CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati Bengal Frostee Rucker and his partners will open an Orange Leaf frozen yogurt franchise, part of a small but fast-growing new frozen yogurt chain, on April 5th on Walnut Street in The Banks.

The Banks’ franchise is controlled by Bengal’s defensive end Frostee Rucker and has as its partners several of Rucker’s teammates including Robert Geathers, Kevin Huber, Pat Sims and James M. Gould, Rucker’s agent and Managing General Partner of The Walnut Group, a Private Equity Firm. 

Other investors include Ken Griffey Junior’s baseball agent Brian Goldberg, and several local business associates of Mr. Gould’s including, Roger Lautzenhiser of Vorys, Dick Satterfield, Bill Swaim, Brad Tilford, several of the Walnut Group associates, and also Lucas Gould, James Gould’s 16 year old son, a partner in Lucas Management Group who introduced Orange Leaf to Rucker.

ERLANGER, KY (FOX19) - The Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky released their August 2011 report showing that Tri-County (Boone, Kenton and Campbell) area saw a 32% decrease in single family permits from September 2010 over September 2011.  This decrease stops a trend that saw year over year increases for the last few months.

BURLINGTON, KY (FOX19) - First Lady Jane Beshear will join Major General Edward W. Tonini, adjutant general for Kentucky, in breaking ground for a new Kentucky Army National Guard Readiness Center at 10 a.m.