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WCPO
February 6, 2018
If you see a dog suffering in a hot car this summer, you might have the option of breaking into the vehicle to rescue the pet and not have to pay damages if a proposed bill passes the Kentucky House. If Senate Bill 8 is approved by the House, it will expand an existing law allowing people to break into a carÃÂ ...
WCPO
February 4, 2018
UNION, Ky. -- Four people were transported to hospitals Saturday after a wreck on U.S. Route 42 in Boone County. At least one of the vehicles was ... The road was closed near Bleu Yacht Lane while the Boone County Sheriff's Department, city of Union and city of Walton worked to clear the crash.
Cincinnati.com
January 30, 2018
The Boone County Fiscal Court appointed Colleen Bray as the Boone County Director of Animal Care and Control at its Jan. ... and Control Association Level 1 and 2 certified Animal Control Officer, a Certified Euthanasia Specialist and a current board member of the Kentucky Animal Control Association.
WCPO
January 29, 2018
A Kentucky bill would, if passed, combine several local school districts in a statewide effort to merge independent and county school districts. Boone County, Kenton County and Campbell County would become the the sole school district in each respective county, eliminating Covington IndependentÃÂ ...
WKYT
January 27, 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)- According to the Kentucky Department of Education, schools in the Bluegrass saw frightening levels of weapons being brought to the schools. According to their ... Jefferson County led all of Kentucky with 93 weapons with Boone County following with 21. In Fayette County, sevenÃÂ ...
WCPO
January 27, 2018
VERONA, Ky. – Preston Art has been banging the drum to make a road near his home safer for motorists. Art worries that drivers could lose control on twisting Salem Creek Road and go off a steep embankment into the creek below.
Cincinnati.com
January 25, 2018
8 public hearing in Florence. Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) will take public comments on Duke's rate case proposal at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at Boone County High School's auditorium, 7056 Ky. 18, Florence. PSC staff will talk about Duke's rate case and offer a question-answer periodÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
January 25, 2018
Moore was first elected Boone County judge-executive in 1998. St. Elizabeth is the second largest employer in Northern Kentucky with nearly 8,200 employees, according to a ranking by Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corp. (Tri-ED). The biggest employer in Northern Kentucky isÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
January 21, 2018
Amazon, which recently added 210 acres as part of its future air cargo hub at Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport, is seeking permission to move about 20 graves from land it now owns near CVG. Boone County Fiscal Court will consider a resolution Tuesday authorizing “removal andÃÂ ...
WCPO
January 11, 2018
BURLINGTON, Ky. -- As the heroin epidemic rages on in the Tri-State, more aunts, uncles, grandparents and other relatives are raising children whose parents have struggled with addiction. More than 6 percent of Kentucky children are being raised by relatives -- roughly 60,000 kids. And 1,000 of those areÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
January 8, 2018
While a snow day can put a smile on just about any kid's face, a Northern Kentucky principal put some icing on the cake on Monday when he announced the cancellation of school with a song. In a Facebook video, Union Pointe Academy Principal Chad Caddell told his Boone County students they couldÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
January 7, 2018
Boone County will lobby for state funding for a new I-275 exit at Graves Road in Hebron amidst tightened state funding. ... Plans for easing traffic congestion around Interstate 275 and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport have new urgency with online retail giant Amazon bringing in 2,700ÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
January 2, 2018
When Boone County resident Tom Poe noticed a couple police cruisers responding to a situation at the lake in Walton's Steeplechase community early New Years Day, he took no time heading to the scene with a medical bag. After all, temperatures Monday morning got down to about minus 2 degrees inÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 29, 2017
18 and North Bend Road (Ky. 237). “It's disheartening, to say the least, when we have to go and report to a family their loved one has died on a roadway as a result of a reckless or impaired driver," Helmig said. Boone County Sheriff's accident reconstruction team has been called out 29 times in 2017 for 17ÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 28, 2017
Go ahead and have a drink after midnight this New Year's Eve in Boone County bars. It's legal now. Florence and Boone County changed existing laws to extend closing time by at least two hours beyond midnight on New Year's Eve. Laws in Boone County and Florence require bars to stop selling drinks atÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 15, 2017
COVINGTON – Part of Northern Kentucky's crystal methamphetamine supply rode in with the Iron Horsemen motorcycle gang for two years. Earlier today, a federal judge sentenced an Iron Horsemen motorcycle gang leader from Boone County to 35 years in prison. Florence Iron Horsemen chapterÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 31, 1999
One of Northern Kentucky's most famous and convoluted murder cases will likely create drama in the Republican primary for the Boone County prosecutor. Prosecutor Linda Tally Smith not only refused calls last year from many in her own party to step down, she's filed for re-election. She faces Louis Kelly,ÃÂ ...
