Today's News

It’s a Thursday lunch hour at the Chamber of Commerce and music fills the air.

“It’s just fun...” Beth Laytart said in between songs, her hands resting in her lap before they swim up and down the ivory keys once more. “I get to offer something to the community.”

Laytart, who serves as the music director at Cynthiana Christian Church, began playing the piano at age nine.

And this summer, she has begun entertaining Chamber visitors and The Vault customers every Thursday beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Have you ever considered the scape? The scape is the flower stalk of members of the allium family and for culinary purposes this includes onions, leeks, chives and garlic. 

I had never considered using the scape of these plants until a visiting gardener recommended that I put my garlic plants on double duty.  She suggested a pesto recipe using the garlic scape instead of a leafy herb.

Typically we remove the scape so all the bulb’s energy is spent on bulb development and not bloom; so using the scape in the process makes particular sense. 

Just 22 seconds after an alarm went off at Eastside Pharmacy early Saturday  morning, Cynthiana police were on the scene and had two suspects in custody minutes later.

Cpl. Walter Tapp said he and Ptl. Shannon Miller arrived within seconds of one another, following the 12:39 a.m. dispatch.

Tapp said when he entered the pharmacy, he could see a man wearing a red ball cap.

He and Miller told the suspect to put his hands up and to come away from the counter.

Arraignment proceedings will be held Monday, June 29, in Kenton County Circuit Court for Daniel Keith Gabbard, who has been accused of murder in the death of Commonwealth Attorney Doug Wright.

A Pendleton County grand jury issued its three count indictment last Wednesday charging Gabbard, 40, with wanton murder, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense, aggravating circumstances, and operating a commercial vehicle while under the influence.