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 […]
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Highland Heights Reflects on Past With Move of Memorial
The Highland Heights City Council meeting featured a special guest to commemorate the moving of a Veterans Memorial to the current city building on Johns Hill Road. Mayor Greg Meyers welcomed former Mayor Jud Daum, who served as Mayor of Highland Heights from 1968 through 1980. Daum, now in his 70’s, was the youngest person […]
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Beshear’s Big Day: Governor Hands Out Millions for Riverfront, Breaks Ground at NKU
His days in office winding down, Governor Steve Beshear made a whirlwind trip around Northern Kentucky handing out ceremonial checks worth millions of dollars. At Northern Kentucky University, Beshear, NKU President Geoffrey Mearns, dean of the College of Health Professions Dale Scalise-Smith, and NKU Pre-Nursing Student Billy Morgan spoke to a crowd of local and state […]
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Lawsuit: Neighbor, City of Highland Heights, Contractor Sued Over Driveway Project
The City of Highland Heights, Mayor Greg Meyers, Planning and Zoning Chair Steve Crawford, and multiple John and Jane Does are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed against them by a Highland Heights resident in the continuing driveway controversy that The River City News has previously reported on. SEE PREVIOUSLY: Council members clash over driveway Gary […]
