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“We have much to celebrate in Northern Kentucky on the education front, however too many of our students are still left behind, which impacts the progress of our community, our workforce and quality of life,” Hanner said. “I am honored to chart this road map focused on transformational change on behalf of our students.”

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Road work on Requardt Lane in Fort Mitchell begins this month

The full length of Requardt Lane, from Virginia Avenue to Dixie Highway, is undergoing full pavement, curb and gutter replacement. Work begins June 5 and is expected to be completed by Aug. 18.

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“Please bear with us as we make these repairs/improvements to your street,” the city said in a news release.

Anyone who has any questions should contact the Fort Mitchell Department of Public Works at 859-663-0950 or email the director of Public Works at ntewes@fortmitchell.com.

Inmate charged with assault in beating death at Kenton Co. Detention Center

An inmate has been charged in connection with the recent beating death of a cellmate at the Kenton County Detention Center.

Kenton County Police say that around 3 p.m. on May 14, officers were called to the jail, where they found John Daulton, 61, of Covington not breathing following an assault from a fellow inmate.

Johnathan Maskiell, 32, of Vanceburg was sharing a cell with Daulton at the time and has been charged with assault in the first degree.

Officers say Daulton was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center on May 21 for treatment, but he died from his injuries.

Maskiell is being held at the jail on a $100,000 cash bond, and police say they are working to upgrade his charges.

Brighton Center hosting financial education workshops

Over the next couple of months, the Brighton Center is hosting workshops to help people in the region with financial education and owning a home.

Money Talks Workshop: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. June 8 at the Family Center, 799 Ann St., Newport

Money Talks Workshop: 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 13 at the Newport Branch of the Campbell County Library, 901 E. Sixth St., Newport

Adventures in Homeownership: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 15 at the Family Center, 799 Ann St., Newport Register at brightoncenter.com

Kenton Co. library Depot Days to be held in June, July

Depot Days, put on by the Kenton County Public Library and the city of Erlanger, return for the months of June and July.

They will be held from 10:30 a.m.-noon every Tuesday and Thursday from June 6 to July 27 (no program on July 4) at Railroad Depot Park in Erlanger, 3313 Crescent Ave.

Each day will feature a different theme, and the library will provide activities and stories for the whole family. Kids under the age of 18 will receive a free lunch. Lunch will also be available for parents for a small fee.

Suspect pleads guilty to murdering, robbing man walking home in Covington

One of two people charged in the shooting death of 60-year-old Virgil Stewart has pleaded guilty. Stewart was killed as he walked home along the 15th Street Bridge in Covington in 2022.

Zachary Holden, 20, entered a guilty plea on May 15 to charges of first-degree robbery and murder, according to the Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders recommended a sentence of life in prison, and sentencing is set for July 17.

Holden was being held in the Boone County Jail on an unrelated robbery charge when Covington police obtained a warrant for his arrest in the killing of Stewart.

According to prosecutors, Stewart was walking home in Covington when Holden and another suspect shot him while attempting to rob him.

Latoya Dale awaits trial on charges of first-degree robbery and murder.

“The victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Sanders said in September. “Witnesses described seeing two people standing over him … demanding that he give it up, give the money, or something of that effect. He unfortunately died of his injuries.”

At the time, Sanders said. Dale told investigators Holden was the one who fired the shots that killed Stewart; the pair were able to steal $6 total from Stewart.

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Warrants: Shooter in Louisville bank fatalities planned to livestream killings

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The general election campaign for Kentucky governor got off to a feisty start as Democrats worked to link the freshly minted Republican nominee, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, to heavily criticized pardons by the vanquished predecessor of Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who is trying to win a second term in GOP territory.

Ohio board OKs August ballot question aimed at thwarting abortion rights

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A ballot question seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution was cleared for an August ballot, and teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers were assigned to write pro and con arguments, respectively, to be presented to voters.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The man who killed five co-workers at a Kentucky bank in April had made plans for the shooting and placed his phone in a front shirt pocket to livestream the killings, according to police records released in late May.

The shooter, 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, had also attempted suicide around the same time last year, according to four search warrants sent to tech and phone companies Google, AT&T, Apple and Snap Inc. seeking access to information on his phone. Police also found a “manifesto or note” inside his Louisville residence, according to the warrants, which were dated April 13 but had been sealed by a judge.

Sturgeon’s parents told police that his “mental health disorders may have played a part during this criminal act,” according to one of the warrants. But they said there were never any warning signs that he would commit a violent act.

Sturgeon used an AR-15 assault-style rifle in the April 10 attack at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville before he was fatally shot in the lobby by a responding police officer. Eight others were injured, including a Louisville patrol officer, Nicholas Wilt, who was shot in the head and continues to recuperate.

The warrants do not give additional details about what was found on the phones or in the note. Before the shooting, Sturgoen went live on Instagram and placed his phone in his shirt pocket “to capture the mass shooting,” the warrants said.

The five bank employees killed in the shooting were Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert, Tommy Elliott, Juliana Farmer and Jim Tutt Jr.

Republicans united behind attacks of their own, declaring at a May 19 rally that Beshear has overstated his role in achievements they say stemmed from actions taken by the GOP-led Legislature.

