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Kenneth H. Tucker, 74, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Kenton Pointe Care Center in Maysville, KY. He was born in Bracken County, KY on February 23, 1949 to the late Isaac and Mabel Gallagher Tucker. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Barbara Florer and Bonnie Garcia, and brothers, Isaac Tucker, Jr. and Billy Tucker.

A Ripley, Ohio police officer has been indicted by a grand jury on several charges, including reckless homicide, after he allegedly pursued a driver who crashed and died in March.

BRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (WXIX) - A Bracken County deputy’s home is a total loss after a fire broke out Tuesday, according to the Bracken County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page. Sheriff Bobby Boody wrote that Deputy Chris Shields was on duty when he received a call that his...

Louisville (May 31, 2023) – Join Councilmembers Jennifer Chappell (D-15) and Phillip Baker (D-6) this weekend at the 13th Annual Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3, 2023. The festival was co-founded by Gary Sampson and the late bluesman, Lamont Gillispie, and is hosted...

The Fleming County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal collision on Morehead Road and the intersection of Mount Hope Road early Wednesday morning.

RIPLEY, Ohio — There are new details about the former Ripley, Ohio, police officer charged with reckless homicide. It stems from a chase that ended in a deadly crash in Kentucky. The assistant police chief of Ripley, Merv Clemons, tells WLWT Caleb Savage resigned Friday afternoon from the department...

Dates: June 5-9 Time: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Time: 6:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. held at Ralph Schlueter Memorial Park 4307 Hwy 154 (across from Locke Rd) Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church/Unity Baptist Church held at Unity. 1486...

By Carrie Hudson Intern Reporter The annual 400 Mile Yard Sale is now in its 19th year, and it will be held from June 1-4 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The sale travels east of Paducah through central and southern Kentucky, ending in Maysville, all along Highway 68. Specific to Jessamine County, the multi-sites […] The post 400 Mile Yard Sale returns this weekend appeared first on Jessamine Journal.

BATAVIA, Ohio — A Brown County man has been indicted by a Clermont County grand jury on several chargesin connection to a road rage incident earlier this month. Thirty-year-old William McNichols has been indicted on several charges, including attempted murder and felonious assault. Clermont County deputies say just before...

VANCEBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) - At Vanceburg’s Memorial Park a wreath was placed at the plaque during a ceremony, but that is not the only way Vanceburg honors veterans. All over town, families could look up and see the veterans of Lewis County. Pride beamed from Howard McCann who puts up each of the banners that line city streets.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference gold ball-winning Manchester softball team had a player and coach earn the top awards at the SHAC spring sports banquet. Rylie Young was named the Player of the Year, and head coach Matthias Applegate earned Coach of the Year honors. Manchester went 13-0 in the SHAC this spring.

Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R-Alexandria) was tapped to serve on the newly formed Health and Human Services Delivery System Task Force. Funke Frommeyer represents the 24th senate district, including Bracken, Campbell, and Pendleton Counties, as well as part of Kenton County. Formed after the passage of Senate Bill 48, the...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - June is nationally recognized as Pride Month, and there are numerous pride events happening across the Tri-State this year. The 30-day celebration is a month to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall Riots, when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village. The raid led to six days of protests and violence with law enforcement.

Mason County sophomores Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder gave it their all at the KHSAA state tennis tournament on Tuesday. The girls

Landen Eyre of Whiteoak and Cody Hesler of North Adams were recognized as the Southern Hills Athletic Conference’s Co-Athletes of the Year for Boys Track and Field during the SHAC spring sports banquet. At the SHAC meet, Eyre won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.67; the 1600-meter...

Ripley held their graduation ceremony at the same time as the Southern Hills Athletic Conference spring sports banquet, and their graduating seniors could not attend. SHAC commissioner Michelle Gleim attended Ripley’s school awards and presented All-Conference awards to Spencer Gray (All-SHAC baseball) and Brooklyn Manning (All-SHAC softball).

This story is part nine of the “Tribute to Brown County first responders” series by Wade Linville (editor of The News Democrat

By Julia McCane-Knox Summer vibes here! We have many activities planned for Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now!

Two individuals, Jerrard McVey, 48, and Linda McVey, 42, both of Carlisle, Ky, were sentenced recently to 12 months and a day in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for conspiracy to knowingly sponsor and exhibit animals in an animal fighting venture, in connection with the Valley, a chicken pit on the border of Nicholas and Fleming counties.

Don’t put away the bats and gloves just yet. Even as the high school softball season is winding down across the commonwealth, tournaments are still looming in the Bluegrass State. On the opening night of the 16th Regional Softball Tournament, the Ashland Kittens scored three runs in the first...