What you need to know A $6 million, 10-year contract with Axon Enterprises stalled at the Covington Board of Commissioners meeting this week. In a two-hour meeting marked by public outcry and confusion over parliamentary procedure, the commissioners finally agreed to hold a public forum on the topic sometime within the next 30 days. An […]
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Athena Hospitality proposes $100M mixed-use hotel development in Florence
What you need to know A Florence-based hospitality company is looking to expand its footprint within the city after proposing an upscale mixed-use development anchored by two hotels and a sit-down restaurant. Athena Hospitality Group owns and operates several hotels throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and New Jersey. The firm’s portfolio includes brands from some of […]
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Meet your superintendent: Bellevue
Bellevue Independent Schools Superintendent Misty Middleton doesn’t want the district to celebrate improvement just once. “We want it to become part of who we are,” she wrote in an email to LINK nky. Middleton has set a high bar since joining Bellevue in 2022, bringing Grandview Elementary School out of the state’s comprehensive support program […]
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From Northern Kentucky to Morocco: How one woman is building bridges through travel
Rolling hills and river towns in Northern Kentucky may not reveal miles of sand dunes stretching into the sea. However, one local woman, Nancy Yee, has silently worked behind the scenes to create a cultural bridge connecting Northern Kentucky’s rolling hills to the sun-kissed Sahara Desert of Morocco. Yee, founder of Open Doors Morocco, LLC, […]
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Want to live with 1,400 dummies? This Fort Mitchell ventriloquist museum is hiring
Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, which touts itself as “the world’s only museum dedicated to ventriloquism,” is seeking a new curator. The museum has roughly 1,400 dummies and puppets in its collection, plus thousands of books and photographs. “We still get about 20 to 25 donated a year, and so it’s a constantly growing […]
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How a Boone County sewer project could end up before the KY Supreme Court
What you need to know CORRECTION: The original version of this story misidentified an agency that had provided funding for the sewer project. The relevant lines have been corrected.–LINK nky editorial, Aug. 27, 2026. A Boone County naturalist’s attempt to prevent Sanitation District 1 from taking her land for a massive sewer project could end […]
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Riverfest returns Sept. 6: What to know before heading to Newport
If you’re heading to Newport for Riverfest, plan to arrive early and don’t count on your usual route home. This year’s Western & Southern / WEBN Fireworks is happening on Sept. 6. The annual event draws thousands to the Ohio Riverfront for a day filled with live music and entertainment, culminating in a drone show […]
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Verst Logistics relocates executive team to new CirclePort office
What you need to know Verst Logistics, one of Northern Kentucky’s largest logistics companies, has relocated its executive staff to an office building in CirclePort. Company leaders described the move as a celebration of Verst’s 60th anniversary. Dubbed the Verst Logistics Excellence Center, the office at Olympic Corporate Center II at 3900 Olympic Blvd. in […]
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Covington weighs $6M police tech deal for license plate readers, AI and drone
Covington will vote to renew and extend its contract with Axon Enterprise, a company that makes police body cams, automatic license plate readers and other police tech, next week. Worth just over $6 million, the new 10-year contract will include mobile license plate reader cameras for squad cars, a new police drone, tasers, new AI-integrated […]
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Introducing LINK nky’s Pick ’em!
Despite the Friday nights that sometimes last into wee Saturday morning until 2 or 3 a.m. writing, editing and uploading stories to the website and social media, I always enjoy high school football season. The goal is to give the local high school football sports fan, parents, players, relatives, community, admin, friends and so on […]
