Boone County Parks is continuing its Food Truck Wednesdays on July 12 at Union Park. The event is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with organizers inviting residents to come out and try culinary fare from some of Boone County Park’s favorite food trucks. In the event of potentially inclement weather, the parks department […]
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Show your patriotism at the Union Celebrates America gala this Friday
The City of Union will host its annual Union Celebrates America event on Friday, June 30. The gala will begin with a parade at 6 p.m., starting at Union Baptist Church on Mt. Zion Road and ending at Ryle High School. Street closures will start at 5:45 p.m., between Mt. Zion Road and Double Eagle […]
33rd annual Point/Arc Golf Classic coming this July
The 33rd annual Point/Arc Golf Classic is set for Monday, July 17 at Triple Crown County Club of Union. The shotgun start is set for 11:45 a.m. Lunch will be provided, with dinner scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Outside Pavilion. The dinner cost for guests is $50. A foursome donation cost is $1,600 and […]
Union Kroger Marketplace to host grand reopening celebration
Kroger is celebrating the grand reopening of its Union Marketplace store at 9001 U.S. Highway 42. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will kick off at 8 a.m. on Friday, May 19. Kroger leadership, Mayor Larry Solomon, and the Boone County High School Band will be in attendance. Customers are invited to celebrate the fresh look of the […]
Special Olympics coming to Ryle High School Saturday
More than 80 athletes from Boone, Campbell, Grant, Harrison, Kenton and Pendleton counties will compete in the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Track and Field Meet this Saturday, April 29. Beginning at 9:45 at Ryle High School in Union, the event will begin with Opening Ceremonies including the parade of athletes. At 10 a.m. the […]
On Your Street: Generations of friends, families call Mustang Drive home
This story originally appeared in the April 14 edition of the weekly LINK reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. On the street where you live is a regular feature in which contributor Ann Mort takes readers on a tour of one street in Northern Kentucky to tell the story of the people who […]
St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway ticket sales to begin today
Tickets for the Cincinnati St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway are on sale now. Only 14,000 tickets will be available for $100 each, with 100% of the proceeds supporting the mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year’s home, valued at $490,000, is in Union in the master-plan community of Ballyshannon. The two-story home features four […]
NKY physician convicted of health care fraud, acquitted on drug charges
Barbara Works went to the Northern Kentucky Center for Pain Relief looking for something to help with her chronic pain. On March 27, 2017, according to Boone County circuit court documents, Works was prescribed 120 capsules of Oxycodone. Thirty-six days later, on May 2, 2017, she was prescribed another 120 capsules. On May 24, works […]
DHL workers demonstrate for right to join union: ‘They have stomped on our rights’
DHL ramp and tug workers gathered Tuesday to ask that DHL Express and its Germany-based parent company, Duetsche Post DHL Group, respect U.S. laws that govern workers’ rights to form unions. In an attempt to gather at DHL-CVG Tuesday, workers from DHL, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Interfaith Workers Center and Wesley United Methodist Church were […]
Missing 18-year-old Union woman found
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office announced that 18-year-old Ally G. Hopper of Union was safely located.

