by Michael Monks
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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ROB SANDERS URGES NO PAROLE FOR HELPER IN COVINGTON MURDER
A woman involved in a 1987 Covington murder is up for parole and Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders urges the parole board to keep 58-year old Brenda Humphrey behind bars:
“I do not write to the parole board often in hopes that, when I do, the board takes notice that the subject of my letter is someone who desperately needs to be kept behind bars,” Sanders wrote. “This defendant is one of those people. I appreciate your time and consideration.”The female victim was kidnapped on Garrard Street by Humphrey and a man before being raped, murdered, and dumped in an Indiana field. Read all about the gruesome crime at the link.
Cincinnati Enquirer/Jim Hannah
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KENTUCKY HORSES HELP VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE RECOVER
The Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center has partnered with the Kentucky Horse Park:
Once a week they gathered at CKRH for the EAST Group, which combined psycho-education, skills building, and equine-assisted learning to create a personal journey of therapeutic healing. From walking to the field to catch and halter their horses to meditating, from serpentine walking to grooming, survivors participated in exercises designed to assist them in working through common symptoms of trauma, such as trust issues, relationship challenges, hyper-vigilance and post-traumatic stress.Kentucky Horse Park/Cindy Rullman
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FRANKFORT QUICKIES
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Kentucky Auditors has more questions about Medicaid managed care cn|2
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Bill would give Attorney General more power to monitor prescription drugs cn|2
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SEE ALSO: Attorney General Jack Conway was actually in Washington, DC today talking about prescription drug abuse 84 WHAS
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Senate committee hears bill to end Kentucky's death penalty WFPL
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Bill would require fingerprints for nursing home employees Bluegrass Politics
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Longtime inspector named mine safety chief Courier-Journal
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Bill would allow government contractors to avoid disclosure law Herald-Leader
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COVINGTON SCHOOLS APPLAUDED FOR CAREER CLUSTER IMPLEMENTATION
A team of teachers from a school in Alabama visited Holmes High School and were impressed. From the District:
A team from Citronelle High School in Alabama visited Holmes High School this week to look at how we are implementing career clusters and all of the other changes we have put in place this year. They were amazed and impressed at the work Holmes is doing.
One of the highlights was the student interview session. A range of students who represented different career clusters were invited. First, they each introduced themselves with a short description of their clusters and future plans. Each of the students looked the guests in the eye, spoke up and expressed their thoughts well. (Thanks for the good work in communication arts!) However, even more impressive was that all students could describe their clusters, what they are learning, how that matches with their concrete career goals and what they plan to do to continue their studies. They especially praised the advocacy sessions and connections with the real world that are being made.
There were many other rewarding moments in the day. Thanks to the teachers who talked so knowledgeably in both the interviews and in classroom visits. The team was amazed at Bulldog Cafe and the options presented there for the students.
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COMMUNITY LEADERS EXPRESS HOPES FOR COVINGTON HOUSING STRATEGY
In a special public meeting Wednesday night at City Hall, a lot of hopes and issues were raised by members of the housing and real estate community in Covington on how best the City could maximize the impact of its housing strategy. Click the link for the full story.
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BASEBALL CARD, SPORTS MEMORABILIA SHOP CLOSES IN MAINSTRASSE
Without much of a fuss or fanfare, the store emptied out and closed for good.
