Fort Wright News

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.

Two Northern Kentucky men face burglary charges after an off-duty Fort Wright police officer spotted the two acting suspiciously Thursday and called in for help from his on-duty fellow officers.

Volunteer nurses, doctors, pharmacists and regular folks will give a massive H1N1 flu vaccination campaign a shot in the arm.

Fort Mitchell city administrator Steve Hensley said that the fire departments in Fort Mitchell, Fort Wright and Edgewood have been discussing ways to share resources to make their services more efficient.

Saturday, October 24th Ft. Wright Elementary will host its largest school fundraiser of the year, its annual Fall Festival.

COVINGTON - Next October, officials plan to move Kenton County's prisoners from a crowded, 39-year-old jail spread over seven floors near Covington's Ohio riverfront into a single-story, state-of-the-art detention center in south Covington.

FORT MITCHELL - Organizers of a popular Veterans Day program at Highland Cemetery want to hear from local World War II veterans.

COVINGTON, Ky. a ' Larisa Sims will be appointed to serve as Covington's assistant city manager.

The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky has finished one project funded by federal stimulus money and is getting ready to begin several others.

PARK HILLS - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Louisville, will address The Conservative Forum at a noon luncheon Oct.