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Irvin ‘Butch’ Callery, former mayor and commisioner, dead at 83

Irvin T. “Butch” Callery, who served as mayor for two Northern Kentucky cities, died Sunday. He was 83. His lifetime of public service sprang from an effort to keep his beloved Covington neighborhood, Latonia, safe from pollution. In the late 1970s Callery was worried about how a proposal to build coal docks on the Licking […]

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The semi driver rescued dangling from a bridge had been struck by an oncoming vehicle: mayor | World News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A tractor-trailer that was knocked dangling off a bridge over the Ohio River — prompting a dramatic rescue of the driver — was struck by a vehicle that had crossed into opposing traffic, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Saturday. HT Image {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Breathtaking photos and video captured the […]

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Mayor’s office says no city garbage pickup Friday due to road conditions

Posted at 6:51 AM, Jan 19, 2024 and last updated 2024-01-19 06:51:11-05 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Mayor Linda Gorton’s Office says the city will not pick up garbage or recyclables on Friday, January 19, due to road conditions in Lexington. The makeup day will be next Wednesday, January 24. Copyright 2024 Scripps Media, Inc. […]

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Covington Mayor Joe Meyer will not seek re-election

Longtime Covington leader Joe Meyer will not seek reelection next year, bringing his two-term mayoral tenure to an end next December. “At the end of the next term, I would be at 80 … years old and it is presumptuous of me to believe that I can continue to serve four more years with the […]

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Louisville mayor administration tried to halt anti-gentrification bill

Hours before city lawmakers passed an anti-gentrification ordinance with bipartisan, unanimous support last week, Mayor Craig Greenberg’s administration led a last-minute push against the bill — including asking Metro Council President Markus Winkler to table it — The Courier Journal has learned. “You can’t call me at 2 o’clock on a Thursday, for the first […]

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Mayor proposes $47 million budget with no tax increases, raises for city employees | WHOP 1230 AM 99.3 FM

Hopkinsville Mayor J.R. Knight presented his proposed $47.4 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year during his budget address Friday morning at the Municipal Center. The mayor says the city is experiencing growth and there are no proposed tax increases included in the budget. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/05/knight-revenues.mp3 In the way of expenditures, Mayor Knight is proposing […]

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How Tiffany Craft Made The Role Of Whitesburg KY Mayor Her Very Own

It was a little over a year ago that a motion was made to nominate Tiffany Craft as the new Mayor of … [+] Whitesburg following the death of Mayor James Wiley Craft, Mrs. Craft’s husband. The vote was unanimous. Craft became the first woman to serve as Mayor in the city’s history, dating back […]