NEWS ROUND-UP -- WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

by Michael Monks

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COVINGTON POLICE CRUISERS DAMAGED IN CHASE, CRASH

The department updates an earlier report from the Cincinnati Enquirer via Facebook:

Cincinnati Enquirer

Covington Police officers were involved in this pursuit and had two cruisers damaged when the fleeing suspect rammed the officers attempting to apprehend him.

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FIRST MEETING TONIGHT OF MYSTERIOUS "DIRECTION 2030" GROUP

 

The Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission's new Direction 2030 initiative holds its first public meeting this evening.

"One of a series of public meetings scheduled for members of the public – including residents, builders, developers, business owners and operators, and others – to offer input on the Comprehensive Plan, a policy and planning document that is designed to guide the development and growth in Kenton County over the next 20 years."

Meeting is tonight at 5:30PM at Dixie Heights High School. Executive Director Dennis Gordon took to his Facebook page to say:

Kenton County is going to change over the next 20 years; it's one of
those few guarantees of life. What we as citizens need to do is help
shape the change so it benefits the community's overall quality of life.
That's what Direction 2030 is about… reaching out and engaging
citizens on how to shape the change that's coming.

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IS THERE MERGER TALK IN THE AIR?

You may recall a recent presentation at The Carnegie in which something called the Kenton County Government Study Group (I have still not found any evidence of its existence) commissioned an examination of what would happen if there were a merger of cities and the county and other scenarios. It was shortly after that presentation that Direction 2030 launched looking toward Kenton County's future. If you go to the meeting at Dixie tonight, hit us up with some info (I can't go).

In the meantime, merger talks appear to be happening across the river, too.

Cincinnati Enquirer

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HERO OF BEVERLY HILLS SUPPER CLUB FIRE HAS NO ONE TO BURY HIM

The man pulled hundreds of live and dead bodies from the burning rubble during that local nightmare. He died of a heart attack, and now no one has come forward to claim him. Sad.

FOX 19

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MAYBE CINCINNATI'S STREETCAR SHOULD COME OVER HERE TOO?

A transportation poverty crisis is predicted in a new study. So what is that? UrbanCincy reports:

...64 percent of Cincinnati’s population between the ages of 65 and 79 will have poor transit access by 2015. In the Cincinnati metropolitan area, that accounts for approximately 200,000 people. The Cincinnati region is not alone when it comes to providing adequate transit options to a growing aging population. Out of 48 regions studied with 1-3 million people, Cincinnati ranked as the 17th worst. Columbus and Cleveland, meanwhile, ranked as the 18th and 24th worst respectively.

UrbanCincy

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IF AIRPORT ISN'T BUSY ANYMORE, SHOULD WE START KNOCKING IT DOWN?

Maybe, according to Amanda Van Benschoten's story here.

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NEW INTERSTATE TO TRIGGER IMMATURE GIGGLES

I-69 is moving forward.

Beshear said during the ceremony Tuesday that the state has now "put I-69 on the Kentucky map." A statement from Beshear says I-69 will eventually run from the
Ohio River at Henderson to the Tennessee border at Fulton, but the initial 55-mile long segment will run from Eddyville to Nortonville.

WKYT