Aerial view of Tower Park military homes. By Jessie Eden It’s always nice to receive recognition and we knew as soon as we saw this mention about Fort Thomas, we wanted to share it with you. Of course, we all know how amazing our city is… but, this article may surprise you with some historic […]
Tag: Fort Thomas
Posted inUncategorized
Two NKY Officers Graduate from State Academy
Thirty-three law enforcement officers from agencies across the state graduated Thursday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. Two are from Northern Kentucky agencies. The graduates of Class 507 completed 20 weeks of training, which consisted of 800 hours of recruit-level instruction. Major training areas included law offenses and procedures, vehicle […]
Posted inUncategorized
Silver Grove Grad’s 3-Point Shot in West Virginia Game Featured on SportsCenter
Spencer Macke, a Fort Thomas native and standout basketball player as a senior at Silver Grove last season, caused an eruption of cheers in Morgantown, West Virginia on Monday night. The walk-on freshman member of the West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team nailed a three-point shot in the waning moments of the team’s rout of Texas. […]
Posted inUncategorized
Fort Thomas Adopts Fairness Ordinance Protecting LGBTQ People
Fort Thomas city council on Tuesday unanimously adopted what is commonly referred to as a fairness ordinance, extending legal protections to LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Fort Thomas is the seventeenth city in Kentucky to adopt such a law, the fifth in Northern Kentucky, and the fourth in Campbell County to […]
Posted inUncategorized
Democrat Announces Candidacy for House District 68 in Campbell Co.
Democrat Nancy Bardgett announced her candidate for state representative in House District 68, which encompasses Fort Thomas and much of southern Campbell County. The seat has been held by Republican Joe Fischer of Fort Thomas since 1999. Bardgett, also of Fort Thomas, is a retired special education teacher who taught at Highlands High School. […]
Posted inUncategorized
Event to Benefit Harland Hubbard’s Fort Thomas Studio
Harlan Hubbard was born in Bellevue but he formed his ideas about living an isolated life living off the land, inspired by Henry David Thoreau, in his Fort Thomas studio that he built from reclaimed materials. Hubbard Studio in Fort Thomas, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is in need of […]
Posted inUncategorized
Convicted Child Rapist Mistakenly Released in Georgia is Found in Campbell Co.
A man convicted of raping a child in Georgia was mistakenly released from a prison there. On Wednesday night, he was re-arrested in Fort Thomas, according to Georgia Department of Corrections. Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, was located in a home in Fort Thomas following a manhunt led by the Georgia Department of Corrections Fugitive Unit, […]
Posted inUncategorized
Memorial Parkway Project to Begin Wednesday
A road project begins on Memorial Parkway in parts of Newport and Fort Thomas on Wednesday. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 6 Office announced that the work will involve drainage, pavement, and resurfacing from Stardust Point Lane to Inverness Place. Work crews will be on site during daytime hours. A drainage pipe will be […]
Posted inUncategorized
Notre Dame, St. Thomas Named National Blue Ribbon Schools
Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills and Saint Thomas School in Fort Thomas were named as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence. 362 schools across the country received the honor this year. St. Thomas, an elementary school, was the only private elementary school in the Greater Cincinnati region to receive the award. The Blue […]
Posted inUncategorized
Highlands Football Players Take Over Cancer Initiative
Adam Weyer and Brennan Haigis, two seniors on the Highlands High School football team, have taken over the KICK-IT for Cancer initiative for the 2019 season. For each point scored on special teams, Weyer and Haigis have asked for pledges, and the donations will be handed over at the end of the year to a cancer-fighting charity […]