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MAN WHO ORCHESTRATED OMNICARE DEAL FOR OHIO CITED FOR ACHIEVEMENT
A glowing article highlights Ohio as the best state for corporate relocations in a survey by Site Selection (a corporate real estate magazine) largely because of the work of Governor John Kasich's Department of Development President Mark Kvamme, known to Covington as the guy who negotiated Omnicare and Nielsen away from RiverCenter Boulevared to Cincinnati:
"It's about creating a business-friendly environment," Kvamme asserts. "At the end of the day, businesses compete worldwide, and if they are not efficient here in Ohio or in the United States, they will not be successful. We have to do everything we can to create an efficient environment for them."Site Selection
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Interestingly, despite the major losses in our city, Kentucky managed to rank eighth on the list:
The magazine credited Kentucky with 198 finished projects in 2011, enough for an eighth-place finish, one notch below the 216 projects finished in Illinois, according to a news release.Business First
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6 TORNADOES CONFIRMED TO HAVE HIT KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY
Northern Kentucky was spared, but other parts of the Commonwealth took direct hits:
Most were classified as EF-2 in strength. That means they had estimated wind speeds of 111 to 135 mph.Herald-Leader/Bill Estep
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Video of a tornado in Elizabethtown:
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SEE ALSO: Attorney General Jack Conway warns storm victims about possible scams WKYT
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SEE ALSO: Victims clean up, brace for more WKYT
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TURFWAY PARK SLASHES PURSES TO LOWEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS
And Kentucky's horse racing industry takes another hit:
"Turfway's purse cut comes in the same week that New York boosted purses 27%, Gulfstream announced a 15% purse increase, and Oaklawn announced a $100,000 per week purse increase," said Patrick Neely, executive director of the Kentucky Equine Education Project. "It is imperative for Kentucky's legislature to put Kentucky racing and breeding on a level competitive playing field, or stories such as this will continue to occur with regularity until our industry has been irreparably damaged."Hope you're happy, David Williams.
Blood Horse
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SEE ALSO: Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Pins are now for sale 84 WHAS
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WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DOWN TO FOUR-YEAR LOW
Some good economic news:
Weekly applications were down 2,000 to 351,000 for the week ended Feb. 25, the lowest level since March 2008, from the previous week's revised figure of 353,000, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.The Hill/Vicki Needham
The four-week average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figure, also dropped to a four-year low, hitting 354,000, a decrease of 5,500 from the previous week's revised average of 359,500.
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KENTUCKY PROFESSOR FINDS AN INCREASE IN AMERICAN MOSQUES
The study shows a 74% increase since 2000. There are 27 mosques in Kentucky:
Ihsan Bagby, a professor at the University of Kentucky and lead author of the study, said the findings show Muslims are carving out a place for themselves despite the backlash.AP via Washington Post
“This is a growing, healthy Muslim community that is well integrated into America,” Bagby said. “I think that is the best message we can send to the world and the Muslim world in particular.”
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COVINGTON LIBRARY SHOWS PHOTOS OF EXPANSION FROM INSIDE
The Covington branch of the Kenton County Public Library was closed today and will be closed Friday as well as the expansion's construction moves inside. Take a look at some of the photos:
See a lot more photos at the link.
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NEWPORT AQUARIUM IS RATED BEST IN THE COUNTRY
Eat it, Chicago.
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NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE HOPES NEW LIGHTS DRAW MORE VISITORS
But it's not just visitors the Levee wants:
Huge ad messages, biggie-sized like signs in Las Vegas and Times Square – without the flashing neon – also can attract coveted retailers like the Apple Store or Dick’s Sporting Goods to the riverfront venue, marketing consultants hired by the levee have told Newport city commissioners.Cincinnati Enquirer/Mike Rutledge
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SCOTT STUDENTS SERVE AS SPANISH TRANSLATORS
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CINCINNATI'S MOST INFAMOUS BUS DRIVER IS FIRED
Remember the press conference after the Horseshoe Casino collapse and the bus driver that crashed into a TV news van on live television? She's been fired.
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in case you missed...
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THIS MORNING'S NEWS
Kentucky tourism official resigns over roadkill bingo mess; The late Mary Middleton to be honored tonight by Behringer-Crawford; The Noah's Ark theme park is still on track; Plus, UK bids farewell to Darius Miller. Click it. The River City News - Thursday Morning Round-Up
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COVINGTON NEVER LOOKED SO TASTY
"Luv for the Cov cookies" from the Awesome Collective:
The Awesome Collective of Covington is always up to something positive, so be sure to check them out on Facebook.
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