The city of Highland Heights received the “healthier environment” award on behalf of the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy, known as ASAP, at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. ASAP’s mission is to develop a long-term strategy for reducing youth and adult smoking and tobacco addictions, reducing incidence and substance abuse, and promoting effective treatment […]
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NKU to host first personal finance competition for Kentucky students
NKU is hosting a National Personal Finance Challenge, a nationwide competition that offers high school students a chance to build their knowledge regarding spending, saving, investing, managing credit, and managing risk.
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Highland Heights to add new smoothie franchise, Better Blend
Highland Heights City Council introduced a new quick-service, high-protein smoothie bar, Better Blend, at Tuesday night’s meeting. Better Blend, a smoothie franchise, will be taking over the former St. Elizabeth Express Care located at 2891 Alexandria Way, which sits right off 1-471. The business hopes to bring better access to health-conscious foods in Highland Heights. […]
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Highland Heights approves design phase of Sunset Drive reconstruction project
Highland Heights City Council gave the go-ahead to begin the design phase of a new road reconstruction project using a grant awarded to the city. The project would realign the intersection of Sunset Drive and US-27 using funds from the $1.3 million Surface Transportation Program for Northern Kentucky awarded to the city three years ago. […]
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NKU students to conduct x-ray on ‘mermaid’
The Clark County Historical Society is bringing a Fiji Mermaid to NKU’s College of Health and Human Services. The mermaid will have a thorough exam, including x-rays and a CT scan performed by NKU radiology students, to try and solve the mystery of its makeup. More than a century old, this creature was often part of […]
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UK men’s basketball team to play Blue-White game at Truist Arena
The Kentucky men’s basketball team is coming to Northern Kentucky. Not to play the Norse, but for it’s annual Blue-White game on Oct. 21 at Truist Arena in Highland Heights. After playing in Pikeville a season ago and seeing the success with the ticket revenue benefitting the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund and the […]
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New Code Enforcement Officer to join City of Highland HeightsÂ
The city of Highland Heights introduced its new code enforcement officer, Dave Fornash, at Tuesday night’s meeting. This comes after the recent resignation of previous Code Enforcement Officer William Hunt in September. Fornash has served as a police officer with the Highland Heights Police Department for 27 years and has lived in Highland Heights for […]
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Former Highland Heights council member sentenced to 5 years for drug possession, trafficking
Former Highland Heights Council Member Edward Fessler, arrested in February on drug charges, appeared in the Campbell County Circuit Court Tuesday for sentencing. Fessler was sentenced to five years for trafficking Methamphetamine, two years for possession of LSD, and 12 months for possession of drug paraphernalia. Those sentences will run concurrently for a total time served of […]
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Jeff Dunham tickets on sale for Truist Arena tour date
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is returning to Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena next spring. Scheduled for March 20, 2024, Dunham’s “Still Not Cancelled” Tour tickets went on sale Monday morning. The tour is Dunham’s first since his 2022 Comedy Central special “Me the People.” General admission tickets cost $56, while premium bundles are $156. […]
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Highland Heights goes smoke-free next month
Highland Heights will officially become smoke-free Monday, Sept. 18, and will join three other neighboring Campbell County smoke-free cities. Smoking will be prohibited inside any building or place of employment in Highland Heights, such as offices, hostels, factories, churches, bars, restaurants, bingo halls, bowling alleys and stores, according to a press release from the Northern […]