NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - Reuben Shaffer, Chief Diversity Officer of the Kroger Company,  will be the Keynote Speaker at the Northern Kentucky Branch, NAACP 8th Annual Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Community Outreach Luncheon.

The luncheon will be held at the Newport Syndicate, which is located at 18 East Fifth Street, Newport, Kentucky on Monday, January 16, 2012.  The NAACP Dr. King Community Outreach Luncheon will begin at 12:00 p.m. and conclude at 2:00 p.m.  The pre-luncheon reception will begin at 11:15 a.m.

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - 75 years after the worst flood ever to hit Cincinnati, historians and history buffs will revisit some of the hardest-hit areas on the Belle of Cincinnati.

The Ohio River crested at record 79.9 feet on Jan. 26, 1937, and caused $20 million in damage.  One-fifth of Cincinnati and one-third of Newport and Covington were under water.  

The cruise is Saturday, January 21, boarding at 7:30 a.m.  Breakfast and dinner will be served on board; lunch will be served at the Belle's stop in Rabbit Hash, Ky.  The Cruise returns at 8 p.m.

The starting point is BB Riverboats Newport Landing, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, KY  41071, Phone: 859-261-8500.

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CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The website for travel book publisher Lonely Planet has picked Cincinnati as the number three destination in a list of ten places in U.S. territory to visit in 2012. 

How did Cincinnati beat out New York City and the Grand Canyon?  The annual list isn't intended to contain the top tourist spots of all time; instead they look for "what’s new, interesting, and in some cases likely to be overlooked by travelers both domestic and international". 

They say Cincinnati is a pretty city that gets bypassed because it's not on a main cross-country interstate (like I-70).  The places they mention are all in or near Downtown and the riverfront: the walkways along the river on the Kentucky side, the Suspension Bridge, Mt.