Taking a page from the 19th century installation of the Statue of Liberty, the organization that maintains the Roebling Suspension Bridge hopes local children ill help raise money for new strands of lights for the historic span.

Jenny Marsh gave birth to daughter Jaime in 1969, and when Jaime was born with Down syndrome, her mother was told there was only one thing to do. Jenny Marsh thought better of that.

Five different drawings helped fourth-grader Brianna Ewing win this year's Paralyzed Veterans of America's Veterans Day poster contest, but it was one special ingredient that she believes put her entry above all the others.

After eight years of hard work from residents, Fort Thomas' amphitheater has started to take shape.

Does Kenton County want its hillsides to buzz with the sounds of development? That will be a key question during a public forum Dec. 2 on what kinds of construction residents want to see on the hillsides.

Here are government meetings planned in Northern Kentucky this week.

Durward Kirby, born in Covington in 1911, was a broadcasting pioneer who played many roles in radio and television over the course of his career, from WLW radio to "Candid Camera" on TV.

CANYONVILLE - If they didn't know better, the 215 people who attended Saturday evening's Flegel Victory Dinner might have thought John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury were working on the same campaign.Bradbury, the former Oregon secretary of state, gave Kitzhaber a

CANYONVILLE - Jonny Cavaner had never made borscht before, but he wanted to make something special for a small group of Russian students enrolled at Canyonville Christian Academy. With most of the boarding school's 128 students coming from abroad -

ABOVE: Matt Gass, left, and Richard Davey of the Wolf Creek Job Corps of Glide prepare Friday for the Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights at River Forks Park. The festival, which has a couple of new displays this year, opens

Deb Collins navigated her wheelchair through the new canteen on the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center grounds on a recent afternoon."It's just an updated, fresher look," she said of the small store that is part of the canteen that opened

The News-ReviewThe number of people contracting swine flu, officially known as the H1N1 influenza, continues to rise locally, Douglas County health officials say.And health officials are strongly encouraging those with certain chronic health conditions to be inoculated with the H1N1

Roseburg High School is scrolling a "Word of the Week" across its reader board on Harvard Avenue. I drive by it every day and am encouraged to see posted such words as "dichotomy," a word, I must admit, I didn't

As the recession lingered this year, The News-Review published frequent reports of factors that affect our economy. During the past week, we summed up the effects on Douglas County in a series we called "Faces of the Economy."While we worked

As The News-Review's series on the local economy was detailing some excellent material this past week, another large document on the subject landed on my desk taking the story even further.The Northwest Area Foundation covers eight states in the northern

Sometimes the real world intrudes on the happy little life I enjoy each weekend. Instead of spending Saturday and Sundays exploring mountains, I must instead perform mandatory tasks meted out by the chore master I'm married to. Such was the

Roseburg's new digital flood maps mean about 200 houses will no longer be included in the 100-year flood plain, and about 45 others are being added, according to city officials.The new flood plain maps can determine whether homeowners with mortgages

Yes, it's the countdown to Thanksgiving. Here are some tips for success with the main attraction - your turkey.What size turkey? When figuring serving sizes, count on about 3/4 pound to 1 pound per serving from an 8-to 12-pound bird.

It wasn't supposed to end like this. The fourth-ranked Douglas football team entered the Class 4A playoffs on Saturday unbeaten and seemingly full of confidence against unranked Sweet Home, a team with just one road win on the season.But the

WINCHESTER - The Treasure Valley Community College men's basketball team defeated Umpqua Community College 103-91 in the season opener for both clubs at the UCC gym on Friday.Freshman Eliseo Nieves, a 6-foot-2 post, scored a game-high 26 points for the