Gov. Beshear invites applicants to join team — website lists in-demand job listings
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Now that he has secured a second term in office, Gov. Andy Beshear is inviting those who want to help the Beshear/Coleman administration continue building a better Kentucky to apply for an unclassified (non-merit) position in state government at jointeamky.ky.gov.
That website includes information on how to apply for an unclassified position, details on the benefits of Executive...
How are Kentucky’s kids faring? KIDS COUNT County Data Book offers education, health insights
By Sarah Ladd
Kentucky Lantern
Fewer Kentucky kindergarteners were ready to learn in the 2022-2023 school year than in 2018, according to a new report that measures child welfare.
This insight comes from the Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book, released by Kentucky Youth Advocates Wednesday. Kids Count is part of a national initiative from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Kentucky Youth Advocates...
meetNKY, Visit Cincy, Purple People Bridge to reveal new state line mural Tuesday, sharing connections
On November 21, at 3:00 p.m., meetNKY, Visit Cincy, The Purple People Bridge and artist, Matt Grote will reveal a new mural, “Where We Connect,” on the state line the Purple People Bridge during a special celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m.
The presentation will take place atop the mural, located near the state line.
The state line mural (Photo provided)
Located on the Purple People...
Braxton Brewing reveals details of 9th annual Dark Charge Winter Block Party, new STAVE dinner
meetNKY, the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau, and The B-Line®, a collection of Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® distilleries and bourbon forward bars and restaurants in Northern Kentucky, have partnered with Braxton Brewing Co. for the brewery’s famous Dark Charge event to celebrate the annual release of their Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout.
The winter block party will take place...
Cincinnati Children’s to break ground Friday on new facility in Union Promenade mixed-use development
Cincinnati Children’s will break ground Friday, Nov. 17, for a building that will feature a large primary care practice plus subspecialty medical clinics in the Union Promenade mixed-use development under construction on U.S. 42.
The building will be named in honor of a Northern Kentucky couple who are making the lead donation to help establish the new location. The names of the donors and other...
NKY’s Wil Schroder named to Attorney General-elect Coleman’s senior exec staff; transition team meets
Staff report
Kentucky Attorney General-Elect Russell Coleman has named NKY’s Wil Schroder, former Kentucky State senator, to his senior executive team as Senior Counsel. Schroder served as his Transition Team co-chair with Rob Duncan, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky who will also join Coleman’s executive team as Deputy Attorney General.
Coleman hosted the first...
Sydney Moss, Boone Co. grad and Thomas More standout, now loving coaching at Wilmington College
By Andy Furman
NKyTribune Reporter
First. No one knows about them better than Sydney Moss.
During the 2014-15 national championship basketball season for then Thomas More College – now Thomas More University – the Boone County High School graduate was first in the nation with a 27.8 points-per-game scoring average. One year later she averaged 24.2 points-per-game and set another first – and NCAA...
Regulation for hemp-derived CBD products approved by General Assembly subcommittee
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
The General Assembly’s Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee has approved a regulation dealing with hemp-derived cannabinoid (CBD) products to go along with legislation passed by lawmakers earlier this year, and an executive order issued by Gov. Andy Beshear.
The issue was brought to light in August 22, 2022, when a Boone Circuit Court judge entered a permanent...
Skyline Chili, approaching its 75th birthday, opens first restaurant at CVG, includes breakfast
CVG travelers who were feeling ‘good and hungry’ enjoyed items from Skyline Chili’s new and exclusive breakfast menu at the airport last week when the airport celebrated the restaurant’s official grand opening.
Skyline Chili now open in Concourse B. (Photo provided)
The celebration included a ribbon cutting, and remarks from CVG and Skyline Chili officials.
The new Skyline Chili airport location...
Governor declares state of emergency for more than 100 ongoing wildfires across Commonwealth
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency this week with numerous wildfires identified across the state, with many of them in Eastern Kentucky.
The Kentucky Division of Forestry is coordinating response efforts and reports there are 31 active fires that are currently being worked on but that continue to spread, as well as 36 contained fires, which are those that have...
NewsMakers 2023: Mike Sipple aims to help leaders invest in their greatest assets, embrace ‘human’ side
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
“Hello, fellow humans,” Mike Sipple Jr. says as he greets his audience. It is a heartfelt and genuine greeting from a man who has dedicated his talents and energy to helping others find the right balance in their lives.
“I live every day to create a better future for humans to live, work, and thrive,” he says.
Sipple is CEO of Centennial–Executive...
NewsMakers ’23: Kristi Nelson, facing the worst, took charge with a smile to re-write the rest of her story
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
Kristi Nelson is a walking, talking, living example of innate optimism that she says, simply, she was born with – a “predisposition” to thinking her “glass is always full.” She doesn’t try to understand it; it’s just who she is – and she embraces it.
Her positive attitude was her port in the storm of a cancer diagnosis that would have defeated...
NewsMakers ’23: Tom Saelinger, community banker; deep roots in NKY drive focus on service, caring
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
Tom Saelinger is the consummate community banker who brings to his position as market president for Republic Bank the values he learned growing up on a large family farm in Melbourne in Campbell County, the youngest of ten siblings.
The son of Bill and Marcella Saelinger, he learned the importance of hard work, team play, and cooperation at an early age.
“I learned...
NewsMakers 2023: Julie Kirkpatrick, meetNKY’s extraordinary leader, inspires through positivity
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
Chaos, sweet chaos, your name is Julie.
Make that Julie Kirkpatrick, the ball of energy and intellect and enthusiasm unleashed on the region as president and CEO of meetNKY, the region’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. It’s a match that was meant to be.
This “kid of the Commonwealth” who loves NKY and Kentucky, who grew up in Lexington, who started in...
NewsMakers ’23: Gaby Batshoun, lives life in the fast lane, with ‘entrepreneurship’ in his DNA
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
Gaby Batshoun lives life ’in the fast lane’ because entrepreneurship is in his DNA. So is a keen intellect, a penchant for hard work, an ability to fix things (AKA leaving no solution behind) – all with an underpinning of kindness and caring.
It is this entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with a laser focus on dedication, ethics, and giving back to the community,...
