Woman in critical condition after crash

AUGUSTA - An Aberdeen woman was critically injured Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle crash on Ky. 8 in Bracken County near the Mason County line.

Kelli W. Wallingford, 22, remained in stable but critical condition Thursday at University Hospital in Cincinnati. She was flown there by Air Care after receiving what police described as multiple injuries.

State police say Wallingford was driving a 1997 Jeep Wrangler east on Ky. 8 when it ran off the right side of the road, hit an embankment and overturned. Wallingford was thrown from the vehicle. Several passing drivers, who left before police got their names, pulled Wallingford out from under the Jeep.

A passenger in the Jeep, Kenneth Fithen, 24, of Maysville was taken to Meadowview Regional Medical Center where he was treated for head injuries and released.

Police did not say whether Wallingford was wearing a seatbelt, and the wreck remains under investigation.

Armed robber hits Erlanger pizza eatery

ERLANGER - Police still seek a man wanted in Wednesday night's robbery of Papa John's Pizza on Dixie Highway.

Erlanger police say a man walked into the restaurant at 8:09 p.m., pulled a silver-colored handgun and demanded cash. No shots were fired, and no one was injured.

The robber is described as a white man 5-feet-7 to 5-feet-8. He was wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (859) 727-2424 or Crime Stoppers at (513) 352-3040.

No Campbell tax bill? Call if it didn't arrive

NEWPORT - The Campbell County Sheriff's Department mailed property tax bills from the county government to taxpayers on Oct. 30.

Anyone who did not receive a bill should call the sheriff's department at (859) 292-3833.

Campbell County residents who pay their taxes before the end of November will receive a 2 percent discount.

Rep. Lucas joins in call for Guard investigation

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas, a Boone County Democrat, has joined 130 other House Democrats in calling for an investigation into media reports of sick and wounded National Guard members being housed in poor conditions on bases in Kentucky and Georgia.

Lucas and the others signed a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, asking him to check into reports of poor conditions, barracks with no indoor toilets and second-rate medical care for reservists and National Guard members who served in Iraq.

The bases involved are Fort Knox, south of Louisville, and Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Troopers to check or install child car seats

DRY RIDGE - In an effort to reduce the amount of injuries children get in vehicle crashes, Kentucky State Police Post 6 has sent several troopers to specialized training dealing with the proper installation of child safety seats.

These troopers attended an intensive, weeklong course dealing solely with child safety seats and occupant protection.

Captain Al Rich, commander of Post 6, has designated Wednesday of every week as Safety Seat Day. Anyone who wants to have a child seat installed or checked can drop in at the post from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays at 4265 Dixie Highway in Dry Ridge.

Three new officers join state police in N. Ky.

DRY RIDGE - Kentucky State Police Post 6 has three new troopers.

Troopers Delzie Kelly, Benjamin Moore III and Bernis Napier III recently graduated from the Kentucky State Police Academy in Frankfort.

The new troopers have already reported to post and are riding with field training officers in Grant, Pendleton and Bourbon counties.

After eight weeks of training, Kelly will be assigned to Grant County; Moore will be assigned to Bracken, Pendleton and Robertson counties, and Napier will be assigned to Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas counties.

Covington dedicates Austinburg mural

COVINGTON - A new neighborhood mural will be dedicated at 3 p.m. today at 17th Street and Scott Boulevard here.

The mural depicts Freedom and Justice. Residents of Covington's Austinburg neighborhood suggested the patriotic themes.

The mural was made possible with the help of the Covington Neighborhood Parks and Recreation Department and matching funds from the Kentucky Arts Council. Local mural artist Pete Jaquish led the effort that included the volunteer work of neighborhood youths and parents from Thomas Edison Elementary, Sixth District Elementary, Holy Family Elementary and the Austinburg Neighborhood Association.