COVINGTON - Police worked Monday to identify two men killed in a single-vehicle wreck earlier in the day on an exit ramp of Interstate 71/75.

Officers also had not identified a third man, who was taken to University Hospital with critical injures, police said. An update on his condition was not available Monday evening.

The men were in a minivan that wrecked shortly after 2:30 a.m. at the 12th Street exit ramp. Police said the minivan was speeding north on the interstate when the driver lost control and the van hit a guardrail, went off an embankment onto the ramp and rolled several times. Officers called for a translator because, they said, the wreck involved people who spoke Spanish.

Five teens charged in arson, vandalism

RICHWOOD - Five teenagers were charged Monday with burning a home under construction and vandalizing golf carts at the Triple Crown development in late October.

The teens, who are being prosecuted in juvenile court, ranged in age from 15 to 17.

The fire caused $275,000 in damage to a 4,600-square-foot house under construction. There was also $15,000 in heat damage to an adjacent home.

There was $17,000 in damage to the golf carts taken from the development's country club. Tom Scheben, spokesman for the Boone County Sheriff's Department, said the teens set the carts on fire so detectives wouldn't be able to lift their fingerprints.

The teens will each be charged with two counts of second-degree arson and one count of tampering with evidence. Both charges are felonies.

Local police receive grant of $14,800

The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has awarded $14,800 to local law enforcement agencies, part of $205,989 handed out across Kentucky for items such as ammunition and helicopter equipment. It comes from a federal local law enforcement block grant.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department received $5,000 to buy Tasers. Erlanger police got $2,400 for fingerprint equipment. Independence police will spend $2,400 on surveillance equipment and Florence police will spend $5,000 on weapons.

Tri-Ed meeting is rescheduled

FORT MITCHELL - Because of the lack of a quorum, Monday's meeting of the Tri-County Economic Development Corp. was rescheduled to 6 p.m. Nov. 22 at Drawbridge Inn.