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Sharp Family Scholarship dinner attendees

Sharp Family Scholarship dinner attendees

Sharps host scholarship winners, sponsors

By Carol Klaber FORT MITCHELL — Dr. Phillip Sharp and his wife, Ann, of Newton, Massachusetts, returned to Northern Kentucky on July 26 to host their annual dinner for the Pendleton High School Class of 1962 and the Sharp Family Scholarship recipients at the Greyhound Restaurant, Fort Mitchell.This...
PC FFA members

PC FFA members

FFA Leadership Camp

By Chris Thompson, FFA advisor,Thirteen Pendleton County FFA members attended the FFA Leadership Training Center July 15 to 19 in Hardinsburg.Along with 25 other Kentucky Chapters in attendance, approximately 300 students, these members took part in leadership classes, FFA officer classes, sporting...
Wesley Murray

Wesley Murray

Northern welcomes new principal

By Nila Harris BUTLER — Wesley Murray may be a new face at Northern Elementary School, but he is not new to the Pendleton County school system.Murray, who has spent the last five years at Pendleton County High School, recently took over the reins at the elementary school, following the retirement...
Scholarship recipient, Calliope Warren

Scholarship recipient, Calliope Warren

Rumpke awards scholarships

By Seth Byrd - RumpkeFALMOUTH — Rumpke Waste & Recycling awarded scholarships to Pendleton County graduating seniors Jackson Kade Pollard and Calliope Warren to pursue their dreams.Both received $2,500 scholarships that Rumpke annually grants to graduating seniors in Pendelton County pursuing a...
Reagan Anderson

Reagan Anderson

5 earn degrees before PCHS graduation

By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — Five Pendleton County High School students in the Class of 2024 earned associates degrees from Northern Kentucky University while still enrolled in high school.
Karen Hart Delaney

Karen Hart Delaney

Delaney awarded Wall of Fame 2024

Pendleton County SchoolsFALMOUTH — Karen Hart Delaney, a 1976 graduate of Pendleton Memorial High School, is this year’s Pendleton County Schools Wall of Fame recipient.She was presented her plaque during PCHS commencement ceremonies May 13.Delaney moved to Pendleton County with her parents, Earl...
Pendleton County High School senior Rebecca McCoy receives a scholarship from Principal Tony Dietrich during the Senior Scholarship Ceremony May 7 at the high school. Photo by Jemi Chew.

Pendleton County High School senior Rebecca McCoy receives a scholarship from Principal Tony Dietrich during the Senior Scholarship Ceremony May 7 at the high school. Photo by Jemi Chew.

PCHS Class of 2024

By Jemi ChewFALMOUTH — Last Tuesday night in the Pendleton County High School gymnasium, more than $160,000 in local scholarships were awarded to 44 graduating seniors by various community businesses, organizations, and members — from banks, churches, farms, local festivals, families, PCHS alumni...
Congratulating Pendleton County High School senior Ava Record for her term on the Board of Education are, from left, board members Derek Brown, Laura Schack, Amber Bebe and Cheryl Griffin; Record; and district Superintendent Joe Buerkley. Photo by Burton Cole.

Congratulating Pendleton County High School senior Ava Record for her term on the Board of Education are, from left, board members Derek Brown, Laura Schack, Amber Bebe and Cheryl Griffin; Record; and district Superintendent Joe Buerkley. Photo by Burton Cole.

PCHS senior ends term on board of ed

By Burton Cole BUTLER — “You did a great job serving,” Pendleton County Schools Superintendent Joe Buerkley told high school senior Ava Record at her final Board of Education meeting.Each year, one student serves on the Board of Education, representing students.“She’ll be a tough act to follow,”...

Teachers to see six percent pay increase

By Burton Cole BUTLER — Pendleton County Schools teachers will receive a 6 percent pay increase next school year.The Board of Education last week unanimously approved district Superintendent Joe Buerkley’s recommendation to grant the increase, which is a combination of state funding and district...
Bobcat Council was joined at the Ronald McDonald House by Northern Elementary School teacher Laura Caudill, who is staying at a nearby hospital with her sick son. Pictured from left are teacher Jodi Gerhardstein, Xavier B., Phoenix R., Beulah G., Evelyn J., Faith W., Elias B., Tabatha Biddle, and Caudill.

Bobcat Council was joined at the Ronald McDonald House by Northern Elementary School teacher Laura Caudill, who is staying at a nearby hospital with her sick son. Pictured from left are teacher Jodi Gerhardstein, Xavier B., Phoenix R., Beulah G., Evelyn J., Faith W., Elias B., Tabatha Biddle, and Caudill.

Bobcats pop their tops

By Nila HarrisBUTLER —  On April 19, Northern Elementary School’s Bobcat Council took four years’ worth of pop can tabs to Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald’s House.The RMH exchanges the pop tabs for money at a local recycling center.