Boone County, KY

Horizon Community Funds, in partnership with several other Northern Kentucky organizations, is calling for nominations for the nonprofit awards to be given at the 2022 NKY Philanthropy Symposium. The Symposium will be held September 27. The 2022 NKY Philanthropy Symposium will bring a series of topics to the table that...

BURLINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) — The Boone County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky just launched a new program with the goal of helping residents replace their worn American flags with new ones, free of charge. It’s called "Operation Tattered Flag." Officer Roger Nelms, a school resource officer and former...

UNION, Ky. — Union Mayor Larry Solomon said his city was a "bedroom community" just a few years ago. Now, it has become Boone County's fastest-growing city, with a 39% increase in population compared to 2010. City leaders anticipate the population will continue to rise due in large part...

Berea College is partnering with Appalachian Hydro Associates to build a second hydropower plant on the Kentucky River in Lee County. In 2021, Berea College became the nation’s first higher education institution to complete the construction of a hydroelectric generating plant, located on the Kentucky River near Ravenna. With this second project, the existing electrical usage of Berea College will be entirely offset by hydropower.

Kentuckians may know Joud Dahleh through her many roles: a helper, hospital volunteer, mentor, peer tutor, student and aspiring travel nurse. On July 1, the incoming junior at Northern Kentucky’s Ignite Institute will begin a new role as the next Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) nonvoting student member. “Student...

My sister Mary called from Atlanta Friday, crying tears of joy. She said that the landmark Roe v. Wade case had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The phone call took me back 50 years to when I was sitting in class as a senior at Moeller High School, and it was announced the Roe v. Wade decision had been made on that cold January day in 1973. I did not care much, as I was more concerned with my hot rod and impressing girls. That evening at the supper table, my father was earnest as he explained to his 11 children what a sad day it was for America.

An Alabama man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a passenger while driving on Interstate 71 in Northern Kentucky last year. Boone County Circuit Court Judge James R. Schrand handed down the sentence to 33-year-old Tommy Hightower, who pleaded guilty to a single count of murder in May, court records show. ...

FLORENCE, Ky. — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced multiple entrance ramps along I-71/75 in Boone County will close for sanitary sewer work Wednesday night. The following entrance ramps to southbound I-71/75 will close Wednesday, June 29 at 10 p.m.:. KY-18/Burlington Pike ramp to southbound I-71/75. Mall Road ramp to...

The combination of primary and specialty care will make the medical facility the 'first-of-its-kind' in Northern Kentucky for Cincinnati Children's, the news release said.

FLORENCE, Ky. — A new grant awarded to a northern Kentucky college aims to address a labor shortage in a field most everyone depends on, especially, as Kentuckians have been reminded this summer, following severe weather. What You Need To Know. A grant from Duke Energy will help Gateway...

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023. Rendering of Cincinnati Children's Union. Photo via Cincinnati Children's. (Union, Ky.) – Boone County will soon be home to a new Cincinnati Children's facility. Cincinnati Children’s announced today plans to construct a multimillion-dollar medical building in Union. The facility is expected...

Northern Kentucky parents will have new access for their children to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center primary pediatric care in about two years at the Union Promenade development in Boone County. Cincinnati Children's announced plans Monday morning for a multimillion-dollar building in Boone County's Union that also will include integrated behavioral health counselors and...

First-of-its-kind location will feature primary care, subspecialty clinics. Cincinnati Children’s plans to construct a multimillion-dollar medical building featuring a large primary care practice in the Boone County city of Union. Important complements to primary care will also be located there, including integrated behavioral health counselors and a lab to...