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PRESENTS
THE SUNDAY EDITION
COVINGTON, KY * 15 JANUARY 2011
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THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT
The River City News featured three devastating stories this week involving Covington youth.
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SECOND TEEN CHARGED IN MURDER OF 18-YEAR OLD
SECOND TEEN CHARGED IN MURDER OF 18-YEAR OLD
That makes two teen boys charged with murder in the shooting death of Brett Thornberry, 18, on Greenup Street December 20.
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DAYTIME CURFEW THWARTS SEXUAL ABUSE OF COVINGTON TEEN
EXCLUSIVE: The newly enacted daytime curfew for minors has resulted in several stops by the Covington Police, but one teen picked up after violating the ordinance, had a frightening, heart-breaking story to explain why school was not an option.
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BULLYING ADDRESSED AT SUICIDE VICTIM'S SCHOOL
Parents and staff (and a couple City Commissioners and the Executive Director of the Louisville-based KY Fairness Alliance) listened at Woodland Middle School to a presentation on bullying. However, after the presentation the sentiment was that the audience was lacking important participants: students.
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GOOD RIDDANCE, OMNICARE!
Even the $6 billion in annual profits could not buy these corporate criminals a good headline last week. Omnicare, which is bailing on Covington and costing the city up to a million bucks in payroll tax revenue all after years of receiving taxpayer money here, learned that its bid to takeover its nearest rival would be blocked and then watched as its stock price plummeted. Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer has this:
One afternoon last July, Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s economic development point man, Mark Kvamme, sat on the 19th floor of the Enquirer building during an interview with reporters. Kvamme looked out the window, across the Ohio to Omnicare’s headquarters on the Covington riverfront.Glad to see these corporate welfare raiders get their due in larger media. Karma really is what everyone says she is.
“So that’s where Omnicare’s headquarters is?” he asked.
Two months later, Kvamme joined Kasich, Mallory and Omnicare executives in announcing that the company would move its headquarters – and 480 good-paying jobs – back across the river into downtown Cincinnati. In exchange, Omnicare, a Fortune 500 company with more than $6 billion in annual sales, is eligible for more than $8 million in tax breaks. Such state-jumping doesn’t really benefit the overall regional economy, says Jason Bailey, director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.
Cincinnati Enquirer/David Holthaus
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SEE ALSO: Tax breaks for jobs fall short: Cincinnati Enquirer
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'MAJOR' ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO
BE MADE TUESDAY @ NKU
From the press release:
After nearly a year of planning, a team of regional economic development experts is set to announce the most innovative business development project our region has embarked upon in recent years.Hmmm. Sounds major. The River City News will be there.
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in the news...
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KY STUDENT ON BOARD CRUISE SHIP THAT PARTIALLY SANK IN ITALY
Three people died, but an EKU student was unharmed.
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JIM BUNNING HEADLINES POLITICAL FUNDRAISER IN COVINGTON
JIM BUNNING HEADLINES POLITICAL FUNDRAISER IN COVINGTON
Former US Senator Jim Bunning will be at the Metropolitan Club to support Republican state senate candidate Chris McDaniel.
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OH NO! SAY IT AIN'T SO! KENTUCKY JOE WAS LET GO!
Rodger Bingham, better known as 'Kentucky Joe' when he appeared on the second season of Survivor where he was Elisabeth Hasselbeck's bestie, was fired from the KY Dept of Agriculture. He had been a spokesman. ...Though I don't recall ever seeing him in anything.
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HERE'S AN INTERVIEW WITH KENTUCKY JOE FROM AUGUST:
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ANTI-STIMULUS TEA PARTY LEADER SEEKS GOVT MONEY FOR A LIVING
If only this were surprising:
In her role as one of the leaders of the Grass Roots Tea Party of Boone County, Emily Shelton has criticized local, state and federal government officials for excessive spending and tax increases. Many in the tea party movement see government grants as a root cause of these problems. So it may surprise some that Shelton is a grant writer and grant consultant by profession. Since 2002, Shelton’s clients have been awarded more than $11.5 million in federal grant funds and she has written grant requests for another $3.7 million in funds that were rejected.Cincinnati Enquirer/Mark Hansel
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NKU STUDENTS GO NEARLY NAKED ON COLDEST DAY FOR CHARITY
Who doesn't like scantily clad college students?
Local 12
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THE WEEK THAT WAS...
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JOBS SAVED AND MORE COMING TO COVINGTON
The Covington City Commission voted Tuesday to approve measures that will help Tier 1 Performance Solutions keep its jobs in the City by moving into the RiverCenter Towers. Mayor Chuck Scheper is largely credited with keeping this company from leaving town. For the story, and for all the other good news that came out of City Hall Tuesday night (such as a new pizza place!), click the link.
The RC News: Commission Recap
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COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS PROVE FIERY
After all the good news items were approved by the City Commission, Commissioner Shawn Masters ended the meeting with some strong words.
The RC News
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"GRAND THEORIES DO LITTLE TO REVIVE CITIES"
That's the position of a right-leaning urban-focused online magazine. The argument resonates in Covington, a city in the midst of its twentieth revitalization plan in ten years.
The River City News
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SUBURBS LOSING ALLURE, VALUE
The people are returning to the City. Check out some of the reasons why places like Covington stand to benefit from the new urban migration.
The River City News
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CONVICTED: TRAFFICKERS TOP LIST
Who got sent away and who's waiting to be sent away in Kenton County? The mugshot round-up from Kenton Co Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders is at the link!
The River City News
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IN CASE YOU MISSED: SATURDAY'S NEWS
A credit card stolen in Florence makes the rounds in Covington; Which City Commissioner got to meet Samuel L Jackson this week? (photos); Local landmark is set to become The Purple Panties Bridge; Those stories and much more at the link!
The RC News: Saturday News Round-Up
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UNBELIEVABLE!
The River City News hopes that your Sunday is as good as the end of this basketball game! Georgetown College led Lindsey Wilson Saturday by two points with less than a second left. When Georgetown missed a free throw, Lindsey Wilson's Chase Spreen got the rebound and heaved the ball three-quarters of the length away from the basket. In other words, he shot it from the free-throw stripe at the opposite end. And won the game! Watch:
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PS: Don't forget about the MLK Day Parade in Covington tomorrow at 5:00PM! It goes from MLK Blvd to The Carnegie.
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