The Kenton County Fiscal Court agreed Tuesday to have its administration building in Covington and its golf courses in Independence professionally evaluated. Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann and County Commissioners Jon Draud and Joe Nienaber voted to accept a request for qualifications from Corporex to take a look at opportunities for the tall, aging Kenton County Administration Building […]
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Sock Hat Bandit Indicted by Federal Government
The Sock Hat Bandit was indicted by the federal government Thursday on three counts of bank robbery. Brian Parnell, 31, remains behind bars at the Kenton County Detention Center. He was booked on June 18 after a two-month series of alleged bank robberies in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Parnell, of Dayton, Ohio, was captured in […]
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Independence Couple Killed in Scott Co. Crash
A couple from Independence were killed on Sunday while changing a tire on the side of the road. Timothy Wayne Cantrell, 70, and Susan Cantell, 63, were identified as the victims by the Scott County County Coroner. According to WTVQ, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident as having taken place on I-75 northbound […]
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Sock Hat Bandit Arrested in Latonia After Robbing Independence Bank
The so-called Sock Hat Bandit is now in police custody. The man who has plagued Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana by robbing more than 10 banks in recent months, set police on a chase Thursday afternoon after he allegedly robbed the 5/3 Bank branch on Declaration Drive in Independence. The chase triggered a multi-vehicle wreck on […]
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Photos: Cute Kids Get Up Close & Personal with Big Kenton Co. Trucks
Young kids got up and close and personal with some heavy machinery at this week’s Touch-a-Truck event at Middlton-Mills Park in Covington. Kenton County Parks & Recreation and Cub Scouts Pack 808 hosted the event where children could see, touch, sit in, and climb on the type of vehicles they may only be used to […]
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Crash Closes Taylor Mill Road
A crash involving at least two vehicles and maybe four has closed Taylor Mill Road at Harris Pike near White’s Tower Elementary School. One of the vehicles is a Chevrolet Tahoe and the other is a smaller passenger vehicle, according to scanner traffic. Police on the scene have decided to shut down the road and […]
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Fire Claims Duplex’s Roof in Independence
A pair of homes in Independence suffered substantial damage during a fire Tuesday afternoon. Flames were spotted in the rear of 937 Still Meadow Lane at around 4 p.m. and the initial call over the scanner indicated that a deck was on fire. That fire eventually climbed the walls and destroyed the roof over the […]
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Emergency Road Funds Awarded to Independence
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced that the City of Independence will receive $52,700 in Municipal Road Aid emergency funds. The city will use the funds for a slide repair on Crowe Road (CS 1218) located .14 mile southwest of Old Richards Road. This road serves several residences in Independence and Kenton County. The repair will make […]
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Independence Man Drowns in Grant County Lake
A man drowned in Boltz Lake in Dry Ridge on Thursday evening. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Boone County Water Rescue discovered the man’s body at around 8:30 p.m. after a search of the lake. The sheriff’s office said that a name was not being released. A 49-year old man from Independence was reportedly […]
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Police: Woman Used Kitchen Knives to Kill Her Mother
The woman accused of stabbing her mother to death inside an Independence home appeared in court on Tuesday where new details of the brutal slaying were revealed for the first time. Lara Paige Conley, 37, did not have an attorney and told Kenton District Judge Douglas Grothaus that a lawyer representing her in an unrelated case […]
