The City of Park Hills will continue to use Ft. Wright for its advanced and basic life support services. At Monday night’s special council meeting, Fire Chief John Rigney recommended continuing with Ft. Wright rather than its other neighboring departments in Ludlow and Covington. Ft. Wright’s new contract was $21,000 higher than the year before, […]
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Ft. Wright: Ambulance Service in Park Hills, State Regulations Discussed at Council
Fort Wright city council decided last week to keep its offer to the City of Park Hills to continue providing ambulance services. Park Hills decided to put the contract out to bid after Fort Wright raised its price. Fort Wright concluded that costs associated with the service had increased and needed to be included in […]
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3 NKY Businesses Honored for Workplace Safety
The largest annual gathering of workplace safety professionals from companies all across Kentucky gathered in Bowling Green for the 34th Governor’s Annual Safety and Health Conference. Representatives from 45 companies who earned the prestigious Governor’s Safety and Health Award during the last year were in attendance to help celebrate Kentucky’s all-time low Injury and Illness […]
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Ft. Wright Residents Appear on “Let’s Make a Deal”
A Ft. Wright couple appeared on Monday’s episode of Let’s Make a Deal – the updated classic TV game show. Madalyn and James Crawford, retired postal workers, joined host Wayne Brady as featured “traders” in an attempt to avoid “zonks” in order to win prizes. In photos submitted to The River City News by the show’s production company, Freemantle […]
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VonLehman Names Bird Director of Human Resources Consulting
VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm announced the promotion of Deirdre Bird to director of human resources consulting. As director, Bird will lead a team of five consultants specialized in providing HR management and consulting solutions for clients, including talent acquisition and retention strategies, HR strategic planning and succession services, compensation design, and transformation and […]
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Bailey Officially Named Ft. Wright Administrator, City Looks for Duke to Have Skin in the Game
Jill Bailey was officially named city administrator in Ft. Wright at the most recent city council meeting. After more than twenty years in that role in Taylor Mill, Bailey takes the reins from Ed Butler in Ft. Wright. Butler will stay on through the end of the month to assist Bailey as she gets acclimated. […]
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Taylor Mill’s Jill Bailey Named Ft. Wright City Administrator
After 21 years as city administrator in Taylor Mill, Jill Bailey has accepted the same position in Ft. Wright. Bailey replaces Ed Butler, who will become chief deputy at the Kenton County Detention Center after two years leading Ft. Wright. Thirty applicants sought the position in Ft. Wright. Bailey has a bachelor’s degree in political […]
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Ft. Wright: New O’Reilly Building Over-Budget, New CAO May Be Named this Month
It has been more than a year since the City of Fort Wright and the Kenton County Planning Commission gave the OK to O’Reilly Auto Parts to tear down an historic building and construct a new location for the national chain on Madison Pike. But work has yet to begin. Architect Tim Guillot talked to […]
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Officer Rescues Boy from Mud in Fort Wright
A young boy was rescued from the mud in Ft. Wright. The police department was called that a boy was trapped up to his waist in mud at the Nature Park. Officer Brad Keller jumped into the creek to save him. No was injured, the police department said, but “just a little dirty.” “I am […]
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Ft. Wright Administrator Leaving to Become Chief Deputy at Kenton Jail
Fort Wright city administrator Ed Butler is stepping down from his post to become chief deputy at the Kenton County Detention Center. He announced the move in a letter to the public on Friday. “I do not want to take too much of your time explaining my thought process on this career change; I will […]