The first Ludlow Car & Bike Show is scheduled for Saturday at the city’s Train Viewing Plaza on Elm Street. It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration at 8:30 a.m. The Ludlow Car & Bike show will feature three categories for cars and bikes from prewar-1944, 1945-1970, and 1971-1994. Registration is $8 […]
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Ludlow Collects Big on Money It’s Owed, Climbing Out of Financial Hole
The City of Ludlow’s financial situation is improving rapidly, interim city administrator and Police Chief Scott Smith said. In April, following the firing of city administrator Elishia Chamberlain by Mayor Josh Boone, it was announced that two public works employees were laid off, including the department manager, and that Campbell County Jail inmates would be […]
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Part of Highwater Road to Be Closed for Days
The heavy rains and a water main break combined to cause heavy damage to a stretch of Highwater Road between Bromley and Villa Hills. Kenton County Emergency Management Director Steve Hensley told The River City News that the weather and the water main break undermined a portion of the roadway. “It’s going to make it necessary for […]
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Fight Over Bromley Fire Service Leads to City Building Squabble
Update: A previous version of this article indicated that Kenton County officials did not respond to requests for comment but they did in fact and there was a technical error involving the RCN phone. The story has been updated with comment from Kenton County Emergency Management Director Steve Hensley. RCN regrets the error. For a city […]
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Ludlow Vets to Update City’s War Memorial with Names from Other Conflicts
The Ludlow Vets have kicked-off a fundraising drive to add the names to the city’s war memorial of the men and women that served in the armed services during Vietnam, Korea and World War I. United States Congressman Thomas Massie assisted in the kickoff by being the keynote speaker at the annual Ludlow/Bromley Memorial Day […]
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Ludlow Teachers Could See a Raise, District to Get New Positions
Ludlow Independent Schools teachers will see a raise if the district’s tentative budget is adopted. Superintendent Michael Borchers told the board of education last week that his proposed budget, which must be completed by May 31, includes a 1 percent raise in addition to the regular step grade for teachers. The $6 million budget also […]
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Ludlow Building Was Set to Be Razed, Will Now Be Developed
In February, the City of Ludlow was prepared to send the building commonly referred to as Ernie’s to its end. The city paid $20,000 for the property at 333-335 Elm Street but no projects ever emerged and earlier this year, Mayor Josh Boone said that it was too far gone to be saved. So, the […]
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Ludlow Continues to Work Through Financial Woes
The City of Ludlow continues to work through its financial woes. The city was approved for a renewal of its tax anticipation note (TAN), valued at $500,000. Cities sometimes rely on such a loan, and often carry it over year to year, to cover operating expenses between the start of a new fiscal year and […]
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Photos: Rat Races Return to Covington Turners for Ludlow Derby
WARNING: This article contains language that many may find offensive. The annual Ludlow Derby returned to Covington Turners on Friday night. Also known as the rat races, the yearly celebration of racing mice – and political incorrectness – drew hundreds to the Turners’ Pike Street building. The Ludlow Derby occurs the night before the Kentucky […]
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Bromley Man Guilty of Sexually Abusing Child
This story has been updated to include information that jury sentenced Jeremy Breeden to life in prison on top of two consecutive ten-year terms. The life sentence was left out of the previous version. RCN regrets the error. A Bromley man was convicted and received a recommendation of life and two ten-year consecutive prison terms […]
