The Sunday Morning Club hosted its 37th annual free Christmas dinner, serving a feast of ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, cookies and cake to nearly 1,500 local families, with 400 volunteers and Santa Claus making a special delivery of toys.
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Sign up for county emergency alerts ahead of the severe weather
Severe weather alerts have been issued for much of the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati regions for Tuesday, and residents can sign up to county-wide, automated emergency alert systems to stay up to date with severe weather changes, developing emergency situations and emergency instructions.
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Trash to treasure: Resellers in Northern Kentucky
Pickers. Flippers. Thrifters. Treasure hunters. They go by many different names, but resellers — those who buy and sell used, returned or overstock items directly to consumers — are a thriving segment of our economy. A 2021 survey of adults in the U.S. reported by Statistica showed there were 52.6 million clothing resellers alone in […]
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2024 Kentucky General Assembly session preview
Budget, public safety, workforce development, school choice top to-do list The Kentucky legislative process is political. That’s true both inside Republican and Democratic caucuses and in how the parties interact with each other. Bills can live or die by the clout of the lawmaker (or lawmakers) behind them. Then there is the state budget, which […]
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Landscape of addiction in Northern Kentucky: ‘You’re not just seeing one thing that people are addicted to’
Adam Pendleton grew up in Ohio’s Clermont County, where drug addiction was generational. “My mom and dad are both drug addicts; it’s a rite of passage,” Pendleton said. “Everybody in my neighborhood was a drug addict. All my friends were drug addicts, and we normalized that type of f***ed-up thinking from a pretty early age.” […]
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Workers who died at SD1 facility in Bromley identified
The two workers who died after an incident at the Sanitation District 1 facility in Bromley Thursday have been identified. Mason Neises, 23, of Alexandria, and 26-year-old Josh Mason of Moscow, Ohio, were identified in a statement released Friday by their employer, Building Crafts, Inc., as the individuals who died following the incident. Police responded […]
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Historical societies preserve past, court future generations
Scenic Verona Lake Park was once one of the most popular venues for country music and family entertainment in Kentucky throughout the 1950s. Situated nearly 5 miles outside of Verona — a rural town in southern Boone County — the 80-acre ranch hosted some of country music’s most prominent artists, including Jimmie Skinner, the Stanley […]
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Homelessness in NKY: Region grapples with how to care for those who are unhoused
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 1, 2023 edition of the LINK Reader. To get stories like this first, subscribe to our weekly print newspaper here. The Cold Shelter The line stretched along the outside of the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and into an adjacent alcove. People laden with bags sat on nearby curbs, […]
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Fueling future firefighters: Campbell County Area Technology Center introduces fire science program
This story originally appeared in the Nov. 10 issue of the LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Enjoy this story in two ways – read below or listen here. Campbell County Area Technology Center’s new fire science program trains students to put them two years ahead in their careers by the time they graduate with […]
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Lawsuit: NKY 8th grader called racial slur by another student, teacher used same slur multiple times in class
Written by WCPO’s Christian LeDuc A Northern Kentucky woman is suing the Diocese of Covington, St. Joseph Catholic Church Middle School and all teachers, faculty and staff involved in what her lawsuit claims is the “intentional discrimination and harassment of a Black student with disabilities.” Covington’s J. Davis Law Firm said it plans to file […]