WLWT Cincinnati
December 31, 1999
A band of fast-falling, heavy snow surprised Northern Kentucky early Friday morning, prompting school closures and causing travel headaches. But only a ... This morning, a three-mile-wide band of snow moving in from the northeast left a sliver of Northern Kentucky two to three inches of snow. The snow isÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 31, 1999
COVINGTON, Kentucky -- A veteran's service dog that had been missing for about three weeks was found dead of a gunshot wound, reports say. The body of Gunner, a Siberian husky, was found ... According to Fox 19, the Boone County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Sheriff Tom Scheben tells WKRC he'sÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 31, 1999
BURLINGTON, Ky. – The Boone County Planning Commission will host an open house for residents, employees and business owners in Boone County on ... Every five years, Kentucky law requires the Boone County Planning Commission to update the county's Comprehensive Plan, which establishes theÃÂ ...
WCPO
December 31, 1999
WALTON, Ky. -- Eight people were injured after two charter buses and a semitrailer crashed on northbound Interstate 71 just south of the split with Interstate 75, ... At about 5:25 a.m. Thursday, just moments after Greyhound officials contacted Boone County police requesting assistance as they transferredÃÂ ...
WCPO
December 31, 1999
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. -- Eastbound Interstate 275 was closed for four hours Thursday after a semi truck carrying cars overturned and blocked all lanes in that direction. The accident occurred about 10:40 a.m. past the Petersburg exit (exit 11) near the 10.2 mile marker. It reopened at 2:35 p.m.. Two semiÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 15, 2017
COVINGTON – Part of Northern Kentucky's crystal methamphetamine supply rode in with the Iron Horsemen motorcycle gang for two years. Earlier today, a federal judge sentenced an Iron Horsemen motorcycle gang leader from Boone County to 35 years in prison. Florence Iron Horsemen chapterÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 11, 2017
FLORENCE – A new Boone County bar and restaurant will pour draft craft beers from 60 taps starting in January. Brass Tap Florence will serve 300 beer varieties when the national franchise opens Jan. 8 at 8720 Bankers St. The restaurant will be in a spot off Houston Road near Ky. 18. Florence Mall isÃÂ ...
WKRC TV Cincinnati
December 11, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - A Walton Verona High School student, who was hit by an SUV in November, has died from his injuries. The Hamilton County Coroner said Hunter Donovan, 17, died on December 10. Sheriff's investigators said the SUV's driver was on Mary Grubbs Highway at Town Center Boulevard whenÃÂ ...
WXIX
December 7, 2017
Source: Cincinnati police. BOONE CO., KY (FOX19) -. A half dozen credit card skimmers were found this week on pumps at a gas station off Mt Zion Road, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
Cincinnati.com
December 7, 2017
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that federal agents finished the two-day operation Thursday. “Twenty-two criminal aliens and immigration violators were arrested,” said Nicole Alberico, DHS spokesperson. Specific details were not provided. The individuals are expectedÃÂ ...
WCPO
December 6, 2017
WALTON, Ky. -- Two people were taken by helicopter to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries following an early morning crash in Boone County. Police said Chandler Hancock, 24, of Independence, lost control of his 2017 Ford Mustang at 2:56 a.m. Wednesday at 11475ÃÂ ...
WKRC TV Cincinnati
December 5, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - The Boone County Sheriff's Office says a driver was killed in a head-on crash late Monday night near Union. Deputies say Bennett Allen, III, 22 was driving westbound on US 42, near Rice Pike, when his car went left of center. Allen's car hit an SUV head-on, then went off the road. Allen diedÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
December 3, 2017
Schools in Northern Kentucky are asking companies to fund putting children on a drug-free path through clubs that use drug testing to certify students are not using illegal ... Armor has supported the new Drug Free Clubs of America chapters started this fall in all Boone County Schools district high schools.
