Thomas More University announced that it has named a nursing skills lab located at the Center for Health Sciences, the Kathleen McLane Nursing Skills Lab after the late Kathleen McLane. The lab is in partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare. McLane served the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati community. The dedication of the lab was possible due to […]
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Imprisoned Former Covington Finance Director Already Up for Parole
A little more than a year after he was sentenced to prison, former Covington finance director Bob Due could be released. The man who eventually admitted to taking what Kentucky State Auditor Adam Edelen said was nearly $800,000 from the City of Covington, will visit with the Kentucky Parole Board in July. If granted parole, […]
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Kenton Co. Gives Prosecutor’s Office $10,000 for Creative Approach to Fighting Heroin
Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders came to the Kenton County Fiscal Court on Tuesday night to ask for $10,000 to help fund a program called HEART, an acronym for Heroin Expedited Addiction Recovery Treatment. Sanders was joined by attorney Burr Travis, who has been volunteering in the Commonwealth’s Attorney office and helped create the special program […]
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Man Gets 30 Years for Murder of Baby
A man who accepted a special type of guilty plea in the murder of his girlfriend’s newborn baby will spent the next three decades behind bars. Robert Schierer, 25, was sentenced in Kenton County Circuit Court on Tuesday by Judge Patrica Summe. He accepted an Alford plea in March, meaning that he maintained his innocence […]
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Local Business Has Goal Of Creating Bike in Africa for Every One Sold Here
A local start-up company has taken the kind of connectivity related to bikes to new levels. Bikes of Reckless Optimism, started by Chelsea Koglmeier, has individuals on four different continents making her dream possible. Chelsea’s vision is not just about herself and her business profits, though. Bikes of Reckless Optimism is designed as a company […]
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Not Everyone Is Happy with NKU’s Move to Horizon League
It was jubilation in Highland Heights on Monday as Northern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents voted to move the Norse athletics program from the Atlantic Sun Conference to the Horizon League. On social media, the news was also celebrated with the Horizon League encouraging its Twitter followers to follow NKU’s various sports, and athletics directors […]
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City to Consider Deal with Developer on Blighted Block
After putting out a request for developers late last year, the City of Covington will consider a development plan for multiple properties on Fifth Street downtown. At Tuesday’s city commission meeting, three properties on the block of East Fifth Street between Madison Avenue and Scott Boulevard could be transferred to The Milburn Group and ECCE […]
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Tornado Watch & Storms Monday, but Nice Days Await
The National Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WATCH for Northern Kentucky through 8 p.m. Monday. Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Gallatin, and Carroll Counties are under the WATCH. The NWS expects showers and thunderstorms before midnight and then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1 a.m. Some of the storms could be severe. The […]
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Known Heroin User Steals Mom’s Car with Baby Sister Inside
UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): The man is under arrest after trading the vehicle for drugs in a Cincinnati neighborhood, according to police. The child is safe. ORIGINAL POST: An Amber Alert has been issued after a vehicle was stolen with a 22-month old boy inside. Milford, Ohio Police issued the alert on Monday afternoon. The alert indicates […]
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Analysis: What NKU’s Move to Horizon League Could Mean for Men’s Basketball
New developments continue for Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball as it was learned Saturday that the Norse are expected to join the Horizon League for all of its 15 sports, leaving the Atlantic Sun Conference behind. The move to the Horizon League is seen as a major advancement of NKU athletics and allows the Norse […]