Police officers potentially put their lives on the line in the name of protecting a city’s citizens on a daily basis. Despite living in a very safe community, the Fort Thomas police officers never know when the line of duty could put them at risk. However, sometimes, the most dangerous thing facing our officers lies […]
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Fort Thomas Police Force Travels To Costa Rica
Spring Break. Sand, cocktails, I-75 South. A much needed break from the norms of day-to-day life. These are what we usually think of during the one-week break in late March. Three members of the Fort Thomas Police Force completed a mission that was far nobler: to train Central American police officers in both proper police […]
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FTIS Principal Resigns After One Year
One of Fort Thomas’ Blue Ribbon Elementary Schools will be in the search for a new blue chip principal to lead it. Yesterday, parents of Johnson Elementary School students received a letter from Principal Tonya Brummer announcing her resignation as principal and from the Fort Thomas School District after only one year at the helm […]
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Highland UMC to Participate in 30-Hour Famine
I normally write my columns after tucking my full-bellied children into their warm beds and while eating my homemade black bean flourless chocolate cake. This level of abundance is something I (and likely many of us who live in cozy Fort Thomas) completely take for granted; however, for 842 million people worldwide, hunger is a […]
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14th Annual Queen City Classic Chess Tournament
Local broadcasting celebrity Cris Collinsworth is probably best known for his incredible in-game analysis and witticisms on Sunday Night Football or his actual pigskin prowess on a football field, in either order likely depending upon your generational divide. However, locally, he is as known for his philanthropic presence from dancing the night away dressed as […]
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Little Libraries Spring up in Campbell County
Maria Bozeman, of Fort Thomas, and her children Carden and Adelise, pick up their Little Library box Fresh off the Kentucky Court of Appeals’ ruling in favor of the tax collection methods of the local libraries (full story here), the Campbell County Library announced a new, exciting program to make books even more accessible to […]
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Fort Thomas Resident Campaigns for LLS Woman of the Year
“I’ve had a saying since I was diagnosed which is ‘you can sulk, or you can have sushi’; I am inspired by people who choose sushi.” – Kristin Guerra, 32 year-old Fort Thomas wife, mother, and cancer survivor. Guerra was diagnosed with stage 2A Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on March 14, 2009, less than 6 months from […]
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OPINION: Kindergarten Lottery System Shouldn’t Be Left to Chance
As a parent, one of the first really big decisions one makes is the school of choice for one’s children. Fort Thomas parents are very fortunate in that the public school system makes that choice quite easy AND should one desire private/religious instruction, there are two great options there as well. However, once decided on […]
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Let the Pick-Up Games begin
Ten years ago, my biggest concern was pick-up lines. “Do you have a map? I’m getting lost in your eyes!” Or, “Are you a library book, cause I’m checking you out!” And finally, “Feel my sweater, it is boyfriend material”. Fast forward to today and my problem, and that of many Fort Thomas parents, is […]