Boone County /tags/boone-county Boone County en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:57:00 GMT OKI Wanna Know: Why does Woolper Creek look like a dollar sign? /local-news/2025-04-02/woopler-creek-ohio-river-dollar-sign A stream in Boone County looks like it's had work done. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:57:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-02/woopler-creek-ohio-river-dollar-sign Bill Rinehart NKY nonprofit buys 350-acre property on Ohio River for conservation, recreation /environment/2025-01-30/boone-conservancy-ohio-river-property-conservation-recreation The property houses the ruins of Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Piatt's estate, and the graves of his family and people he enslaved. There are also three Native American sites on the land. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:58:27 GMT /environment/2025-01-30/boone-conservancy-ohio-river-property-conservation-recreation Isabel Nissley OKI Wanna Know: Why is there a graveyard in the middle of a subdivision in Florence? /local-news/2024-07-10/graveyard-middle-subdivision-florence-kentucky We answer the question of why a subdivision has a cemetery in it, and how many others are there like this? Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:06:00 GMT /local-news/2024-07-10/graveyard-middle-subdivision-florence-kentucky Bill Rinehart Boone County High School alum still fighting for school to drop the 'Rebels' as mascot /local-news/2024-06-25/boone-county-high-school-alum-still-fighting-for-school-to-drop-the-rebels-as-mascot 2005 Boone County High School graduate Akilah Hughes has a podcast out this fall about her efforts to get her alma mater to drop a mascot with ties to the Confederacy. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:33:33 GMT /local-news/2024-06-25/boone-county-high-school-alum-still-fighting-for-school-to-drop-the-rebels-as-mascot Boone County Sheriff's Dept. closes decades-old murder case of Carol Sue Klaber /local-news/2023-03-08/boone-county-sheriffs-department-closes-murder-case-carol-sue-klaber Klaber was murdered in 1976. Authorities were never able to find her killer — until new DNA evidence came to light recently. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:01:36 GMT /local-news/2023-03-08/boone-county-sheriffs-department-closes-murder-case-carol-sue-klaber Nick Swartsell NKY launches a dashboard to help people understand the factors impacting their community /science-and-technology/2022-11-29/northern-kentucky-atlas-community-dashboard "Most good private sector companies today are using data to understand things like, 'Where's our industry going?' 'What does my customer experience look like?' " Tri-ED CEO Lee Crume said. "We want to take that same concept and apply it to community strategy." Tue, 29 Nov 2022 22:10:53 GMT /science-and-technology/2022-11-29/northern-kentucky-atlas-community-dashboard Zack Carreon NKY career training programs get a boost from the governor /education/2022-11-01/nky-career-training-programs-andy-beshear Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stopped by Holmes High School in Covington Tuesday to discuss his plans to invest in educational programs that prepare students for careers in technology and manufacturing. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:13:35 GMT /education/2022-11-01/nky-career-training-programs-andy-beshear Zack Carreon Boone Co. Judge/Executive Leads National County Association /local-news/2020-03-02/boone-co-judge-executive-leads-national-county-association Boone County Judge/Executive Gary Moore has led his Northern Kentucky county through unprecedented growth. It is one of the fastest-growing counties in… Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:16:33 GMT /local-news/2020-03-02/boone-co-judge-executive-leads-national-county-association Michael Monks Low Voter Turnout, Few Surprises In Northern Kentucky Tuesday /politics/2018-05-23/low-voter-turnout-few-surprises-in-northern-kentucky-tuesday Northern Kentucky voter turnout in Tuesday's primary election was abysmally low, despite the presence of some significant contests in all of the… Wed, 23 May 2018 11:31:23 GMT /politics/2018-05-23/low-voter-turnout-few-surprises-in-northern-kentucky-tuesday Howard Wilkinson Boone County Child Abuse Cases Were Ignored /local-news/2015-06-23/boone-county-child-abuse-cases-were-ignored The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has opened an investigation into why 92 cases of possible child abuse or neglect in Boone County were… Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:41:19 GMT /local-news/2015-06-23/boone-county-child-abuse-cases-were-ignored Ann Thompson