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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Posted inCrime, News
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 […]
Posted inInfrastructure, News, Politics
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 […]
Posted inHealth, News
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 […]
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Governor Taps Cetrulo for Appeals Court Vacancy
Governor Andy Beshear announced last week that he has appointed Northern Kentucky attorney Susanne Mowery Cetrulo, of Edgewood, to serve an unexpired term on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Sixth Appellate District, Division 2, consisting of Bath, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Shelby, […]
Posted inEducation, News
Niche.com ranks best school districts across Kentucky
FTM file. Niche.com has released their 2022 rankings of the Best School Districts in the state and Beechwood and Fort Thomas Independent Schools are at the top. Pittsburgh-based data company Niche builds its ranking based on academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education; teacher salaries and rankings; racial and economic diversity; […]
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NKU Awarded $1 Million Federal Grant to Combat Opioid Epidemic
NKU Griffin Hall Center for Informatics. Northern Kentucky University received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. This initiative was established to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance misuse by enhancing rural residents’ access […]
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Beshear Appoints NKY Residents to State Boards, Commissions
Governor Andy Beshear has appointed multiple people from Northern Kentucky in recent weeks to serve on state boards and commissions. On August 13, the governor appointed Timothy O’Hearn as a member of the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee. O’Hearn, of Fort Thomas, is a business agent at Local Union 392 Plumbers, Pipefitters & Mechanical […]
