Someone gave $100 to each teacher at Pendleton County Schools. That adds up to 143 $100 bills, or $14,300. The anonymous donor wanted to help educators with the cost of school supplies as the new academic year begins. Students returned to the county schools on Wednesday morning. -Staff report Photo via Facebook
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Pendleton Co. Schools Tap Campbell Assistant to Lead District
The Pendleton County Board of Education named a new superintendent on Thursday. The district selected Joe Buerkley to lead it. Buerkley is currently an assistant superintendent at Campbell County Schools. Current superintendent Anthony Strong announced his retirement earlier this year. Buerkley is a 1997 graduate of Pendleton County High School. He was previously district executive […]
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Williamstown Schools, Pendleton Fiscal Court Awarded State Grants
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) announced $309,946 in grant funding awards for landscaping, walking trails, and pour-in-place surfacing projects that utilize recycled waste tires. The grants are from the Waste Tire Trust Fund, established by the 1998 Kentucky General Assembly to receive a $1 fee from each retail sale of a new tire […]
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Campbell County Boy Arrested After Online Threat Toward School
A Campbell County boy is in custody after sheriff’s deputies said he threatened to kill people at Sharp Middle School in Pendleton County. A School Resource Officer at Campbell County Middle School was made aware that the boy had posted photos pictures of weapons, Alexandria Police said. They then alerted officials in Pendleton County of […]
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Suspect in Ft. Mitchell Kidnapping, Robbery Kills Self
This story has been updated. A woman was tied up and beaten inside her own home Friday night, and then her car was stolen. Ft. Mitchell Police issued an alert over the weekend asking for help locating the suspect Scott Guy Wilson, 47. He was later located in Pendleton County but fled from police and […]
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Girl, 17, Dies in Campbell County Crash
Icy roads are blamed for causing a deadly crash along the Campbell Co.-Pendleton Co. line on Saturday afternoon. A 17-year old girl died after her Honda Civic went left of center on U.S. 27 and collided with a pickup truck. She was pronounced dead at a hospital in Ft. Thomas. The pickup driver and a […]
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4 NKY Officers Among Latest to Graduate from State’s Basic Training
Twenty-nine law enforcement officers from agencies across the state graduated Friday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. The class includes four officers from Northern Kentucky. The graduates of Class 487 completed 23 weeks of training, which consisted of 923 hours of recruit-level instruction. Major training areas included homeland security, law offenses and […]
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These Creative Projects in Dayton, Florence, & Pendleton Co. Just Won Grants
Some creative projects in Dayton, Florence, and Pendleton Co. received grant funding, Skyward and the Center for Great Neighborhoods announced Monday. The agencies announced the myNKY Nano Grant Pilot Program in June, and made funding available in those three communities specifically. The aim of the myNKY Nano Grant Pilot Program is to support of creative place-making […]
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Dayton, Florence, and Pendleton Co. Selected for Small Grant Opportunities
Skyward and The Center for Great Neighborhoods (The Center) are partnering to offer Nano Grants throughout Northern Kentucky. Called the myNKY Nano Grant Pilot Program, the initiative is part of Skyward’s vibrancy goal to build a region where people from all backgrounds feel included, connected, and welcome. The myNKY Nano Grant Pilot Program will offer […]
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Cincinnati Bell, Kentucky Partner to Bring Open Access Fiber Optic Network to NKY
Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) announced on Friday that the Commonwealth will enter into a strategic agreement with Cincinnati Bell to partner on broadband network construction in Northern Kentucky. KentuckyWired, also referred to as Kentucky I-Way in eastern Kentucky, is a statewide, open-access fiber optic network which will deliver robust, reliable and affordable Internet to communities […]