Wilder News

A campaign kick-off event for Campbell Circuit Clerk Taunya Nolan Jack raised $5,000 and attracted a crowd of about 150 last week to Longneck's Sports Grill in Wilder.

NEWPORT - Newport on the Levee will use a tax incentive passed by the General Assembly to build venues for entertainment, officials said Thursday at a press conference.

COLD SPRING - The large nightclub Guys 'n' Dolls that shined along U.S. 27 in the 1960s and 1970s will turn its limelight on again when it reopens July 25.

FRANKFORT - Kentucky lawmakers reached tentative agreements Tuesday night on a tax break for Kentucky Speedway and a bill erasing a nearly $1 billion hole in the state's two-year budget.

FRANKFORT - Casino backers trying to lure legislative votes sweetened the pot Wednesday, significantly increasing the ante of education spending tied to the video slots bill.

NEWPORT - Leaders from seven Northern Kentucky cities met on a bocce court in Newport on Wednesday to compete and kick off this year's Newport Italianfest.

Road crews are at work across Northern Kentucky this week and motorists are urged by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 to use caution in work areas.

The story goes that Ray Muench was coaxed down to the Southgate Volunteer Fire Department and became a sworn member the night before he left for Korea.

As I cancel vacation plans to prepare for the June 15 Kentucky General Assembly special session, ponder these happenings in Frankfort and Northern Kentucky politics.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS - Northern Kentucky University will move closer today toward the development of its advanced technology center known as the NKU Center for Informatics.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has not made it official but Kentucky lawmakers are preparing a return to Frankfort this summer to deal with video casino gambling, a projected $1 billion state budget deficit and incentives for the Kentucky Speedway and other issues.

" As construction continues on this project, watch for work crews on Industrial Road from U.S. 42 to Dixie Highway and on Dixie Highway from New Buffington Road to the railroad crossing south of the Industrial Road/ U.S. 25 intersection.

Northern Kentucky is eligible for about $6.1 million in federal stimulus money for regional sewer projects, Gov.

WILDER -- State Rep. Dennis Keene is beginning to raise money for his 2010 re-election campaign with some high-powered help from Kentucky Democrats.

A man who's body was found in an SUV submerged in a Fort Thomas condo complex pond did not die in the pond.

Web Produced By: Kerry Duke Email: kerry.duke@kypost.com Contributor: Ian Preuth Last Update: 9:27 pm Divers recovered a man's body Wednesday afternoon inside a SUV submerged in a lake at a Fort Thomas condominium complex.

COVINGTON - Dennis Erick 'Jersey' Rosenberg, 35, died Sunday, April 19, at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to prevent many convicted drunken drivers from being able to start their cars if they've been drinking may be in danger of dying in the Senate.

Gov. Steve Beshear has launched a Web site that promises to show how federal stimulus money will be spent in Kentucky.

Northern Kentucky House members came out strongly against legislation that local legislators fear eventually would lead to tolls on the Brent Spence Bridge.