“The governor has a press conference to take credit for the sun rising,” said Republican state Senate President Robert Stivers. “And I’m sure tonight he’ll probably have a press conference taking credit for the sun setting.”

Beshear stayed mostly above the fray, touting the state’s record-setting pace of economic development projects as he trekked across Kentucky on a bus tour.

“We can be the generations that change everything for Kentucky,” Beshear said at a rally in Owensboro. “We can turn our brain drain into a brain gain.”

Any doubt about national interest in the race was put to rest with a blistering ad launched on statewide television against Cameron by a group tied to the Democratic Governors Association. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the association’s chair, has vowed to spend heavily in Kentucky on Beshear’s behalf, “maybe even at a historic pace to make sure he gets re-elected.”

The association-backed ad accuses Cameron of shirking his duties by failing to hold former Gov. Matt Bevin accountable for issuing hundreds of pardons and commutations in his final days in office.

Cameron, meanwhile, joined other Republican nominees for statewide offices at the rally at state GOP headquarters, where he ripped into Beshear’s decision to allow the early release of some nonviolent inmates during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The process before the Ohio Ballot Board followed a raucous legislative floor session and months of drama leading up to approval of the measure, aimed at thwarting an effort to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution this fall. Abortion is currently legal in Ohio, up to 20 weeks’ gestation, as a lawsuit against a near-ban enacted in 2019 is argued.

On the August ballot, voters will be asked whether they support raising the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments from the simple majority Ohio has had in place since 1912 to a 60% supermajority. As a constitutional amendment itself, the 60% question will only need to pass by a simple majority of 50%-plus-one.

The bipartisan panel, chaired by Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, voted along party lines to certify the ballot language, which Democrats attacked as unfair and inaccurate.

Issue 1’s Republican backers are expected to characterize the effort as a constitutional protection act aimed at keeping deep-pocketed special interests out of Ohio’s foundational documents. Among groups supporting the higher bar are anti-abortion, pro-gun rights and business groups opposed to a burgeoning amendment that would raise Ohio’s minimum wage.

Democrats will use their arguments to paint the 60% threshold as an assault on Ohio’s long history of direct democracy. Some Democratic lawmakers led a “one person, one vote” chant and march after the mid-May vote from the floor of the Ohio House, echoing cries of a large crowd of protesters gathered outside.

Should either side object to the others’ phrasing, they could file suit in the Ohio Supreme Court, which holds exclusive power to settle disputes in cases where lawmakers forward a ballot question straight to voters.

8 to be inducted to NKY Music Legends HOF at June 8 event, concert

Eight performers will be inducted into the Northern Kentucky Music Legends Hall of Fame ceremony on June 8 at Fort Thomas’ Tower Park. The event, from 6 to 10 p.m. includes a free concert by four of the inductees in the park’s amphitheater.

Inductees include bluegrass picker Scotty Risner of Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, also known for his work with the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars and the Northern Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars. Blues guitarist Johnny Fink is a favorite of the Cincinnati Blues Festival, and bluesman Greg Mebs is also a founder of the Band of Helping Hands charity. Local rockers

The Drysdales are regulars at the Ludlow-Bromley Yacht Club and the Madison in Covington. Inductee and longtime local radio DJ Ernie “The Fatman” Brown will join the musicians on stage.

Three musicians will be inducted posthumously, including jazz drummer and bandleader Dee Felice, punk rocker David

Rhodes Brown and 1920s band leader Mil Foellger.

Dixie Heights’ Random Acts of Kindness student group unveils mural

2nd annual Drag Bingo Night to raise funds to support nonprofit education group

Northern Kentucky Inclusive Students in Education (NISE) will host its second annual Drag Bingo Night fundraiser, part of the nonprofit’s capital campaign to find permanent office and meeting space. The event is open to members of the public age 21 and older and will be held at 6 p.m. June 9 in the mess hall of Tower Park in Fort Thomas.

This year’s event features local drag per formers Molly Mormen and PH Dee, along with last year’s event host Phyllis Stein (aka Ron Padgett).

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Villa Madonna senior receives Governor’s Service Award

Villa Madonna Academy senior and Eagle Scout

Students in the Random Acts of Kindness group at Dixie Heights High School recently created a mural at the school as part of the Murals with a Mission campaign sponsored by the Cincinnati Reds and PNC Bank. The program seeks to elevate positive social messages for the student community. Under the direction of artist Brent Billingsley, the students produced 10 individual panels that together form the mural.

NISE supports college- and career-readiness programming for students in the region through the initiative, specializing in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The organization’s mission is “to engage and develop learners as empathic and critical thinkers who collaborate and lead in a global community.”

For more information, visit nisenky.org or

Andrew Nichols of Edgewood is one of only 19 individuals and organizations across the state to receive a Governor’s Service Award. For his Eagle Scout project, he led a group of 20 volunteers in building and repairing birdhouses and refurbishing nesting sites along the Eastern Bluebird Kenton County Parks Trail. In 2022, he earned the Congressional Award Gold Medal for completing 435 hours of volunteer service.

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