Campbell County Judge Executive, Steve Pendery, admires his portrait on the wall in the Fort Thomas City Council Chambers. Pendery was Mayor of Fort Thomas from 1990-1998. FTM file. By Robin Gee Updates on county concerns and projects brought Campbell County Executive Judge Steve Pendery and other county officials to the February Fort Thomas City […]
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Battling Heroin in Fort Thomas | Where Are They From?
Police incident reports data shows an increase in all drug related incidents over the last five years. In 2015, there were 7,216 incidents with 66.3% being drug related; heroin was involved in 23.1% of drug-related incidents. In 2011, one in ten drug incidents involved opioids; in 2015, one in four drug incidents were opioid related […]
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Department of Justice to Launch Inaugural National Heroin and Opioid Week
Attorney General Lynch will Travel to Lexington, Kentucky as Part of the Justice Department’s Awareness Campaign to Address the Rising Public Health Crisis of Drug Addiction Picture from FTM media partner, WCPO. The Obama Administration is announcing a “week of action” to raise awareness about the rising public health crisis caused by drug overdoses. As […]
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2015 Report Released on Overdose Deaths in Kentucky
Numbers indicate that heroin addicts are consuming fentanyl, and many may not be aware FTM file. A report today from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy underscores the dangers of fentanyl, an extremely potent opioid that is leading to more overdose deaths, often because dealers mix it with heroin and sell the lethal blend […]
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Fatality on Fort Thomas Roadways; Police Believe Heroin a Factor
Reader submitted. Lt. Rich Whitford said it was a horrific scene on eastbound 275 today, entering the Combs Hehl Bridge into Ohio. At about 2:30 p.m. today, a car traveling onto 275 from 471 in Fort Thomas lost control and rolled numerous times. There were four people in the car and three were ejected onto […]
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Campbell County Prosecutors Try First “Importing Heroin” Case With Heroin Bill Provisions
“The Heroin Bill” (Senate Bill 192) Was Signed Into Law March 25, 2015 Fort Thomas Police Officer, Brandon Laffin. FTM file. The wheels of justice were freshly oiled last March when a bipartisan effort turned out Senate Bill 192, known as The Heroin Bill. Passage of the bill was a top priority of legislators throughout […]
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FTM Radio: One Way to Beat the Heroin Scourge
Download this episode (right click and save) The FIRST big party of the year is this Saturday at the Highland County Club. BUY TICKETS HERE. All the proceeds of the party go directly toward Brighton Recovery Center for Women, and their programming. They house 107 local women and have a 2-4 month waiting list because […]
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Four-Car, Heroin-Related Crash Occurs Blocks From Woodfill Elementary
Tow trucks and police help clean up the wreckage from the DUI accident on December 2, 2015. FTM file. On Wednesday, mere minutes before students were let out of school at Woodfill Elementary, a 32-year old woman from Mt. Healthy plowed her car into three parked vehicles along S. Fort Thomas Avenue, near The Blue […]
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OP-ED: The Humanity of Addiction
By Tyler Owen The site of the crash on Highland Pike in Fort Wright that killed four. Photo credit: The River City News. My name is Tyler. I am an alcoholic. To declare that to a large audience, to strangers, to non-alcoholics, to people that know me but may not have known this fact, it […]
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Fort Thomas “Serial Burglar” Couple, Nabbed In Boone County
Meghan Roll and Michael Ritchey. On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at approximately 12:15 p.m. a Fort Thomas, Kentucky married couple were stopped in the 7,000 block of River Road (KY-8) in Hebron, Kentucky and subsequently arrested for committing five home burglaries in the area over a five day period beginning September 22nd.