The developers of Sanctuary Village, a large mixed-use development slated for the St. Walburg Monastery grounds in Villa Hills, announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with opponents over a zoning issue. Edgewood-based Ashley Builders and the Benedictine Sisters of Covington, who live at St. Walburg, agreed to settle a zoning appeal launched last […]
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State Mobile Science Center, Miss Kentucky to Visit Villa Madonna
Miss Kentucky Katie Bouchard will join the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s high-tech Mobile Science Activity Center (MSAC) when it visits Villa Madonna Academy on Feb. 21 to teach students about agriculture and its vital role in their everyday lives. The MSAC also will appear at Villa Madonna on Feb. 19-20. Three MSACs travel to schools […]
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Villa Student Who Scored Perfect 36 on ACT, Also Scores 1000th Career Point
Senior Ben Zalla scored his 1000th point for the Villa Madonna Academny Vikings boys basketball team. Zalla nailed a layup in the Vikings’ 69-68 double overtime win against Dayton. This is not the first high achievement for the teen. He also scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. Zalla, of Taylor Mill, was also recently […]
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Villa Hills to Start 2019 with New Government, Contract for Administrator
Villa Hills will begin 2019 with a new mayor and mostly new city council, and an employment contract for city administrator/city clerk Craig Bohman. At the current council’s final meeting last week, outgoing Mayor Butch Callery cast a tie-breaking vote to approve Bohman’s contract, 4-3. The vote followed weeks of discord in the city that […]
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Villa Hills Police Honored for Social Media Engagement
Villa Hills Police Department was one of sixteen across the Greater Cincinnati area to be honored by AAA. It was the only Northern Kentucky department to receive a AAA Traffic Safety Award for “exemplary efforts to address issues such as impaired and distracted driving, as well as pedestrian safety in the community.” The awards event […]
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Proposed Contract for Villa Hills Administrator Delayed Again
A proposed contract between the City of Villa Hills and its city administrator/clerk was delayed again at this week’s council finance committee meeting. Last week, the city council was to consider the contract but after pushback from residents in a city that voted out the mayor and five members of the council last month, it […]
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Op-Ed: Villa Hills Mayor Calls for Creation of NKY Police Academy
According to the website How-to-become-a-police-officer.com the number of police officer jobs will increase 32 percent over the next 4 years requiring 400 new officers in Kentucky every year on top of those who retire or leave policing. The amount of new officers needed presents a challenge to many cities in our Commonwealth due to […]
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Villa Hills Council Plans New Contract for City Administrator Before Leaving Office
No city in Northern Kentucky saw more change to its government on Election Day than Villa Hills. Its incumbent mayor, Butch Callery, and five of six incumbent members of city council all lost their seats on November 6. But that government is still in office till the end of the year. Before leaving office, the […]
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Op-Ed: Re-Elect Waugaman to Villa Hills Council
The following op-ed is written by Gary Waugaman, candidate for Villa Hills city council. My name is Gary Waugaman, and I am running for Villa Hills City Council. My wife, Mary Kay, our two children, and I have lived in Villa Hills for 29 years. I am a business owner and a member of St. […]
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Op-Ed: As Mayor, Heather Jansen Wants to Give Voice Back to Villa Hills
The following op-ed is written by Heather Jansen, candidate for mayor in Villa Hills. Villa Hills has an opportunity to keep the same government this fall. Or Villa Hills can choose a government that will do the one thing that the current government failed to do this past year: vote for an administration that will […]
