Northern Kentucky voters who want to cast their ballots before Election Day will have three days to do so, beginning Thursday, Oct. 29. Registered voters in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties can participate in early voting from Oct. 29 through Saturday, Oct. 31, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Unlike Election Day, when voters […]
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NKY high schools make gains in math, reading and career readiness, but challenges remain
Northern Kentucky high schoolers outpaced peers across the commonwealth in improving math and reading scores and preparedness for life after graduation in the 2025-26 school year. Of any metric on Kentucky school report cards released recently, Northern Kentucky high schools saw the largest leap in “postsecondary readiness” scores, which measure the number of seniors who, […]
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Boone County Fiscal Court denies proposed Richwood Kroger development
A proposed Kroger Marketplace development in Boone County will not move forward after the fiscal court voted Tuesday to deny a zoning change for the roughly 20-acre property. The proposed development, known as Richwood Pointe, would have been located near the intersection of Frogtown Connector Road and Paddock Drive. The fiscal court voted 3-0 on […]
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Researcher makes new discovery from fossils at Big Bone Lick
Ken Tankersley walks to the boat dock he used for years. He told LINK nky’s media partner, WCPO, that it was his favorite part of fossil hunting. Tankersley and his students would put canoes in the creek and paddle upstream to Big Bone Lick. They were looking for bone beds and fossil deposits. “Eventually, you’d […]
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Walton industrial park selected for Duke Energy development program
An industrial park in Walton has been selected for Duke Energy’s Site Readiness Program. The program aims to identify and prepare sites for economic development and then market them to firms nationwide. The specific site is the Inland Industrial Park North, a roughly 50-acre site located off Old Lexington Pike in Walton. Duke Energy will […]
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Local rushing leader Johnson among bright spots for Boone County football
It is shortly before the day’s afternoon film session at Boone County High School and everything is running on schedule. This is somewhat of a novel development for the football team in Florence, where little has gone according to plan this season despite the best intentions. “It’s been a tough year with all the injuries,” […]
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NKY school report cards just dropped. See where your school stands.
This week, Northern Kentucky public schools didn’t just give grades, but got them too. All 90 of Northern Kentucky’s schools have now received their latest state report cards, assessing performance during the 2025-26 school year. Report cards look back at how schools performed on six main indicators and overall. A formula combines performance on those […]
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Developer looks to build 80 new condos next to Walton Towne Center
Local developer Tony Berling is looking to build 80 new Fischer Homes condos in a tract of land adjacent to the Walton Towne Center. The matter came before the Boone County Planning Commission during a public hearing last Wednesday in the form of a zoning change request. Berling requested rezoning from the land’s current commercial […]
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Fischer Homes looks to expand Ballyshannon development by 687 units
A subsidiary of Fischer Homes is looking to add 687 housing units to the Ballyshannon development in Boone County. A request for a zoning change that would allow for the construction of the units came before the Boone County Planning Commission last Wednesday. The planning commission will issue a recommendation on the zoning change request […]
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Boone County school board votes down proposal to redistrict up to 500 students
Boone County Schools Board of Education voted against a measure that would have redistricted hundreds of students from Longbranch Elementary School in response to urgent overcrowding concerns. Last week, the board voted down a proposal to create a committee responsible for recommending a plan to redistrict up to 500 students from Longbranch to other schools […]
