As 2022 draws to a close, hope came to some individuals with convictions Friday through record expungement clinics around Northern Kentucky. Parked cars wrapped the Ninth Street block in Covington, where the First Baptist Church sits in between two narrow alleyways. In the basement of the church, representatives from Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, Molina […]
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Highland Heights hires full-time police social worker
Highland Heights City Council voted at their Dec. 6 meeting to hire a full-time social worker to work in tandem with the police department. Social worker Angie Weinel previously worked jointly for the city’s police department and the Campbell County Police Department. Police social work is relatively new to Northern Kentucky. The City of Alexandria’s […]
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Highland Heights to use Campbell County’s planning and zoning services
The City of Highland Heights will no longer use its own planning and zoning services and will instead utilize the Campbell County Fiscal Court Planning and Zoning Department. The city voted at its Dec. 6 city council meeting to enter a contract with the Campbell County Fiscal Court, noting that they currently contract for building […]
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Florence foster parent forced children to film child porn, court documents show
Written by Christian LeDuc, WCPO content producer A Florence man will spend the next few decades behind bars after taking a plea deal on Wednesday in a federal child pornography and child sex abuse case. Harry Forgue, 31, sexually abused his foster children along with an additional victim he knew, investigators said. He was arrested […]
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Ryle High marching band performs in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade
Pearl Harbor, a day that “will live in infamy,” famously said by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is commemorated every Dec. 7, and Ryle High School was one of the few bands selected nationwide to participate in the national memorial parade. On Dec. 7, 1941, 2,402 Americans died and 1,178 Americans were wounded as a […]
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Covington Catholic grad to represent NKY at Bahamas Bowl
Covington Catholic grad Jack Coldiron will represent Florence in next Friday’s Bahamas Bowl. Coldiron is a redshirt sophomore who plays tight end for Ohio’s Miami University RedHawks. The RedHawks will face the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Friday, Dec. 16 at 11:30 a.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN as well as on […]
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Need help or know someone who does? Here are some resources around NKY
Financial hardships can befall anyone. Northern Kentucky’s nonprofits and services aim to help residents gain access to basic needs while on their way back to stability. Below is a list of resources for Northern Kentucky residents. This story aims to help the community with resources and support they may not know are available in: Housing, […]
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Kentucky receives grant to expand high-speed internet
Kentucky will receive a federal “Internet for All” grant of $5.8 million to support the expansion of high-speed, reliable internet throughout the Commonwealth. Kentucky applied for and was awarded the funding through the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. “High-speed internet is crucial for future job creation, education opportunities, health accessibility and economic […]
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Church turned house on Overton Street
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 2 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see this story and others sooner, subscribe to the weekly newspaper here. Some people like to buy houses once owned by celebrities, but Zachary and Chelsea Bear reside in a place that was once the house of God. Their house […]
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Dwindling numbers: An aging congregation ponders its fate
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 2 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see this story and others sooner, subscribe to the weekly newspaper here. “I hope we’re not a dying congregation, but if something doesn’t happen, we will be.” Dick Monson, 74, has been a member of Runyan Memorial Christian Church for […]