The River City News
December 3, 2017
Take the Boone County Fiscal Court for instance. Boone County is our second largest Northern Kentucky county, and the fourth largest in the Commonwealth. They continue to see their pension obligations worsen. In fiscal year 2007, Boone County spent $4,586,621 on retirement contributions for all county ...
WLWT Cincinnati
December 1, 2017
FLORENCE, Ky. —. A 71-year-old woman was killed in a Northern Kentucky crash Friday morning, officials with the Boone County Sheriff's Office said. The crash happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the 10000 block of Dixie Highway in Florence. Advertisement. Deputies said that Sheila Holda, 71, was driving ...
Lexington Herald Leader
November 30, 2017
Meredith, who has a bachelor's degree in business management from Western Kentucky University, has represented the House's 19th District in Edmonson County and part of Warren ... Jordan Morgan left the governor's office in June and is now an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Boone County.
The River City News
November 21, 2017
Bobcats Spotted in Boone County. Tue, 11/21/2017 - 06:15 RCN Newsdesk. Increase Text Size. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to ... The cat climbing was on a farm out near CVG Airport and the cat in the corn was just outside of Petersburg Ky. Image may contain: outdoor. Image may contain: tree, outdoor and text ...
LEX18 Lexington KY News
November 21, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)-- A pedestrian was killed Monday night after police say he was struck by two vehicles. It happened around ...
WXIX
November 20, 2017
Wildlife Properties LLC. BOONE CO., KY (FOX19) -. A post on social media that includes images of two bobcats on two different properties in Boone County is making waves online with nearly 2,000 views and counting.
Cincinnati.com
November 19, 2017
Survivors of Kentucky's deadliest plane crash will gather 50 years later to remember the 1967 crash of TWA Flight 128. Survivors scheduled to ...
KY3
November 14, 2017
(AP) A 14-year-old Boone County, Missouri girl who thought she was shooting a large white-tailed buck instead took down an elk. Missouri ...
Cincinnati.com
November 9, 2017
The season that contributes the greatest percentage of Kentucky's annual deer harvest and fills many freezers with protein-rich venison is ...
Cincinnati.com
November 9, 2017
Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, represents the 11th District in Boone County. Kentucky's military history runs deep within our culture and families.
Cincinnati.com
November 9, 2017
A Northern Kentucky lawmaker apologized Tuesday for being one of four Kentucky House members to sign a controversial sexual harassment ...
WKRC TV Cincinnati
November 8, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Police are investigating after two people were found shot at a truck stop in Boone County Tuesday. One of them died after ...
LEX18 Lexington KY News
November 2, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky (LEX 18) The Boone County Sheriff's Office is looking for a woman they said robbed the BB&T Bank on North Bend Road ...
Cincinnati.com
November 1, 2017
She will leave her position and Northern Kentucky in December, moving to ... Boone County Animal Care and Control Director Beckey Reiter ...
LEX18 Lexington KY News
October 28, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky (LEX 18) A single vehicle collision claimed the life of a man around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Boat Dock ...
WCPO
October 26, 2017
BURLINGTON, Ky. ... injured in a crash on Camp Ernst Road in Burlington Monday afternoon, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
Cincinnati.com
October 25, 2017
Boone County Historic Preservationist Matt Becher said Clare also helped ... 6031 Bishop Bend Road, Union KY 41091, or call 859-795-1801.
Cincinnati.com
October 21, 2017
He ran for political office for the first time in the Kentucky State Senate at the ... However, he was well-connected in Boone County as his wife Nancy was the ... You can review the Legislature's work online at www.lrc.ky.gov.
KRON4.com
October 20, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Kentucky (KRON) — A sheriff's deputy's trusty tool came in handy to save a teen's life, and the dramatic rescue was caught ...
WKYT
October 20, 2017
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. - Deputies are not required to carry car jacks, but a Boone County officer had one and used it to rescue a trapped boy.
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