friday after nearly 47 years of driving Northern Kentucky routes. Tommy Wells started his forty-six-and-a-half-year career with Rumpke by driving routes in Covington and Newport for his first fifteen years in the business. He has spent the past 31 years in commercial collection, serving customers in the […]
Posted inNonprofit
Campbell Co. Library Doubles Collection Goal in Annual Underwear, Socks Drive
The Campbell County Public Library’s annual effort to collect new underwear and socks for local public schools set a record in 2021, an announcement said. The library collected more than 15,100 pairs of new socks and underwear, more than double its goal of 7,000, as part of its “Drop Your Drawers” campaign. Due to the […]
Posted inEntertainment
Cincinnati Zoo Names Baby Penguin in Honor of Betty White Character
The Cincinnati Zoo announced Monday that it has named its one-month old blue penguin, “Rose”, after the Golden Girls character portrayed by actress Betty White. White died December 31, weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She had been a wildly popular TV star for decades but is often remembered for Emmy-winning turn as the dimwitted but affable […]
Posted inCollege, Football, Sports
Thomas More Names Defensive Coordinator as New Head Football Coach
Thomas More University announced Monday that defensive coordinator Chris Norwell will take over as head coach of the Saints football program. Norwell has spent thirteen seasons on the Thomas More sidelines, serving eight as defensive coordinator. “It is with great enthusiasm and pride that I accept the position of head football coach at Thomas More,” […]
Posted inBasketball, College, Sports
Thomas More Women, Men Extend Winning Streaks
The Thomas More women’s basketball team picked up its sixteenth consecutive win by downing Freed-Hardeman, 80-56 on Saturday. The Saints are now 17-1 overall and 10-0 in the Mid-South Conference. TMU nailed 14 of 28 shots from three-point range in the win. Sophomore Alex Smith led the team with 20 points, including six threes on […]
Posted inBasketball, College, Sports
NKU Basketball: Women on a Roll, Men Continue to Struggle
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team picked up its seventh-straight win on Saturday in a 79-67 victory at Oakland. The Norse are now 11-3 overall and 5-2 in the Horizon League. Ivy Turner led NKU, putting up 17 points on Oakland (7-8, 5-3). Lindsey Duvall added 16, while Emmy Souder (13), Carissa Garcia (10), and […]
Posted inOpinion, Sports, Sports
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: UK Commit to Face CovCath at BB&T Arena; Other Notes
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK Media. You can contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Back in the day back when the UK Wildcats under the late and so rightly beloved Joe B. Hall, who died Saturday morning at the age of 93, were starting on the path of re-exerting Big Blue college basketball dominance in […]
Posted inCrime, News
Alexandria couple convicted of harboring undocumented workers
When a worker at the Tokyo Dragon Buffet in Alexandria was badly burned by hot oil, owners Yun Zheng and Yan Qui Wu initially refused to take him to a hospital because they didn’t want authorities to find out the worker was here illegally, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the […]
