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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks
TONIGHT: ONE OF THE BUSIEST, MOST IMPORTANT COMMISSION MEETINGS
It has been quite a while since the Covington City Commission faced an agenda with as many significant and controversial items as the one for tonight's meeting, its first since May 8 and the first since last week's primary election pitted two of the commissioners against each other in the race for mayor. Not only will City Manager Larry Klein and finance director Bob Due present another lean budget for next year, but the City will officially vote to terminate its relationship with police chief Lee Russo and will appoint assistant chief Spike Jones as interim head of the police department.
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Additional items:
- An order/resolution authorizing a memorandum of agreement between the City and NKY Med, LLC (the partnership that hopes to open its long-planned methadone clinic inside the former Save-A-Lot location on Madison Avenue) related to the enforcement of laws regarding the operation of a narcotic treatment program
- Zoning changes will be requested from the Kenton County Planning Commission to allow for community gardens in all residential zoning districts, to allow fences to be installed on certain vacant properties, to allow for micro-distilleries in the commercial district, to allow for secondhand and vintage clothing stores in the central business district, to allow for mobile food vending services
- The City will sell properties located at 315, 317, and 325 Orchard Street for $1 (one dollar) to the Center for Great Neighborhoods
- The timetable for completion of the West Covington fire station will likely be extended to June 30, 2013
- The City will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Covington Independent Public Schools, forming a partnership for the Covington summer youth program
- Two separate bids will be awarded for street resurfacing and paving
- City Manager Larry Klein's executive assistant Angela Cook is resigning
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CITY MAY NEED TO MAINTAIN DISPATCH CENTER UNTIL END OF YEAR
As Kenton County prepares to take over Covington's emergency dispatch services, Judge-Executive Steve Arlinghaus says it may need more time:
“We’d like to say that we’ll be able to take over (Covington’s dispatch service) by Sept. 1, but the reality is we may not be able to take over until the end of the year,” said Kenton Judge-executive Steve Arlinghaus. “I would hope that Covington would provide dispatch service until the end of the year, if we need more time.”
A public forum is set for Wednesday evening at Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills at which the county will ask residents how they want to pay for a unified dispatch center. Full story with more details at the link.
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WITNESS: SUSPECT TASED IN MAINSTRASSE ARREST
Multiple police cruisers responded to Ninth Street between Main and Bakewell late Friday afternoon for what police dispatchers tell The River City News was a call of drug activity. A witness on the scene tells The RC News that the suspect, who had fled the scene on foot, was tased by police officers when he refused to cooperate. Arrested was Daniel Key, 30, who faces charges of trafficking a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, 2nd degree disorderly conduct, fleeing/evading, and resisting arrest. Key is being held on $10,000 bond in the Kenton County Jail and is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning.
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BABYSITTER BLAMES 1-YEAR OLD'S DEATH ON ACCIDENTAL FALL
The only person arrested in the death of 1-year old William Cunningham, the child who was reported missing in City Heights Friday before being found dead in Cincinnati, claims that the boy fell down some steps and that she gave him ibuprofen and found him dead the next morning. Click the link for details.
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QUICKIES
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Kentucky hail storm costs $175 million in losses Herald-Leader
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Kentucky mine operators owe $29 million in unpaid fines State-Journal
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State Auditor Adam Edelen says he will audit private Medicare providers this year WFPL
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Construction barge sinking in the Tennessee River in western Kentucky Herald-Leader
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Letter to Editor: Cincinnati Enquirer had biased coverage of NKY Congressional race Cincinnati Enquirer
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Scott High School makes changes to physical education classes Cincinnati Enquirer
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COMPETITION FUELS NEW NKU PRESIDENT
Former federal prosecutor Geoffrey Mearns will take the reins from Dr. Jim Votruba at Northern Kentucky University in two months. The Cincinnati Enquirer has a lengthy piece on the new face of the university:
“As a trial lawyer, you understand process,” he says. “You don’t just bring a case and see what happens. There’s a process. I was a lawyer who was rooted in process. On the one hand, I respect process, but I also expect results. At the end of a trial, there’s a result. Increasingly (at universities), there are expectations for results.”Cincinnati Enquirer/Cliff Peale
For Cleveland State and for NKU, that means constant improvement in retention and graduation rates and in the number of degrees awarded, Mearns says.
“There will be a metric,” he says.
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WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE THROUGH COVINGTON
Weaving through midtown Covington from Holmes High School along Madison Avenue, across the bridge at Nineteenth Street, and down Holman Avenue to Linden Grove Cemetery, hundreds watched the city's annual Memorial Day parade. Following the parade, a short ceremony was held at the cemetery in honor of the military veterans. It was announced that Covington philanthropists Oakley and Eva Farris have donated money to build a new monument honoring veterans of the Korean War.
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Check out photos from the Covington Memorial Day parade at the link below!
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SEE ALSO: Independence Memorial Day Parade photos Facebook
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SEE ALSO: Covington Police photos from parade Facebook
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BOTANY HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD LANDSCAPES TRAFFIC ISLANDS
From Botany Hills resident and Baker-Hunt Executive Director Ray Kingsbury:
Botany Hills Neighborhood Association members, including Commissioner Sherry Carran, braved the heat to landscape the Traffisc Islands at 4th and Crescent this wekend. Soon they will look similar to 3rd & Crescent that they did a couple of years ago.
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FORMER KY STUDENT LEADERS ARE NOW BIG TIME AUTHORS
That's the title of a Huffington Post piece that features locally-based author Rick Robinson and noted Republican who is described as having represented - gasp! - Jimmy Carter in a student debate!
The "debate" grew more and more raucous each passing round. As moderator, I lost control of the room and it started to resemble a professional wrestling match.A very charming piece at the link.
In the final round, Dollar knocked over the podium and gave an impassioned, from the heart, speech about how the country had lost its focus under Carter and needed new leadership.
Robinson responded by singing "God Bless America".
Huffington Post/Don McNay
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DID YOU MISS MONDAY'S HEADLINES?
What other schools can learn from Covington Independent; A Hollywood film set to shoot in Covington is delayed; Plus, not one, but two plays featuring foul-mouthed puppets are set to open on Covington stages. Those stories and more at the link!
The RC News: Monday Round-Up
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ROCK BAND EVE 6 MAKES SURPRISE STOP AT PIKE STREET LOUNGE
While in town for a concert at the Madison Theater over the weekend, Eve 6 surprised the folks at Pike Street Lounge with an unannounced pop-in for some pre-show coffee. This photo is from the Lounge's co-owner, Katie Meyer.
Want to read about an amazing dog born with deformed hind legs that is still looking for its forever home in the area? Of course you do. Click Here
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