Southgate’s first December city council meeting looked and ran a little differently than it usually does throughout the year. On Dec. 3, next to council members sat students from two local schools. “We’re exchanging our seats tonight, as we do every year at this time,” said Mayor Jim Hamberg. Students from Southgate Independent School and […]
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Southgate school district honors city council member
After speaking at the city council meeting on the importance of kindergarten readiness, Southgate Independent School Superintendent Greg Duty announced he wanted to also take the opportunity to thank and honor a city council member with a special PRIDE award. He explained the acronym PRIDE stands for Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. “I’m proud of […]
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Conversations on the challenge of growth in rural NKY | affordable housing, a few of my 2023 favorites
Sometimes, you sit down to write a story and suffer from writer’s block, and other times, you know you have put together something good. My top five stories of the year happen to all be stories featured in our weekly print edition. We spend more time and dig a little deeper for these stories than […]
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Students take the helm at Southgate council Kids’ Night
The kids were in charge Wednesday night for the annual Kids’ Night at the Southgate city council meeting. Middle schoolers from Southgate Public School and St. Therese School took over city council roles for the evening and presided over the city’s business. Serving as mayor, council member, city attorney, police chief, fire chief and other […]
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School resource officer coming to Southgate Independent Schools
A Campbell County deputy sheriff will be on the Southgate Independent Schools campus daily beginning in August while students are in class. Southgate Independent School District Superintendent Greg Duty and Campbell County Sheriff Mike Jansen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will result in the placement of a full-time school resource officer at the school. Under the […]
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Southgate recallable nickel tax to go into effect this year
Last year the Southgate Independent School Board approved enforcing a new recallable nickel tax to increase their bonding capacity for facility updates. However, the tax did not go into effect last tax cycle. Instead, the school board voted to push it back to Fiscal Year 2023-2024, which will go into effect this year. The city […]
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Southgate schools withdraws nickel tax; city suggests residents ‘let your voices be heard’
In November, Southgate Independent Schools Superintendent Greg Duty reported to the Southgate City Council that the school board had passed a recallable nickel tax. But that request has been withdrawn, according to a Tuesday Facebook post from the city of Southgate. “Southgate Independent School has notified the city and city council that they withdrew their request to […]
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Southgate Independent School District passes recallable nickel tax
The Southgate Independent School board passed a motion to enforce a new recallable nickel tax in an effort to increase their bonding capacity for facility updates. The board set the new tax of .057 cents per $100, or $57 for every $100,000 in property evaluation to be eligible for “urgent need” money from the state. […]