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Meyer urged everyone who came to the caucus meeting to come to the commission meeting a week later.

Coffee talk: Mayor offers meetup at Ludlow Coffee

The next “Conversations with Chris” will be held Feb. 16 at Ludlow Coffee, 630 Elm St, Ludlow.

One person wounded in Covington shooting

One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Covington on Jan. 14.

Covington’s Lt. Justin Bradbury said the person was shot around 2:30 a.m. that Saturday near the 600 block of Main Street. Their injuries, Bradbury said, were not life threatening.

Police said the victim was transported to UC Medical Center for treatment.

transport users into a new universe. For curious Northern Kentuckians, VR technology gave an up-close viewing experience to one of the region’s most anticipated real estate developments.

Hub+Weber, the architecture firm behind the Covington Central Riverfront Project, hosted a virtual walkthrough of the development at their offices this month. Attendees were able to utilize virtual reality technology like the Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard headsets to get an immersive experience.

Matt Butler, president of the Devou Good Foundation, was encouraging people to come to the meeting to speak in support of a plan to make Newport and Covington more pedestrian and cyclist friendly.

“Tri-State Trails, Cities of Newport and Covington, KYTC, and Devou Good Foundation are working with an outside engineering firm to repurpose one drive lane

Ludlow Mayor Chris Wright is hosting “Conversations with Mayor Chris” at a local coffee shop on the third Thursday of every month.

The informal meet and greet at Ludlow Coffee offers residents a chance to catch up with the Mayor on events and issues in the community.

Officers located all the involved parties and said the investigation is ongoing. No suspects have been charged at this time.

Firm gives virtual tour of Covington Central Riverfront Project

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With the headset on, users navigated the riverfront and perused the streets next to planned commercial spaces and apartments. The Oculus allowed users to observe the new buildings and streetscapes up close. There was also a “fly” mode which would transport viewers up into the sky, allowing them to look down on the development’s vast landscape.

On Dec. 15, the City of Covington released official renderings and an accompanying video fly-through.

In June 2022, KZF Design Inc. was chosen to lead the team of architects, engineers, urban planners and consultants. KZF Design will manage 11 partner firms during the project. This includes the restoration of infrastructure such as the street grid, sidewalks, water lines and storm sewers.

O’Rourke Wrecking completed the demolition of the former IRS site in late 2022, clearing the way for construction to begin.

Nader welcomed as new Fort Mitchell police chief:

looks great on you’

Fort Mitchell welcomed its new police chief, Rob Nader, at its meeting this week. Nader was appointed in November 2022.

Nader, who spent 25 years as a Covington police officer, replaces Andrew Schierberg, who retired in November.

During his first police department report to the Fort Mitchell City Council, Nader said he has spent the last month going on ridealongs with fellow officers to get to know his team and the city from a police perspective. Nader mentioned that he’s been having a lot of fun meeting everyone in the department.

Nader also said that he worked the night of the ice storm in December, and he said the city handled the severe weather very well.

Nader, a Covington native, served as Covington’s police chief from 2017 to 2022. While Covington has a larger population than Fort Mitchell and sees more police calls, Nader said, he primarily learned from small-town police chiefs.

As a current Fort Mitchell resident, Nader said he loves the city’s “urban feel with village neighborhoods,” where people rely on their neighbors and form tight-knit communities.

He’s already gotten a chance to interact with these small communities. The Fort Mitchell Police Department receives many complaints and concerns about intersections along Dixie Highway where traffic can be fast-paced and dangerous, he said.

Nader said he was walking his dog near one such intersection the other day when he saw one of his officers pull over a driver.

So, when Nader received a complaint about traffic on Dixie Highway later that day, he was pleased to be able to tell the citizen that his officers were already working on addressing the situation.

This is just one example of Nader being “excited to get started,” in his own words, and taking the initiative to demonstrate that.

After Nader’s first Council report on current functions of the Fort Mitchell Police Department, Councilmember Jerry Deatherage remarked “the uniform looks great on you.”

Covington school board avoids topic of newly elected Edelen’s unrenewed teacher contract

Former Covington teacher Hannah Edelen did not speak about a WCPO article detailing the nonrenewal of her teaching contract during January’s school board meeting.

Edelen, who is a newly elected school board member, passed out pamphlets addressing the article at the January meeting.

In May 2022, Covington Superintendent Alvin Garrison wrote a letter to Edelson, explaining her contract to teach at Holmes Middle School was not renewed. Edelson, who is also Miss Kentucky 2022, is now also one of five school board members who have direct supervisory responsibility for Garrison.

The pamphlets said “the allegations contained in the non-renewal are false and unsubstantiated as evidenced by the personnel file.”

Garrison did not comment on the matter at the meeting, but he told media “We value the unique talents and perspectives that each elected board official brings to the table, and as district employees we are excited to work with the board as a team in furtherance of the educational mission of the school district.”

Other board members declined to comment.