The following op-ed is written by Al Cross, professor of journalism and director of the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of Kentucky. He was a weekly newspaper editor and manager, political writer for the Louisville Courier Journal and president of the Society of Professional Journalists. I love social media. They keep me in […]
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Victoria Square closure sends housing vouchers to Boone
The Boone County Assisted Housing Department received five extra Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers after Campbell County’s Department of Housing failed to find affordable properties for residents in need. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s program, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing, requires all unused vouchers to be transferred within the state. Currently, Boone County […]
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Inside LINK: New places, new faces
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. About a month ago, I wrote in this space about our search for a new office. It is hard for me to believe that a month has already passed since the “For […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Catching up with NKY college football players & looking towards high school playoffs
Covington Catholic’s Colonels were having a bit of a tough time scoring Friday night at Cooper but that didn’t keep Colonel fans from talking about what a quartet of alumni did in Division I college football the weekend before. Three of them scored points – for Notre Dame, Miami of Ohio, and West Point, while […]
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Learn about voting rights, law changes, registration at League of Women Voters webinars
The League of Women Voters of NKY is hosting two webinars on Thursday at 7 p.m. and next Thursday, Sept. 29 at 11 a.m. The Kentucky Voting Rights Basics presentations will cover voting law changes, opportunities to register, choosing the best voting process, where to vote, candidate information and the two constitutional amendments on the […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: From Reds’ ball boy stepping up, to top Mr. Football candidate, to pickleball
If you didn’t catch the Reds game the other day, and to be snarky about this, why would you? But maybe you should have. Recent Highlands grad and top pitcher for the Bluebirds, Abe Hils, was finishing up his first year as a Reds ball boy and took over the telecast. After making a nice […]
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Inside LINK: Sometimes, the news is really, really cute
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. The news is serious business. We write about serious issues, we tackle serious problems, and we are generally serious people. But sometimes, we get to cover a story that’s not so serious, […]
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Op-Ed: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is Reminder to Be Screened
The following op-ed is written by Ken Rechtin, a Newport city commissioner. This op-ed previously was published in 2021 and re-posted in 2022. Prostate Cancer Awareness month is September 2021. Every cancer gets a month. And every cancer gets a ribbon. What’s the ribbon all about? Is it just a participation trophy? Now, every cancer […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Mike Bankemper’s four decades as Campbell County matman honored
Really nice job by Campbell County High School last Friday night the way the school honored recently retired coach Mike Bankemper at the halftime of the Highlands game – with his family and so many of the wrestlers he’d coached in a 42-year career (40 as head coach) for the Camels’ program. But Mike wasn’t […]
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Inside LINK: Tough decisions about truly difficult stories
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. There are times, working in the news industry, when we learn about – and then have to cover – truly difficult stories. Last week was one of those times. Late Friday, we […]