The Edgewood Police Department is encouraging local residents to properly secure their guns, especially in vehicles, after a recent theft of a firearm from an unlocked car. In a social media announcement that the department encouraged people to share, the police stated that the “department is not getting calls where doors were pried open, windows […]
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Covington distributes free gun locks
Gun-owning Covington residents can now pick up a free cable gun lock thanks to a program aimed at reducing gun violence instituted by the Covington Human Rights Commission. “Too many persons have fallen victim to being shot,” said Human Rights Commission Vice Chair Mike Steinman in a press release. “Ideally, the goal is to end […]
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What to do about kids with guns: Community leaders weigh in
Kenton County leaders express concern over the recent spike in crimes involving guns, especially with kids, and have urged parents to take proper safety precautions and communicate with their children about gun violence.
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Boone County Schools touts STOP Tipline
Boone County Schools is touting the Safety Tipline, Online Prevention, or STOP, platform designed for use as an unsafe school situation reporting and prevention tool. If students, parents or other members of the community are aware of circumstances that include bullying, the presence of weapons, drugs or alcohol, etc., the information can be anonymously directed […]
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Highlands Student Charged With Unlawful Possession of A Weapon
Highlands High School. FTM file. A Highlands High School student has been booked into the Campbell County Juvenile Detention Center after a loaded Smith and Wesson 380-pistol was found in his possession Monday afternoon. RELATED: BREAKING: Student Brings Weapon to Highlands, Police Investigating The student, a male juvenile, has been charged with unlawful possession of […]
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UPDATE: Student Brought Gun to Highlands
The Fort Thomas Independent Schools Board of Education Building. FTM file. Today Fort Thomas Independent School officials sent an email to parents and staff, making them aware that a student at the high school was in the possession of a weapon on campus. According to Superintendent, Gene Kirchner, the students and school officials acted on […]
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Report: Child Shot in Highland Heights
19 Bon Jan Lane UPDATE: The victim was identified as a two-year-old girl. The young victim was taken to Children’s Hospital for surgery, and was in critical condition Monday night, police said. The girl’s mother and a 5-year-old child were at home when the shooting took place, according to Highland Heights Police Chief Bill Birkenhauer. […]
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Fireworks Mistaken for Gunshots on Saturday Morning
We had multiple readers ask us to inquire with the Fort Thomas Police Department about hearing reported “gunshots” near the middle of town on 8:30 Saturday morning. Based on where the reports were coming from, the sound radius sprawled from St. Catherine on N. Fort Thomas Avenue to St. Thomas on S. Fort Thomas Avenue.
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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 […]
