The United States Postal Service is hiring positions at its post offices in Covington and Newport. The postal service is looking to bring on City Carrier Assistants, or CCAs, at a pay rate of $18.51 per hour. Applications are accepted online only at www.usps.com/careers. Applicants must be 18 years of age and be able to pass […]
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Ground Breaks on New 74-Home Development in Bellevue
Ground is now broken on the $35 million residential project Reserve at Bellevue on Covert Run, a development that will feature 74 urban-style homes. Prices for homes are anticipated to be between $300,000-700,000. The development is located on the site of a former mobile home park. Many of the homes will have views of the […]
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74 urban-style homes to replace Shady Terrace mobile home community in Bellevue
Reserve at Bellevue will be located at 724 Covert Run Pike in Bellevue. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Neyer Properties Inc. […]
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Blessed Sacrament, St. Henry Named Blue Ribbon Schools
Two private schools in Northern Kentucky were announced Tuesday as U. S. Department of Education 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence. Blessed Sacrament School and St. Henry District High Schools are among the 325 public and private elementary, middle and high schools across the country that were recognized this year. The recognition is based […]
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Covington Mayor, City Manager Test Positive for COVID-19
COVID-19 has impacted Covington City Hall in recent days with Mayor Joe Meyer and City Manager Ken Smith testing positive for the virus. A third employee also tested positive but was not identified. Both Meyer and Smith were fully vaccinated from the virus and are suffering only mild symptoms, the city said Tuesday. Both are […]
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Man Arrested in Covington After Double-Shooting in Ohio
A man wanted in connection to a double-shooting in Ohio was arrested Tuesday morning in Covington. Elijah I. Thompson, 21, of Florence, was located on the 100 block of East 40th Street in Latonia after Covington Police were able to verify a call that the suspect was inside a residence there. Thompson surrendered without incident, […]
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First of two Honor Flights returns to CVG today, after being postponed last year by COVID
Honor Flight. FTM file. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Tri-State veterans and their guardians will return to CVG Airport to take […]
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Update: Fort Thomas Passes Tax Rates, Golf Cart Change on Hold
The city Law, Labor and License Committee met before the September 20 council meeting to consider a proposed change to the golf cart ordinance but decided not to recommend at this time. L to R: Connie Grubbs, Adam Blau, Jeff Bezold and CAO Ron Dill. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider […]
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PDS Lowers Tax Rate to Lowest Since 2004-05
Planning & Development Services of Kenton County (PDS) lowered its county-wide property tax rate to its lowest level in nearly two decades, and cut nearly 20 percent from its annual budget. The PDS Management Board last week approved reducing the real property tax rate from 0.0268 to 0.0225 per $100 valuation for the 2021-22 fiscal […]
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COVID-19: 8,500+ Cases Sat. – Mon. in Ky.; 626 in NKY; Monoclonal Antibody Shortage
Kentucky recorded 8,571 new positive COVID-19 cases Saturday through Monday, and 88 total deaths. Three of the deaths were among people in their early twenties, the state said. There were 626 cases across five Northern Kentucky counties during that span: 264 in Kenton, 203 in Boone, 123 in Campbell, 21 in Grant, and 15 in […]