Written by WCPO’s Danielle Goodman A portion of Mary Ingles Highway or Kentucky Route 8 is closed after a landslide occurred on Friday. The landslide is located just past the Aquaramp Marina and is covering the highway. Crews are at the scene trying to clear trees and soil from the road. The road closure is […]
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Mary Ingles Highway in Campbell County reopens today
Mary Ingles Highway in Campbell County will reopen to traffic on July 3, following a $9.1 million maintenance repair project that stabilized the road and improved safety overall.
Update: Mary Ingles Highway reopens following hill slide
Mary Ingles Highway is closed due to a slide between Oneonta Road and Painter Road, and motorists are advised to use an alternate route until the road is reopened.
Work to reopen Route 8 scheduled to begin next week
The maintenance project on Mary Ingles Highway, also known locally as Route 8, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Aug. 9, weather permitting. Crews will address slide concerns by installing multiple soil nail walls. The road remains closed to through traffic. Local traffic will be maintained during the project. Crews will work on the culverts, […]
Open while closed: How Aquaramp Marina stayed in business during Route 8 saga
“Excited and relieved,” is how Aquaramp Marina co-founder Brian Schleper told LINK nky he felt when he learned the portion of Old Route 8, where his business is located, was reopening after a four-year closure. “We never dreamed it would take this long for this to get this going again,” Schleper said. The locally infamous […]
Woman struck, killed by train along Mary Ingles Highway
A woman was struck and killed by a train Thursday near the area of Mary Ingles Highway by Riverside Marina at approximately 7:45 a.m., per Fort Thomas police. Officers responded to the scene for a subject struck by a train. Upon arrival, officers were able to locate the train and found a woman deceased at the […]
RV Sales and Repair Business Approved for Silver Grove
View of proposed RV sales and service business in Silver Grove. The white rectangle in the middle is the existing Dollar General store. [from presentation] by Robin Gee, city council beat editor The site development plan for a recreational vehicle sales and repair business in Silver Grove has been approved. The Campbell County Planning and […]

