NORTHERN KENTUCKY NEWS | NewsNKY.com NOTE: Headlines are deleted after two days Northern Kentucky FB > | OLD PHOTOS > | TOP HEADLINE NKY resident holding out hope for FEMA help after April flood GO TO > BACKGROUND President Donald Trump has not signed Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the April floods, a declaration needed to receive FEMA assistance. NKY parents say elementary school suddenly transfers multiple students to new school GO TO > BACKGROUND Parents of students at Reiley Elementary School say Campbell County Schools have notified them that some students will attend Grant's Lick Elementary School in the fall. The letter states that 13 streets will be reassigned to Grant's Lick: Bihl Lane, Cedar Cove Lane, Edgewater Way, Jerry Wright Road, Lickert Road, Meadow Lake Drive, Moreland Drive, Ridge Crossing, Summerlake Drive, Summerwind Court, Sweetwater Lane, Whispering Way and Woeste Road. Villa Hills community center reopens after major fire GO TO > BACKGROUND The Villa Hills Civic Club reopened its doors Thursday more than three years after it was destroyed in a massive fire. After years of planning and raising funds, the Villa Hills Civic Club held their soft opening Thursday with a building accommodating twice the amount of people than before. McConnell pans Trump tariffs after meeting with NKY business leaders GO TO > BACKGROUND Kentucky's senior Senator Mitch McConnell isn't on board with President Donald Trump's tariff moves. McConnell made strong remarks against Trump's trade policies during a news conference at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Thursday. Five Seasons sports club sold; targeted for 'transformation' GO TO > BACKGROUND The Covington-based owner of the Five Seasons Family Sports Club in Greater Cincinnati has announced its sale, along with the sale of three other Five Seasons-branded facilities outside the region. Corporex has sold the four Five Seasons locations to Minneapolis-based Life Time, a publicly traded health club chain with locations throughout North America. Slide repair project on Richardson Road in Kenton County begins Thursday GO TO > BACKGROUND The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists of a slide repair project on Richardson Road (KY 1829) in Kenton County beginning Thursday, April 24. The project will take place on Richardson Road between Sherbourne Drive (2.72 mile point) and Old Richardson Road (3.98 mile point). On Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25, our Kenton County KYTC maintenance crew will perform mowing and brush clearing operations in the project area. This work will require the road to be blocked to through traffic between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. The road will reopen daily by 7 p.m. Covington sues animal nonprofit over house overrun by cats GO TO > BACKGROUND The City of Covington has received multiple inquiries from residents regarding violations of its health and safety ordinances originating from the actions of a corporate entity and its volunteers. These complaints mainly concern cat food being thrown on front porches, public sidewalks, and under parked vehicles; urine-soaked homemade cat shelters being left in alleys; and individuals trespassing on restricted property. The source as the Tristate Noah Project in Peaselburg. The entity, which has been fined over $8,000 for previous violations, continues to allow the property to remain in a state of disrepair and has taken minimal action to improve the property since purchasing it several years ago. The day a passenger airplane landed on fire at CVG GO TO > BACKGROUND On June 2,1983, a plane developed an in-flight fire in air around the rear lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the plane with toxic smoke. The spreading fire also burned through crucial electrical cables that disabled most of the instrumentation in the cockpit, forcing the plane to divert to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Ninety seconds after the plane landed and the doors were opened, the heat of the fire and fresh oxygen from the open exit doors created flashover conditions, and the plane's interior immediately became engulfed in flames, killing 23 passengers. Once-popular Moonrise Doughnuts in Latonia closing GO TO > FACEBOOK At one time, Moonrise Donuts was so popular that a line would often formed outside the bakery, as this 2019 photo shows. Moonrise is closing in Latonia. Its Crescent Springs location is finished, too. But there's good news for fans, the owners have a food truck. "We'll be open inside the shop one last time this week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night," the owners wrote on Facebook. "Moving forward, you'll still be able to get your favorite donuts from our donut truck, which will be parked right next to the store on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights." First KFC wasn't actually in Kentucky; and the 'Colonel' wasn't a Southern GO TO > BACKGROUND Yet another not-true tale the media went along with. While the name of this chicken chain clearly evokes ties to Kentucky proud, the first ever KFC franchise location actually started over 1,500 miles west in Salt Lake City. While Harland Sanders did have a restaurant in Corbin, it wasn't a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sanders moved to Salt Lake City in 1952. His costume, dressed as a Southern gentleman, was just that. Sanders was born in Indiana. 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