Cincinnati Edition

Voter turnout in Kentucky is typically low, and Northern Kentucky counties rank among the worst in participation on Election Day. But the Commonwealth isn’t alone in its turnout troubles.

More people seem to be trying to simplify their lives by reducing the clutter in their homes and making conscious decisions about what to keep and what to discard.

Uranium processing ended at the Fernald site 30 years ago and now the more than 1,000 acres are known as the Fernald Preserve. Its transition from uranium processing facility during the Cold War to vast nature preserve involved lawsuits, contamination, community advocacy, new government regulations, and an enormous and comprehensive clean-up. Journalist Jenny Wohlfarth documented what she called "an ecological oasis in our city's backyard, with a very dark past."

This week FEMA investigators are in Ohio trying to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that hit the state Memorial Day. The National Weather Service confirmed 21 tornadoes struck in the state, damaging thousands of homes, apartments and commercial buildings.

As the global economy grows and the world becomes more interconnected, more students, in the U.S. and in other countries, are taking advantage of international student exchange programs and the opportunity to live and learn about other cultures. And more families are discovering the benefits opening their homes and hosting exchange students.

Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, more than 13,000 Allied paratroopers dropped into Nazi-occupied France behind the beaches of Normandy, where they secured bridges and exit ramps from the beaches, providing tactical support for Allied troops that would hit the Normandy beaches that morning.

An effort to adopt a business improvement district (BID) in downtown Covington failed a few years ago, never receiving a vote at City Hall. But the Covington Business Council is trying again, this time with new boundaries and a new brand.

The odds of landing a coveted seat in one of the great American orchestras is slim and the competition is fierce. For minority musicians the stakes are even higher. Just four percent of players in U.S. orchestras are African American or Latino.

A trip to the hospital can be followed by confusing or unexpected medical bills. For some patients the price tag of their procedure is far greater than what they anticipated and even researched. Other times it's hard to sift through the sea of paperwork to decipher what is an actual bill.

A student at the School for Creative and Performing Arts earns more than $2 million in scholarships to attend college. Mariama Dodd applied to more than 20 colleges during her senior year. She chose Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.