This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the new Margaritaville Resort at Newport on the Levee. Learn more about where the resort will be built, the origins of the term ‘Parrot Head’ and how the Newport skyline is changing overall. Also – Kenton doesn’t […]
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Saturday NKY HS roundup: Beechwood baseball downs Cooper
The Beechwood Tigers baseball team (3-1) took care of the Cooper Jaguars (0-3) in six innings in 9th Region action. Beechwood hit .393 (11 for 28) overall compared to .190 (4 for 21) for Cooper. Junior third baseman Michael Detzel, senior center fielder Cameron Boyd and senior first baseman Torin O’Shea had two hits for […]
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Grenade found in Fort Mitchell mailbox didn’t contain explosives, police say
The Fort Mitchell Police Department said a grenade found in a mailbox that led to the evacuation of an intersection Saturday afternoon was not a working grenade and did not contain explosives. The U.S. Postal Service called in a suspicious package around 11:30 a.m. in the mailbox outside Biggby Coffee near Orphanage Road and Dixie […]
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NKY girls hoops district tournament roundup: Dixie Heights, Highlands win titles
The Dixie Heights Colonels (25-7 overall) won their ninth straight 34th District championship with a 68-41 win over the host St. Henry Crusaders (18-12) on Thursday. Dixie Heights put four players in double figures. Senior guard Ella Steczynski led the way scoring 16 points with freshman guard Coralee Pelfrey scoring 13. Freshman guard Aubrey Elkins […]
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Simon Kenton girls explode in second half to advance in Girls 32nd District Tournament
The Simon Kenton (16-13) and Walton-Verona (16-14) girls basketball teams normally meet for the 32nd District championship. With Grant County knocking off both during the regular season, it meant the two met in the 32nd District semifinals on Monday trying to keep their seasons alive for the first time since 2017. After a tight game […]
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LINK nky boys and girls hoops top 10: Lloyd boys, Simon Kenton girls rise
What a season its been for milestones. St. Henry’s David Faust breaking the Ninth Region wins record as a coach, Covington Catholic’s Scott Ruthsatz becoming the all-time wins leader for the Colonels, Aric Russell doing the same at Campbell County. Now it’s time for Holy Cross senior Jacob Meyer to break the Ninth Region scoring […]
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Missing 14-year-old girl has been found, police say
Police say that Harmony Collins, 14, who had been missing from the Fort Thomas area since 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, has been found.
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Burst pipe floods four floors at Children’s Home of NKY
The extreme cold felt over the holiday weekend burst a pipe at Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky (CHNK) Behavioral Health, flooding four floors and causing damage that officials said could take months to undo. When the Greater Cincinnati region experience sub-zero temperatures over Dec. 24 and 25, Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky (CHNK) Behavioral Health […]
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Covington Public Works hit the streets to prep for last night’s blizzard
A variety of different types of trucks were outfitted with plows and salt “spinners”. Brine went down over bridges and steep hills. The City of Covington was locked and loaded in anticipation of the first blizzard in over 40 years. Public Works administrators and supervisors met earlier this week and again this morning to plan […]
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Beechwood’s Robinson Jr. inks with Wake Forest
He may have been a part of Beechwood for just one season, but Antonio Robinson Jr. made the most of his opportunity. Now he’ll head to Winston-Salem as he signed his National Letter of Intent with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Wednesday to continue his academic and football career. Robinson’s lone season in Fort […]
