Walton News

By Paul McKibben and Regan Coomer * pmckibben@nky.com and rcoomer@nky.com * February 5, 2010 Boone County has again begun the legislative process of withdrawing from the Telecommunications Board of Northern Kentucky, allowing the county to manage its own cable television franchise.

Three men and one woman were arrested early Monday morning after police discovered methamphetamine and items used to make methamphetamine inside a Crittenden home.

For Grant County resident Johnny Arnett, a broken transmission in his Chevrolet Blazer triggered a chain of events that left the unemployed painter and his girlfriend homeless for the first time in their lives.

Two state representatives as well as Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine of Southgate drew political opponents for the upcoming 2010 election.

Local businesses saw a slowdown in 2009, but many plan to grow this year, according to a new Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce survey.

In 2000, Boone County had the highest census response rate in Northern Kentucky, and with much at stake, plans are under way to ensure strong participation again this year.

A familiar face is now a part of the Boone County Commission District 3 primary election.

Walton lost one of its heroes. Lloyd Clements, 89, died Jan. 9 after a battle with lung cancer.

The Sun recently asked 200 South Waltoners to participate in an e-mail poll on the planned Walmart opening on the corner of U.S. Highway 98 and West Hewett Road.

Stepping into the home of Kelly and Dorothy Kennedy is like stepping back in time.

The Boone County Planning Commission is making one last appeal to have the U.S. Census Bureau mail forms to 1,458 addresses that the Census Bureau claims do not exist.

ERLANGER - Georgia Mae Hauck, 77, died Saturday, Jan. 9, at Hospice of St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood.

A public meeting to discuss moving mail processing from London to Lexington will be held Jan.

Nominations to add a vacant Covington school building to the National Register of Historic Places and to create a historic district around the Campbell County Courthouse soon will be headed to Washington, D.C. for final consideration.

WALTON - Chuck Greiwe, 66, died Thursday, Dec. 17, at Brighton Gardens of Edgewood.

A new lawsuit claims Kenton County maliciously prosecuted a man police tased as he walked naked down I-75. A cruiser cam captured video of the incident.

The Kenton County Police Department is investigating thefts of copper neutral grounding wire from utility poles on Locust Pike.

A man is recovering after a roof collapsed on top of him in Walton Friday afternoon.

Law firm Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP recently hired Tim Densler to serve as its CFO.

Authorities say a drug deal, robbery and eventual assault involving four men left one of them stabbed in the back and landed all of them in jail.