THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks
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MOTHER CONTINUES TO WEIGH IN ON SEARCH FOR MISSING TEEN
Donna Johnson, the mother of Paige Johnson, the teen who disappeared from Covington nearly two years ago, explains at The River City News what she thinks happened:
I didn't know that you could get record of you own cell phone pings. I know it took a while for the police to get the phone company to get it for them ,it was a procedure they had to go through because I remember having to wait. She may have very well still been alive when they were in east fort. I dont know of too many pings after that just a few and back to his house. It is very possible that something happened between east fort and home and then he took her down there and left his phone at home.Another thing that really bothers me is that he didn't take her straight to Brittany's door, he admitted giving her beer what kind of man is he to get a young girl drunk and then let her out in a dark and dangerous area???? Why not make sure she got to where she was going safely???? I tell you why ...it is because he never dropped her off in Covington ,we WOULD have taken her to the door!!! But lets just say for the sake of argument that he got an underage girl drunk and just let her out on some dark corner, in my eyes he IS responsible for what ever happened to her!!! But I do agree he can debate it all day long and that is not getting us nowhere. We will just have to wait and hope and pray that the whole truth will come out and I do believe that it will very soon.
A lengthy back-and-forth continues at this link: Search for Missing Teen Resumes Suddenly
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BRIDGE TOLLS
If a the Brent Spence Bridge project is ever completed there likely won't be any toll booths, even if there are tolls:
In fact, by the time a new bridge is in place, there might not be a toll booth left in the nation. Manufacturing of toll-basket mechanisms has ceased, and future tollways will be all-electronic, including the two new toll bridges in Louisville-Southern Indiana.More truth about tolls at the link.
“You’ve got to get beyond the thinking that people will be stopping, throwing money into a basket, then waiting for the light to change to go,” Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson said. “Come on, guys, it’s the 21st century.”
Cincinnati Enquirer/Jason Williams
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WANT TO APPLY FOR THE OPEN SEAT ON THE COVINGTON SCHOOL BOARD?
With the resignation from the Covington School Board of Denise Varney (SEE: School Board Member Resigns, Moves Out of District) there are two years left in the term of one seat. Varney was not one of the three members up for reelection in November, so instead her seat will be filled by an appointment made by Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday. If you want to be considered for the position, you must fill out an application and send it to Frankfort. Click the link below for details and then print out the form.
School Board Application (PDF)
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DON'T MISS THURSDAY EVENING'S NEWS!
Man suffering from bullet wound flags down Covington PD; Why Covington could drop to 6th largest city in KY after November election; Plus, a private EMS service is suspended from operating in Kentucky. Those stories and more at the link!DON'T MISS THURSDAY EVENING'S NEWS!
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QUICKIES
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Political parties prepare for 4th Congressional District special election Cincinnati Enquirer
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Cities wooing immigrants for economic development American City
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Harlan Co. man accused of torturing, abandoning pets WKYT
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It's Same-Sex Kiss-in Day at Chick-fil-A WKRC
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Governor Beshear looks to honor good government workers Herald-Leader
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Chinese teachers to spend year in 41 Kentucky schools WPSD
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Can light rail carry a city's transit? The Atlantic Cities
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Churchill Downs new $9 million southern mansion Forbes
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10 local restaurants with great views (The 360 at the Radisson is included) Cincinnati Enquirer
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THE RISE OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION
See any of this in Covington:
"Growing income inequality does not automatically lead to growing residential segregation by income. Conceivably, we could still have a middle class hollowing out but people still living in mixed neighborhoods," says Paul Taylor, one of the report’s authors. Turns out this is not, however, what is happening. As Americans are growing farther apart on the income scale, we are also effectively moving apart from each other within cities, into our own economic enclaves. So why is that? The answer, Taylor says, may lie more in human behavior than economic data.Full story: The Atlantic Cities
"We know over the whole entirety of human history that people have a tremendous tendency to cluster among themselves, whether in tribes, whether in nations," Taylor says. "Like attracts like. That’s not always the case for some people who value diversity. But it’s sort of hardwired into human nature."
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POT CORN
Police in Lexington found somebody's marijuana stash growing in a corn field:
Officers were directed in from Polo Club Boulevard, near Winchester Road, by the helicopter hovering above. After several hours, and multiple passes over the corn field, police found ten pot plants.A helicopter and police on the ground. For TEN pot plants. Your tax dollars at work.
Full story: WKYT
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WELCOME BACK, OLD TIMERS!
Covington's Eastside will be rocking this weekend with the twenty-sixth annual Old Timers Community Reunion Event. Covington Mayor Chuck Scheper will present a proclamation to kick things off Friday evening at 6:00PM. For all the details, click here.
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COVINGTON LANDING TO HOST CONCERT TONIGHT
This is an interesting development. Covington Landing as an outdoor concert venue? Sounds nice, and according to this information, that's what's happening tonight:
On Friday evening, August 3 at 7 p.m., Brian White and friends will be hosting a special benefit concert called the “Madonna Jam” at Covington Landing on the River. (Covington, KY is within the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area.) The concert hopes to bring awareness to Angelman Syndrome and will feature Blessid Union of Souls frontman Eliot Sloan, Inpop Christian Recording artist Karyn Williams and singer-songwriter Regie Hamm, along with White.Full story: Continental News
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SEE ALSO: This Week at Madison Theater
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SOME SWEET DEVELOPMENT BEFORE & AFTER PICS
On Wednesday, RCN linked to this story about the urban revitalization going on in Hamilton, Ohio, a city very similar to Covington. The guy behind a lot of it, Steve Coon, has an awesome gallery of before & after pics from Hamilton and elsewhere. Via:
