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She is accused of purchasing EBT cards from customers at a convenience store at half the cards' value, then using those cards to reimburse the store or to stock the store's shelves. Phyllis Tyler is now under indictment by the United States government and joins RCN's Michael Monks to share her side of the story.

Historically, the intersection of Pike Street & Madison Avenue has been the most important in all of Northern Kentucky, and after decades of decline, the nucleus of Covington's renaissance is showing strong signs of a comeback. Renaissance Covington's Katie Meyer joins RCN's Michael Monks to discuss.

The Center for Great Neighborhoods is raising more money for its redevelopment project at the Hellmann and has launched a crowdsourcing effort at IndieGoGo, and you can help! (Click: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-hellmann-creative-center#/) The Center hopes to raise $10,000 and is a quarter of the way there as of this writing. There are a lot of perks for those who chip in -- including a personalized tour, an exclusive first look, and more.

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CGN's Sarah Allan and The Carnegie's Katie Brass (don't miss The Carnegie's The Wizard of Oz opening on January 21!) joined The River City News's Michael Monks for the latest installment of The Center Story, the new monthly podcast that focuses on the good that the Center for Great Neighborhoods does in our community.

Looking for something special for the little one(s) in your life? Something that triggers creativity, imagination, and fun? Check out Stoney's Village Toy Shoppe in Covington's Mainstrasse Village. Shopkeeper Sandi "Stoney" Stonebraker joins RCN's Michael Monks to talk about what makes her shop so appealing.

Holmes basketball head coach Mike Listerman talks the 2015-16 season with RCN's Bryan Burke.

Newport Central Catholic boys basketball coach Ron Dawn joins RCN's Bryan Burke to talk about the 2015-16 season.

More than a dozen historic properties will be transformed from blighted to pristine, but because they will house low-income tenants for the next 30 years, some Mainstrasse Village neighbors have protested. Linda Young, director of the Welcome House, the organization leading the $9 million project, joins RCN's Michael Monks to counter that crticism.

Newport Central Catholic and Beechwood will go for Kentucky state football titles in Class 2A and 1A, respectively this week. RCN's Bryan Burke and Michael Monks discuss.

A quiet, hot summer afternoon in Covington was violently interrupted by gunfire from a vehicle in the city's Eastside. When the smoke cleared, Randolph "Noodles" Hughes lay dead. Just over a year later, two men from Chicago are convicted in the slaying, and one of them may have suggested that Noodles was not their target. Kenton Co. Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders joins RCN's Michael Monks to talk about the case as well as the region's heroin epidemic.

It was the speech heard 'round the world... or, at least, around Northern Kentucky. New NKY Chamber Chairman Dave Heidrich captivated the organization's annual dinner audience with words of hometown pride, unity, and visioning, and spoke against provincialism and political opportunism. Heidrich joins RCN's Michael Monks to talk about it.