What you need to know Elsmere City Council unanimously voted Monday night to oppose a reconfiguration of Dixie Highway proposed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The vote came at a special meeting that was called late in the day on Friday, two days after officials from Elsmere, Erlanger, Florence and the General Assembly learned about […]
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Council Considers Vision Zero and Other Traffic Safety Efforts
Matt Butler of the Vision Zero Northern Kentucky Taskforce,shared sobering traffic statistics with Fort Thomas City Council. By Robin Gee, city council beat editor Matt Butler of Vision Zero Northern Kentucky shared some sobering information at this month’s city council meeting. He stated that research shows that car accidents are the leading cause of death […]
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Driver Loses Control, Crashes into Home on Grand Avenue
The driver of the vehicle (maroon SUV) hopped the curb, drove into the yard where he hit the white van and finally the house on the left. FTM file. Lindsey Hartness was in her front yard on Grand Avenue taking her dog out. She walked back inside to her home and three minutes later, in […]
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Citizen Input Encouraged on Grand Avenue Dangers
Fort Thomas City Council listened to concerns of Susan Twehues, a resident of Grand Avenue. She represented about 15 of her neighbors and spoke about their perceived increasing danger of living on that road. FTM file. By Robin Gee A fatal crash, several wrecks and near misses along a curved stretch of Grand Avenue brought […]
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Driver of Vehicle in Crash on Grand Avenue Charged with DUI
This was from the car crash on Grand Avenue on January 21. FTM file. On Saturday, January 21 a 2012 Honda Accord was heading south on Grand Avenue when the driver of the vehicle hopped a curb on the windy road, kicked up earth, overcorrected, crossed the double yellow lines and across four lanes of […]
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Another “Scary” Car Crash on Grand Avenue
Residents are fed up, scared. Fort Thomas residents, Susan and Matt Twehues, with their children in front of their home on Grand Avenue. Tire tracks in the background and in their front yard give a play-by-play for an accident that happened just an hour before this. FTM file. The tire tracks are still visible from […]