Several NKY education professionals and school counselors were honored in Lexington earlier this month at the annual Kentucky School Counselor Association’s fall conference. Focused on the theme of “Stand Up! Speak Up! Show Up!” the conference “helps school counselors access required professional training while honing their skills for an emerging education landscape,” according to a […]
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World Market’s new NKY location is second in Cincinnati area
World Market has opened its second store in the Greater Cincinnati area, located in the Crestview Hills Town Center, offering a unique shopping experience with furniture, home decor, gifts, candy, and international food items.
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Logistics company invests $6.6 million in Boone County expansion
Verst Group Logistics, one of the largest logistics companies in Greater Cincinnati, is investing over $6 million to expand its operation in Boone County. Verst Group Logistics is a full-scale logistics provider in warehousing, fulfillment, packaging and transportation. Founded in 1966, Verst Group has operations based in Walton, Florence, Hebron, Lexington and Louisville. The project […]
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Central Bank boosts investment in Catalytic Fund
Lexington-based Central Bank is upping its investment in the Catalytic Fund with a new commitment of $1 million. The Catalytic Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution, is a private sector, not-for-profit entity that attracts quality place-based investments to Northern Kentucky that result in regional economic development and local community development. Central Bank was one of […]
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West Sixth Brewing to open new location in Covington
Lexington-based West Sixth Brewing is set to open a location in Covington. The West Sixth Covington Haus will be located at 100 West Sixth Street, which previously held Flying Axes until it closed its doors last month. West Sixth’s current Northern Kentucky location at the Bridge View Box Park at Newport on the Levee will […]
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Two NKY teens killed in collision between jet ski, boat at Lake Cumberland
Two Villa Hills teens were killed in a boating accident in Pulaski County Friday afternoon, Pulaski County Coroner Clyde Strunk told LINK nky. The collision, between a jet ski and a speedboat, happened at about 12:45 p.m. Friday near the Big South Fork of Lake Cumberland, just south of Woodson Bend Boat Dock near Bronston, […]
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CDC: JIF salmonella outbreak is over
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared the JIF peanut butter salmonella outbreak to be over. On Wednesday, the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed their investigation into salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products, concluding the outbreak originated at a plant in Lexington, Kentucky. The contaminated products resulted in at […]
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‘They failed me’: Father speaks out after children tragically murdered
Written by Christiana Ford, LEX18 reporter LEXINGTON, Ky. — The estranged father of the two children police say were murdered by their mother says the system failed them. The last time Darryl Williams says he saw his children Deon and Skyler was almost two years ago. “I got a story from the school, and they […]
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Florence Y’alls and Freedom – Yes, the Freedom – to Take on Lexington this Summer
The Battle of the Bourbon Trail brings baseball back to Northern Kentucky this summer. The Florence Y’alls of the independent Frontier League and the Lexington Legends,a Class A team in the Kansas City Royals system, will create two teams apiece to play each other Wednesday through Sunday starting July 31 in Florence. The idea emerged […]
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Kentucky’s First Coronavirus Case Confirmed; State of Emergency Declared
The first coronavirus case in Kentucky was confirmed Friday afternoon by Governor Andy Beshear. Beshear declared a state of emergency on Friday, with the governor saying the order would ensure that all state entities have the necessary resources to respond. “We have been preparing and this was expected as the novel coronavirus spread throughout the […]