A seismic shift in Northern Kentucky politics took place on May 17 when three incumbent Republican state representatives were defeated in their primary elections. Reps. Adam Koenig (R-Erlanger), Sal Santoro (R-Union) and Ed Massey (R-Hebron) – all influential committee chairmen in the Kentucky House of Representatives lost their seats to challengers who campaigned to the […]
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Behringer-Crawford to display items from shuttered Ramage museum
Behringer-Crawford Museum, thanks to a partnership between the two entities and a grant from the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Photos: Covington Memorial Day ceremonies
Covington held ceremonies to honor fallen service members Monday ahead of the city’s Memorial Day parade. LINK contributor Abigail Shoyat was there to shoot photos of the ceremonies. The events began at 7 a.m. with a series of Honor Guard salutes at local military memorial sites. They continued with a parade and end with a service at […]
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State Rep. Maddox to make “big announcement.” Is she running for governor?
State Rep. Savannah Maddox is an intense critic of Democratic Governor Andy Beshear and next Monday, she may be announcing a bid to unseat him herself. The Dry Ridge Republican posted to her social media accounts that a “big announcement” is coming on Monday, June 6. Her campaign website calls it “a special announcement about […]
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Newport approves $18 million in industrial revenue bonds for E. 11th Street development
The Newport city commission approved an order authorizing the issuance of $18,000,000 in taxable industrial revenue building bonds (IRB) for a development on E. 11th Street. According to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, IRB can be issued by municipalities to provide a lower interest rate for the financing of a project, but the issuer, in this […]
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In Campbell commissioner’s race, lawsuit seeks to reverse outcome of primary election
A lawsuit filed this week seeks to remove incumbent Campbell County First District Commissioner Brian Painter as the Republican Party’s nominee in the November general election. Painter defeated challenger Dave Fischer by 106 votes in the GOP primary on May 17. Fischer filed suit alleging multiple violations. “As a result of the egregious, unlawful, corrupt […]
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Kentucky liberty group leader issues apology after tweeting ‘insensitive’ meme
One day after 19 children and two adults were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Kentucky Liberty tweeted a meme that drew intense criticism before it was deleted. The group, which advocated for Republican challengers against incumbent Northern Kentucky lawmakers in the May 17 primary, is a nonprofit that describes itself as pro-constitution […]
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Parking amnesty program intended to fill citation backlog in Covington
Anyone with a Covington parking citation that has doubled due to nonpayment will soon be given some breathing room thanks to an amnesty program approved Tuesday. Once a parking ticket in Covington has gone unpaid for 14 days, the fine doubles. The Covington city commission approved the program Tuesday, which will bring fines back to […]
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Doctors told him he wouldn’t play baseball. He defied the odds and saved his team’s season
Written by Caleb Noe, WCPO sports anchor BROOKSVILLE, Ky. — Players on the Bracken County High School baseball team dedicated their season to a teammate facing life-threatening challenges. They never imagined that same teammate would later save their season. In February, Clayton Thompson noticed his feet were numb. “Clayton came home and said my feet […]
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The Kentucky Side: Analyzing the NKY primary; ‘Shift’ coming to local real estate market?
On this week’s edition of The Kentucky Side with Michael Monks: Three prominent Northern Kentucky Republican lawmakers and a county commissioner all lost to primary challengers on May 17. What led up to this historic defeat of powerful incumbents? LINK nky politics and government reporter Mark Payne and local attorney, author and commentator Rick Robinson […]
