The Kentucky Post

Cincinnati Bengals fans did their part to help feed the hungry by donating items during this past week's game. The team announced Tuesday that fans donated 9,234 pounds of non-perishable canned goods before the team took on the Baltimore Ravens. That amount is 1,604 pounds more than last year. Full Story »

CINCINNATI -- The Freestore Foodbank made an impassioned plea for $2 million in donations to help it get thousands of Tri-State families through the holiday season. Full Story »

COVINGTON, Ky. - Crews will be at work Tuesday milling sections of KY 18 from KY 338 toward Interstate 75, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6. Full Story »

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Police in Paducah have charged a child care center director with leaving a young child aboard a van. Full Story »

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A forest ranger say dozens of blazes are burning across eastern Kentucky and many appear to be intentionally set. WYMT-TV reports that most of the fires started over the weekend and many are still burning. Full Story »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of Louisville elementary students have completed a class project to show their appreciation for veterans. Full Story »

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky is alerting students and others on the Lexington campus about reports of a man exhibiting lewd behavior. Full Story »

CINCINNATI -- A 17-year-old girl charged in a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy will be tried as an adult. Kelisha Whitterson broke down in tears Tuesday as the judge announced her decision. Full Story »

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — Police in southeastern Kentucky have charged two people in connection with the death of a 72-year-old man found slain in his Somerset apartment. Full Story »

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A state government official says a former student has surrendered to police after taking a school administrator hostage at an upstate New York high school. Full Story »

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A sheriff's spokesperson says a suspect is in custody after a man with a gun held a principal hostage at a New York high school. Full Story »

Tailgate season is here and the EZ Grill promises to be a portable, disposable way to barbecue anywhere. But do its claims flame out? We put it to the test for this week's Try-It-Out Tuesday. Full Story »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentionally set. Investigators are now searching for a fifth person they believe was at the house when the blaze began. Full Story »

In this satellite image handout from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the storm Ida is seen, now downgraded to a tropical storm after moving through an area of cooler sea surface temperatures and increasing shear November 9, 2009 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story »

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A town official says a man with a gun is contained in one room at a New York high school and that all the students are safe. Full Story »

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A town official says a gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage. Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver tells CNN that students at Stissing Mountain High School are safe. The school is about 90 miles north of New York City. Full Story »

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The sheriff's department says an upstate New York high school has been locked down, and police are on the scene. The Dutchess County Sheriff's Department says Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains was locked down Tuesday morning. They released no other information. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas -- Fort Hood is preparing to mourn the victims of last week's shooting at a memorial service on Tuesday. Full Story »

The Good Morning Tri-State Email Newsletter is written some days by anchor Kathrine Nero and other days by producer Mark Sickmiller. You can receive it as a daily email by clicking here and signing up. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say President Barack Obama to zeroing in on a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan. They say the deployment would most likely begin in January, and be aimed at boosting the defenses of 10 key Afghan cities and towns. Full Story »

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- A man is dead after he was hit by a car in Middletown on Monday. Police say 54-year-old Charles Kurtz was hit as he crossed Roosevelt Boulevard near Jackson Lane shortly after 6 p.m. Full Story »

CINCINNATI -- Steely Dan begins a two-night stint in Cincinnati Tuesday. What's unusual, the band will perform an entirely different set list each night. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jennifer Lopez's ex is causing her trouble again. Lopez has won a court order barring her first husband, OjaniNoa, from releasing a proposed movie containing sex tapes from their 11-month marriage, including their 1997 honeymoon. Full Story »

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities say three people are dead and five more have been hurt in a shooting in a small town about 40 miles west of Charleston. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and the first lady will travel to Killeen, Texas, to meet with those most affected by the Fort Hood shootings. Full Story »