Hundreds of jobs are available for the upcoming holiday season in Independence. FedEx announced that it is looking to add more than 500 people to its ranks for the season, including package handlers, drivers, and other support positions. The majority of the new hires will work in the FedEx ground division. Last year, more than […]
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Independence to Fund Road Work with Tax Increase; New Fire Chief Welcomed
The Independence City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to move forward with the process to raise property taxes. City Council is proposing an ad valorem tax on real property, at the rate of $0.271 for each $100.00 of value and an ad valorem tax on all personal property other than motor vehicles at the rate […]
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Kenton County Turns to Outside Experts for Economic Development Efforts
Kenton County is taking a unique approach to enhancing its economic development efforts. On Tuesday night, at its meeting in Independence, the Fiscal Court approved a relationship with Cintrifuse – the Cincinnati-based entrepreneurial resource hub – and KMK Consulting to maximize the economic development potential in the county. “We wanted to evaluate the […]
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Listen: Independence Fire Chief’s Final Dispatch
After 45 years of service, Independence Fire Chief Rick Messingschlager is hanging it up. He started with the Independence Fire District in 1971, and became chief in 1981. “I’m not completely leaving,” Messingschlager told WLWT. “I’ll be around. I can’t completely leave something that’s been my whole life.” “Over his many years of leadership, I never doubted […]
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed Near Kenton County Police Station
A person was killed early Wednesday morning after being hit by a car on the 11000 block of Madison Pike near the Kenton County Police station. The victim, who was struck at around 3:30 a.m., is a white male in his 30s, according to WKRC. The driver of the vehicle that struck the man was […]
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Independence Honors Fallen Police, Prepares for Road Improvements
The Independence City Council began its meeting Monday with a moment of silence in honor of the five officers who lost their lives during last Thursday’s protest and demonstration in Dallas. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers,” Mayor Chris Reinersman said. The city’s newest police officer was sworn in following the moment […]
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These 3 NKY Women Hope to Be Crowned Miss Kentucky
Thirty contestants representing local scholarship pageants from across the state will be vying for the title of Miss Kentucky 2016 and among them will be three contestants hailing from Northern Kentucky. Once again this year one of the semi-finalists will be determined by the public, rather than the panel of judges. Miss Northern Kentucky […]
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NKY Resident to Celebrate 100th Birthday on Saturday
Against a backdrop of world-wide turbulence and extraordinary progress, Catherine C. (Gregg) Davis was born in Dayton, Kentucky on June 8, 1916. Yesterday, Kentucky’s newest centenarian celebrated her 100th birthday. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was finishing his first term as President, John D. Rockefeller became the world’s first billionaire, and Germany brought WWI to France […]
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Student from Independence Earns Prestigious Literacy Award
Kaleb Watson, a 4th grade student at Summit View Academy, has been named one of only 15 recipients of the prestigious 2016 180 Student Awards. The awards, now in their tenth year, honor students across the United States for turning their academic careers around by achieving reading and math literacy using READ 180, MATH 180 […]
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See the 26 Houses Featured in This Year’s Cavalcade of Homes
The Cavalcade of Homes, sponsored by Drees Homes and Adam Miller Homes, begins Saturday, May 7 and features 26 homes in Northern Kentucky. The Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky will produce the 2015 Cavalcade of Homes May 7-8, 14-15, and 21-22. The hours are noon to 5pm each day and admission is free. This […]
