The Kentucky Department of Parks is accepting bids for two bison at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site. The one-year-old bulls are in excellent health. They are being sold in a two separate lots. American Bison at Big Bone Lick State Park (Photo from Kentucky State Parks) Bids are being accepted now until March 14….
Hundreds of regional leaders, changemakers and community volunteers will gather on March 21 at the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky’s (ESNKY) annual fundraiser, Homeless to Hopeful. The shelter will celebrate the its 15-year anniversary, hear directly from those impacted by the shelter’s work, and learn how they can best help the ever-growing number of people…
As Kentucky approaches the end of the federal fiscal year in September 2024, a potential child care crisis is looming for the entire state. Child care providers have already stopped receiving the sustainability payments that were allowing centers and family child care homes to increase staff wages while still paying their fixed expenses. With the…
It was a case out of Northern Kentucky that led to Senate passage Wednesday of a bill to outlaw child “sex dolls” and make computer-generated child sexual abuse material a felony in Kentucky. Rep. Stephanie Dietz (R-Edgewood) is the sponsor of the legislation in House Bill 207, passed unanimously in the Senate one month after…
Thomas More University will participate for the first time in The Econ Games 2024, hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. Held on March 21 and 22, the focus of the games is not just economic analysis, but the broader spectrum of solving real-world business problems through innovation. Participation in this…
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern The GOP-dominated Kentucky legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill targeting local source-of-income discrimination bans just a day after the governor had issued the veto. House Bill 18, sponsored by Rep. Ryan Dotson, R-Winchester, immediately became law Wednesday because of an emergency clause in the bill. Robert…
Edgewood city council voted Monday night to not only go ahead with a new storage building, but they also added another $10,000 to extend the original building. Jeff Schreiver, acting mayor. (Photo by Patricia Scheyer) The vote was 4 to 1 with one abstain. Councilmember Dr. Scott Spille, the single no vote, asked to read…
By Robbie Sequeira Stateline Kentucky state Rep. Mark Hart has been drinking fluoridated water his entire life. In 1954, five years before Hart was born, his home state mandated adding or adjusting levels of the mineral, which occurs naturally in water, in drinking water systems of populations larger than 3,000. But after hearing from a…
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) was named a recipient of a 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Workforce Development grant. The award is for $450,000 in the FAA’s Aviation Maintenance Technical Worker program, a competitive grant program established by the U.S. Congress as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. CVG plans to…
Republic Bank & Trust Company has been recognized as one of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A-Insights Group. The survey of more than 35,000 customer interviews included over 140,000 reviews of regional banks and credit unions. Republic was also recently named to Newsweek’s Best Online Lenders in America 2024…
