Highland Heights passed a smoke-free ordinance at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, joining other Campbell County cities Bellevue and Dayton. “Community health is a true priority for our city’s leadership,” said Highland Heights Mayor Greg Meyers. “Passing this ordinance is another way the city council demonstrates its commitment to advancing that priority every day. We […]
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NKU students create Juneteenth exhibit for local museum
Northern Kentucky University students will launch a new exhibit to celebrate and pay tribute to Juneteenth at the Southgate Street School in Newport. NKU’s Master of Public History program, in partnership with the City of Newport, will be unveiling a new exhibit to celebrate and pay tribute to Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the emancipation […]
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Indoor smoking ban up for a vote in Highland Heights later this month
Highland Heights City Council heard the first reading of a proposed indoor smoking ban at Tuesday’s meeting. The proposed indoor smoking ban would prohibit smoking inside local businesses, city property and places of employment in the city. If the council decides to go forward with prohibiting smoking in certain areas, the health department would enforce […]
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On the Edge: Struggling young adults find hope, help at Opportunity House
This story originally appeared in the May 19 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe at linknky.com/subscribe. Editor’s note: On the Edge is a regular feature that explores the challenges of the rising cost of living in Northern Kentucky. In middle school, Logan Fulmer won a theater award for best costume […]
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Largest class of students expected at 2023 Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs
Northern Kentucky University is working with the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs to host the largest class of participants at the annual summer program on NKU’s campus in two separate sessions. The first session will begin on June 11 and the second on July 9. The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs brings students from across Kentucky together […]
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At 14, he was supporting his family. At 19, he earned a D-1 basketball scholarship
Nineteen-year-old Jeramiah Israel received a Division-I basketball scholarship to Northern Kentucky University after averaging 21 points his senior year of high school. While his scholarship was earned through his basketball skills, he had to face a number of roadblocks to get there. When he was younger, Israel used to watch mixtapes and highlights of NBA […]
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NKU’s Chase College of Law achieves series of firsts
In a series of firsts, Professor Jack Harrison will become the first Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law faculty member to hold the college’s first endowed academic chair in its 130-year history. Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, Harrison will hold the David and Nancy Wolf Chair in Ethics and Professional Identity, endowed this […]
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How NKU, Highland Heights leaders have partnered up: ‘We’ve done such tremendous work here’
Northern Kentucky State College held its grand ribbon cutting in 1968, with residents lining US 27 to support the new institution. The small Northern Kentucky town of Highland Heights had seized the moment, with the state college located next to the city’s borders. Now-Highland Heights mayor Gregory Meyers had a vision, though, to seize the […]
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‘Everyone’s going to have to do it’: NKY grapples with smoking bans
This story originally appeared in the April 28 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. Mandy Kaplan, who co-owns 859 Taproom in Florence with her husband, Jeff, has never allowed smoking at her bar. When Kaplan, 45, was young, she remembers that people would smoke in houses like “it was […]
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NKU Faculty Senate passes resolution seeking open presidential search, accountability for budget deficit
Northern Kentucky’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Friday that seeks, via a statement, to improve the relationship with the university’s board of regents but also heavily criticizes the board for its role in the public university’s $25 million deficit that has led to staffing and program cuts. “There is some criticism in that statement because […]
