For the second straight year, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball games will be carried on the iHeartRadio family of stations in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, highlighted by ESPN1530 (WCKY-AM). Norse contests will also air on FOXSports1360 (WSAI-AM), 55KRC (550-AM) and The Project (100.7/106.3 FM). All 29 of Northern Kentucky’s regular season games and contests […]
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Lottery: Someone Who Bought Ticket in Northern Kentucky is $200,000 Richer
Did you buy a Kentucky Lottery ticket this week? Someone who purchased a Cash Ball ticket for Monday night’s drawing hit a $200,000 jackpot! The Kentucky Lottery reported Tuesday that the ticket was sold at the La Ru Bowling Alley on Alexandria Pike in Highland Heights. The numbers drawn on November, 2015 were 7-9-11-19 and Cash […]
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CLC Event Aims to Raise Awareness of Local Youth Homelessness
Statistics on youth homelessness are appalling. The U.S. Department of Education estimated that in 2013, 1 in every 30 children experiences homelessness; that is 2.5 million homeless children in the U.S.A. According to the National Center for Family Homelessness, Kentucky is ranked as the worst state for youth homelessness. Kenton, Campbell, and Boone County schools […]
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Billups Scores 31 in Exhibition Win for Norse
Senior Jalen Billups posted a game-high 31 points on Saturday afternoon as the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team defeated Ohio Northern, 81-76, in exhibition action at BB&T Arena. Billups connected on 12-of-13 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe to lead NKU to 50.0 percent (29-of-58) shooting from the floor. The senior […]
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Beauty of Northern Kentucky University Captured in New Photographic History
Northern Kentucky University has come a long way from the day in March 1971 when community and state leaders put the first shovels in the ground to turn dirt on what would become the Highland Heights campus. Not even those visionaries could have foreseen what the coming decades would bring: booming enrollment, a fast-growing campus, Division I […]
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Highland Heights Street Sign Damaged, City Prepares for Veterans Day Celebrations
The City of Highland Heights is preparing to host a slew of activities for the city and its veterans on Saturday morning with the dedication of the recently relocated Veterans Memorial and a senior citizens breakfast. Steve Lehman, the city’s public works supervisor, said at Tuesday’s city council meeting that the memorials were moved this week from its previous […]
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Be a Superhero by Running in NKYCAC’s Race to Rescue
Have you ever wanted to be a superhero? Now is your chance! The Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKYCAC) and Chuy’s of Florence are activating the “bat signal” for all superheroes to join us in the fight to end child abuse for the Inaugural Superhero “Race to Rescue” on November 7 at Northern Kentucky University. […]
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Disney Pixar Artist to Speak at NKU on Tuesday
Matt Nolte knows what it takes to turn an image on paper into a movie character beloved by millions of people across the world. As character art director at Disney Pixar, he has developed characters in some of the studio’s best-loved films: “Cars”, “Ratatouille”, “Brave”, and, now, “The Good Dinosaur,” which is set for release […]
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Details Announced for Second Session of Popular NKU Business Series
Northern Kentucky University is hosting the second Fast Growth Business Academy Breakfast. The event will take place on December 3 at 7:30 a.m. at the NKU Student Union Ballroom located on main campus in Highland Heights. Lacy Starling, founder and president of Legion Logistics, LLC, a $25 million company in Northern Kentucky, will be emceeing […]
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NKY Chamber Taps Sedmak to Lead Communications & Public Affairs
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has hired Scott Sedmak as the Chamber’s new Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications. Sedmak, who will take over the position on October 30, will come to the Chamber from Axcess Financial where he was Corporate Communications Manager for the last four years. “Scott is a smart communicator […]
