Campbell County News

Crystal Butts, 33, 762 Enright, reckless driving, DUI, no insurance, suspended operator's license at Fairfield and O'fallon, June 20.

Samuel Bigstaff, who successfully developed subdivisions in northern Campbell County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, had observed the popularity of the Avenel Resort Hotel in the District of the Highlands and concluded that the region could support a second resort hotel.

An Oldham County district judge who serves Henry, Oldham and Trimble counties is moving to a regional post.

COLD SPRING - The Campbell County Youth Football League is trying to raise more than $50,000 in the next 10 weeks to help fund a mini stadium.

CAMPBELL COUNTY - The widening of U.S. 27 in southern Campbell County almost to the county line could begin soon and is expected to cut down on traffic crashes in that stretch of highway.

TAYLOR MILL - Starting July 1, the Taylor Mill Fire/EMS Department will provide Advanced Life Support, or paramedic service, in house.

Locking car doors and not leaving loose change and electronic devices in plain sight might sound easy, but police say not enough people are heeding that advice.

WILDER -- Campbell Circuit Clerk Taunya Nolan Jack is holding a meet-and-greet event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Longneck's Sports Grill, 1109 Town Drive in Wilder across from the Great Escape Cinema.

MELBOURNE - The wooded hillsides and marshes around St. Anne Convent along the Ohio River in Campbell County remain as pristine as when the Sisters of Divine Providence moved out there in 1919.

COLD SPRING - The Campbell County GOP has taken another aggressive move toward party building by forming a women's club.

COVINGTON - The former Campbell County Democratic Party chairman pleaded guilty Tuesday of receiving child pornography on his computer.

FORT THOMAS - A Northern Kentucky lawmaker has asked a Campbell County court to determine if legislation allowing video casino gambling is legal under the state's constitution.

NEWPORT - Jesse Turner Jr., 66, died Tuesday, June 9, at St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.

NEWPORT - It can be difficult to think about Northern Kentucky when your mind is on Frankfort.

A marker commemorating the members of Congress buried in a northern Kentucky cemetery has been approved and will be placed at its entrance.

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.

ALEXANDRIA - After a short delay, the four-lane expansion of U.S. 27 in southern Campbell County is back on schedule, according to a top Northern Kentucky lawmaker.

Campbell County Fiscal Court's new three-story administration building is expected to be fully operational and open to the public in October.

Police are trying to determine if bad weather or a driver's medical history is to blame for an early morning crash in Campbell County.

ALEXANDRIA - With 1,000 students, seven choirs that meet during the school day, general music classes and an annual musical production, Campbell County Middle School music teacher Amy Huff has her hands full.