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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In a Northern Kentucky city, scandal dogs 3 mayors in a row
WALTON, Ky. – Four years ago, the mayor of this Northern Kentucky city went viral after he called people “dips—-” on Facebook and encouraged them to stay home at the onset of COVID-19. Now, the outspoken and controversial mayor finds himself at odds with the city council who said he’s “under investigation” by them. He […]
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Walton mayor Gabe Brown resigns
WALTON – Mayor Gabe Brown resigned from office and was censured by Walton City Council members Wednesday night after being accused of misusing public property. “It goes against every bit of my soul to step aside, but I reluctantly do so in an attempt to spare the city I love from becoming a sideshow as […]
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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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