Fort Wright News

The United States Attorney's Office and the FBI jointly announced today that an Indianapolis man was sentenced yesterday to 32 years in prison for committing two armed bank robberies in the Northern Kentucky area.

After working for a month as a volunteer setting up more than 250 feet of toy train tracks, placing tiny trees and arranging people into scenes of times gone by, John Lange got his reward Saturday.

George and Rita Scheper married 68 years ago on Thanksgiving Day, but the Covington natives have never celebrated their anniversary on the holiday.

Last week the third grade students at Ft. Wright Elementary School took over the school cafeteria to make 61 no sew scarves.

Vaccinations for H1N1 will be administered at some northern Kentucky schools beginning in the coming weeks.

FORT WRIGHT - There are many things happening in the Kenton County School District, and now it's easier to know what they are.

Kenton County schools know how to contribute to the community. * More Kenton County news at NKY.com/Kentoncounty Children Inc.

NEWPORT - Are Ohioans and Kentuckians happy? Not compared to other states, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, released Tuesday.

NEWPORT - Shelves at the Brighton Center's emergency food pantry may be bare now, but several people and organizations, including first graders and college students, are determined to change that.

On Monday, the shelves of Brighton Center's food pantry were nearly bare. But after agency officials made a public appeal, those shelves are now filled, thanks to the generosity of more than 500 businesses, organizations and individuals, said Development Director Bear Clifton.

Walgreens is in the process of clearing the site of its future location in Fort Wright on the corner of Dixie Highway and Kyles Lane.

"Give, and it shall be given unto you" -Luke 6:38 Yesterday, there were reports in the news about the Brighton Center, a Northern Kentucky food pantry, had ran out of food this week.

A 100-year-old house came tumbling to the ground Thursday in Fort Wright. The land is being cleared for a new Walgreens to be built at the corner of Kyles Lane and Dixie Highway.

St. Agnes School will celebrate its National Blue Ribbon Award with a ceremony at the school Friday.

Martha Bunch dodged buzz bombs in London, organized GI dances in Europe, and met Gen.

Republican leaders from Carter and Lewis counties will meet Tuesday evening in Grayson to select the party's candidate for the 96th District seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

" There is one city in Kentucky that can claim the Clooneys as their own, all the while treasuring a very animated past; a past that may have left behind some of the most active spirits in the Tri-State. In short, a paranormal investigator's dream.

In Fort Wright, Brazen Crooks broke in and ransacked two homes. Police say the thieves seem to know what they're after and they work fast.

FORT WRIGHT - Two homes were burglarized here Saturday, police said. The homes, one in the 500 block of General Drive and one in the 1700 block of Fort Henry Drive, were broken into between 1 and 4:30 p.m., Fort Wright Police said.

In the past three years, Cathy Franklin has turned from a beneficiary to a benefactor.