Park Hills City Council held a discussion on traffic at their caucus meeting last week, with the mayor and council members still reeling from the amount of gridlocked traffic in their city as a result of a fatal accident on Interstate 75 in the early morning hours of Sunday. “Before the accident on Sunday, I […]
Tag: Park Hills
Posted inNews
Park Hills Halloweenies tradition continues: ‘I feel like it’s kind of giving something back’
Park Hills Fire Department will be reinstating its “Halloweenie” tradition this year. It started in 1954 when the firefighters decided they wanted to have something to give out to the dozens of happy, costumed children who would walk past the firehouse as they canvassed the neighborhood for candy and treats. What would be better, they […]
Posted inCulture
Park Hills is giving out free trees to homeowners in celebration of Arbor Day
More than 1,000 trees have been taken down in Park Hills in the past three years. The city’s tree board is on a mission to remedy that by starting an initiative for every household in Park Hills to plant “Just One Tree.” Park Hills is offering all homeowners a free tree on Saturday, Oct. 8 […]
Posted inNews
Diocese of Covington taps Park Hills officer to serve its schools
For the last three years, the City of Park Hills has been contracting with Covington Catholic High School to provide a school resource officer from the city’s police department. That officer is Ted Edgington. The contract stipulates that Covington Catholic pay the salary and benefits, and the city pay for his training, car, and uniforms. […]
Posted inBusiness
LINK streetscapes: Back to college edition at Thomas More University
See a local college campus through the eyes of Maria Hehman as she explores local eateries and watering holes in this latest installment of NKY Streetscapes.
Posted inCulture
Looking to celebrate the Fourth this weekend? Here are events happening around NKY
Monday, July 4 is Independence Day and cities around Northern Kentucky are holding runs, parades and concerts to celebrate. Here’s a list of what’s happening where. Bellevue: First Friday- “Bellevue is Poppin” When: July 1, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Fairfield Avenue What: Popsicle vendor/Fourth of July Theme Covington: Friends of Peaselburg Neighborhood Association […]
Posted inBusiness
Northern Kentucky-based company Sikanai creates program that re-envisions plagiarism detection
Be honest. Have you ever paid someone to write a paper for you while in college? Before technology advanced, this may have looked like handing a friend $20 and telling them to give it their best shot. Nowadays, people called ghostwriters are paid by students to write things like papers and speeches that students can […]
Posted inPolitics
Park Hills residents protest temporary speed bumps
Residents from a street in Park Hills came to the first in-person meeting of Park Hills city council in over a year Monday night to protest the speed bumps that are being temporarily installed at some intersections in the city. “I understand the intersection of Audubon and Lawton are going to be getting these same, […]
Posted inNews
Park Hills settles on new venue, allowing council to finally meet in person
Park Hills Mayor Kathy Zembrodt announced Monday night that next month’s meeting will be in person at the Gardens, next to Covington Catholic High School, on May 9 at 7 pm. During the regular April Council meeting, Zembrodt said that her negotiations with Gardens owner Chuck McHale proved fruitful, and they at last agreed on […]
Posted inEtc.
Monday NKY HS sports round-up: Covington Catholic baseball holds off Campbell County
It has been tough in recent weeks when the skies became cloudy. Teams did not know whether they would be playing or not. The Covington Catholic Colonels (5-6) and Campbell County Camels (6-4) baseball teams played. But it came at a different site. The game moved to Park Hills since it did not rain as […]
