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Fiona the Hippo Is Growing…Alot The Cincinnati Zoo is celebrating another milestone for its famous premature baby hippo. The zoo says Fiona has hit 1,000 pounds. The zoo says reaching that weight mark is more of a sentimental milestone since full-grown female hippos weigh about three times that and since zookeepers didn’t know if…
Northern KY Restaurant Feeds Grateful Federal Workers One Northern Kentucky restaurant hopes to lift the spirits of federal workers who have uncertain futures with a free meal.Guy Cummins, the owner of ‘Smokin’ This and That BBQ’ in Florence, is feeding every federal employee that comes in for a meal.Cummins says he thinks the restaurant…
Hospitals Required To List Prices A new federal rule will require all hospitals to post a master list of prices online detailing the services they provide so you can look them over beginning January 2019. Every hospital across the country will be required to post standard charges online for every item and every service…
Arrests Made In West VA Mine Incident Authorities in West Virginia say they’ve arrested the four people who entered an idle coal mine earlier this month.News outlets report Kayla Williams and Erica Treadway surrendered to authorities Wednesday on charges including entering without breaking. Authorities say they entered the inactive Rock House Powellton Mine along…
Lexington Homeless Man Returns Valuable Ring A homeless man in Lexington who found a Georgetown College football ring has returned it to its owner after a months-long search.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Robert “Shorty” Eads found the ring while working for a program that is meant to stop panhandling by putting the jobless to work…
Deadly Car Crashes Drop In KY Kentucky is on track to have the fewest deadly car crashes in the last few years. In 2014, we had about 640 deadly crashes. That number spiked during the next two years. The peak occurred with more than 800 deaths in 2016. This year, the total so far…
Post-Christmas Shoppers Beware! Shoppers are heading to stores to take advantage of the post-holiday sales or use some new gift cards. Many other people are also returning or exchanging some unwanted gifts. If you are doing that, you may not be able to return everything. The Better Business Bureau has some tips on returns.…
Baby Boy for KY’s Secretary Of State Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and her husband, Andrew, announced the birth of their son Wednesday morning.Crawford “Ford” Case Grimes was born at 8:17 a.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.Andrew said, “Both my wife and our baby are doing well.””Andrew and I have prayed for…
KY Road Work On Highway 24 Continues Kentucky transportation officials say a work zone on Interstate 24 will remain in force during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.The state Transportation Cabinet said many travelers and local commuters took suggested alternate routes during the Thanksgiving holiday, reducing the delay to about 20 minutes. The cabinet…
KY Man Donates Gold Coin To Red Kettle Campaign A Kentucky man has donated a gold Canadian coin worth $1,300 to a Louisville Salvation Army kettle campaign for the second year in a row.The Courier Journal reports the donor’s identity hasn’t been publicly shared, but area charity commander Maj. Roy Williams says it’s the…