Elsmere News

A local funeral home director says the downturn of the economy is leading to an increase in indigent burials.

Police in Northern Kentucky are able to track down a wanted sex offender after his car gets repossessed.

COVINGTON INDEPENDENT Board honors alumni The Covington Independent Public Schools Board of Education asked for nominations to honor distinguished graduates and/or friends to its schools for their achievements and contributions to society.

LATONIA - Joyce V. Martin, 75, died Sunday, May 24, at Bridgepoint Nursing Home, Florence.

Elsmere police say a mobile home fire that claimed the life of a man last week was intentionally set.

Fire investigators in northern Kentucky say a fatal mobile home fire was intentionally set.

For Bill Isler, getting involved with the One to One Reading Program was an easy decision.

ERLANGER-ELSMERE INDEPENDENT Fifth-graders host carnival Arnett Elementary School's fifth-grade class will host a math carnival for students in grades kindergarten through fourth throughout the school day on Wednesday .

A northern Kentucky man has died in a fire at his mobile home. Police in Elsmere said the body of 41-year-old Kenneth Dean Croy was found in the rear of the trailer early Thursday.

The mobile home on Eagle Drive in Elsmere. An Elsmere man was found dead inside his mobile home after a fire this morning.

Crews are investigating after an intense early morning fire likely claimed the life of an Elsmere resident.

Seven times, Sarasota real estate developer Zeb Portanova has attempted to close on his planned $70 million land purchase in downtown Sarasota, the first tangible step in what he promises will be a nearly $1 billion project.

Firefighters are responding to Givaudan Flavors in Florence for a report of a fire this morning.

Here is news from Covington, California, Erlanger, Elsmere, and more: The Covington Youth Commission will host 'Rock, Paper, Scissors,' a benefit concert for Covington Public Schools, from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Pavilion at the Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington, 1650 Russell St., Covington.

The Erlanger Public Safety Communications Center, a division of the Erlanger Police Department, will become the first area department to keep citizens informed of incidents via the online Twitter service.

ERLANGER - The Erlanger-Elsmere Schools community is bidding farewell to the only music teacher both Miles and Lindeman elementary schools have ever known.

Erlanger-Elsmere Independent Schools has chosen its new superintendent, and didn't have to go far to find her.

ELSMERE - Steve Robinson stopped by the Fifth Third Bank branch at 4300 Dixie Highway on Friday to check his account and make a quick withdrawal.

A Burlington, Ky. man is behind bars accused of robbing a bank in Erlanger. Police say around 5 p.m. Friday, the man passed a note demanding money from a teller at the Fifth Third Bank branch in the 4300 block of Dixie Highway.

ERLANGER - For Mike Sander, leaving now just feels right. The Erlanger-Elsmere Independent Schools superintendent will retire June 30.