Kenton News

EDGEWOOD - The Northern Kentucky Health Department's next community clinic for the H1N1 vaccination will be Saturday in Grant County.

The strength of the signal won't budge, but the force behind the programming might dim a little as the Kenton County School District transitions to a new captain to drive their video production and cable access programming.

KENTON COUNTY - A few hundred teens from Kenton County School District high schools have signed up to be heroes, Hanner's Heroes to be specific.

FORT WRIGHT - The Kenton County Democratic Club will hold its annual Christmas Party 6-9 p.m. Dec.

Carrie Wagers, 19, of Manchester was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison after her 21-month-old toddler was severely burned at a methamphetamine lab in Morning View.

Kenton County Fiscal Court will consider an ordinance next month banning smoking inside all county-owned buildings.

COVINGTON - Kenton County Fiscal Court has agreed to a six-figure settlement with a former deputy clerk who claimed she was wrongfully discharged when Rodney Eldridge took over as county clerk.

Attorney General Jack Conway requested Monday that execution dates be set for three convicted murderers on Kentucky's death row, including one convicted of killing a Kenton County woman more than 22 years ago.

George and Rita Scheper married 68 years ago on Thanksgiving Day, but the Covington natives have never celebrated their anniversary on the holiday.

INDEPENDENCE - It's official: There will be a three-way Republican primary for Kenton County Commissioner District 2 next spring.

Opinions are heating up about a proposal to ban smoking inside Northern Kentucky workplaces, including bars and restaurants.

Nearly 8,000 people have been vaccinated against the H1N1 virus at two health department clinics and thousands more will have the opportunity to get the swine flu vaccine at two more upcoming clinics.

Covington Republican Beth Sewell has made it official: she's running for Kenton County Commissioner District 1 next year.

Local high school students explored filmmaking with professionals and won awards during the first-ever Northern Kentucky University Media Arts Festival on Oct.

FORT WRIGHT - There are many things happening in the Kenton County School District, and now it's easier to know what they are.

Longtime Kenton County Jailer Terry Carl has drawn an opponent in the May Republican primary.

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Nearly two years ago, county officials in Northern Kentucky began studying a possible regional, indoor, smoke-free workplace law, but the issue has yet to come to a vote.

On Monday, the shelves of Brighton Center's food pantry were nearly bare. But after agency officials made a public appeal, those shelves are now filled, thanks to the generosity of more than 500 businesses, organizations and individuals, said Development Director Bear Clifton.

County governments are paying for more pauper burials and cremations in 2009 than anytime else in recent memory.