A flyer that the Cincinnati Restoration Church hands out. Amid several concerned emails and messages to our Facebook page, FTM began looking into a group that has been soliciting donations door to door throughout the city. The first correspondence that we received from a reader was October 9. The group, The Cincinnati Restoration Church (website […]
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Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Heroin’s Effects on NKY Communities
Photo: Hendrike, Wikimedia Commons by PAT LaFLEUR City Reporter, Fort Thomas Matters Northern Kentucky leaders are coming together to discuss the growing heroin problem facing communities throughout the region, with a series of town hall meetings intended to boost discussion and awareness and to educate the public on this issue. Specifically, the town hall meetings […]
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Police Round-Up: DUI Enforcement Grant, FTPD/Hoxworth Blood Drive, New Recruits Wanted, Drug Disposal Program
by PAT LaFLEUR Police Reporter, Fort Thomas Matters Here’s your round-up of news coming out of Fort Thomas Police headquarters over the last two weeks: DUI Enforcement Grant The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has recently allocated a grant of over $15,000 to the Fort Thomas Police Department. The funds are part of an […]
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FTPD Receives DUI Enforcement Grant
Sobriety checkpoints are a common form of DUI enforcement. Photo via Flickr. by PAT LaFLEUR Police Reporter, Fort Thomas Matters The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has recently allocated a grant of over $15,000 to the Fort Thomas Police Department. The funds are part of an initiative to increase patrols for intoxicated drivers in […]
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Mid-Week Fort Thomas News (Jansen Kick-Off Campaign, Suzie Q’s, Brighton Center Fright Night)
– Republican candidate for Campbell County Sheriff, Mike Jansen, is having his campaign kickoff reception tomorrow at Devannas on the Lake at 4120 Alexandria Pike in Cold Spring at 5:30. Former Campbell County Commonwealth Attorney, Jack Porter, and Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney, Rob Sanders, will be in attendance. There is a suggested donation of $50 […]
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Police Round-Up: Burglary Investigation Continues, Phantom Gun Shots (pt. 2)
Here’s the news out of the Fort Thomas Police Department from this past week: Daytime Burglaries While there have been no new cases of daytime burglary or vandalism over the past week, the FTPD continues its investigation of this crime trend that has swept across all of Northern Kentucky this summer. “We are working on a […]
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Midway Court “Shooting” Ruled False Alarm
Reports of a suspected shooting on Midway Court, posted to our Facebook page earlier this morning, have been ruled out as a false alarm. FTPD Lt. Rich Whitford told FTM that a resident of the area called the police, reporting what she believed to be gun shots. No other calls were made to dispatch to […]
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Police Round-Up – By The Numbers Edition: A Chat with FTPD Lt. Ken Fecher
Each week, we at FTM bring you the latest breaking news coming out of the Fort Thomas Police Department. Part of those weekly updates are the previous week’s “Dispatch Numbers,” a breakdown of the kinds of calls that go through Campbell County Police Dispatch for Fort Thomas Police. These are some of the same statistics the […]
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City Council Round-Up: Expanding Bow Hunting Ordinance, Burglary Trends, and “One Top Notch Police Force”
Fort Thomas City Council met last night for the first time since early August last night, returning now to their normal, biweekly schedule. Here’s your rundown of the minutes of the meeting: Firefighter Kyle Kaufman FTFD Chief Mark Bailey badges Ft. Thomas’s newest firefighter/paramedic, Kyle Kaufman. FTFD Chief Mark Bailey kicked off this week’s meeting […]
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BREAKING: FTPD Reports Daytime Burglaries Trend for August
This picture was taken on Lumley Avenue after the neighbors there called the police. The crew in the picture drew three Fort Thomas Police cruisers and the woman was taken into custody. The FTPD have released an E-lert this afternoon reporting a rising trend in burglaries and break-ins over the last month. The E-lert reads: […]