BURLINGTON, KY (FOX19) - Statistics from the Kentucky State Police indicate that Northern Kentucky is a dangerous place to be a deer, and perhaps to drive a car. 

Boone County leads the state with an average of 153 a year between 2006 and 2010, and Campbell and Kenton Counties are also in the top 10. 

Those counties offer a dangerous combination: lots of deer, plus lots of people driving cars on highways. 

State maps show many of Boone County's vehicle-deer crashes happened along I-75 and 275, both highways with lots of traffic and many wooded areas next to the roadway. 

Deer take cover in wooded areas, and there are more wooded areas on hills, since they are harder for people to develop.  In Mason County, the vast majority of crashes happened on the hills surrounding Maysville, with many fewer in the flatter southern part of the county.  In Fort Wright and neighboring cities, there were few if any crashes on Route 1

BURLINGTON, KY (FOX19) - The Grant County Animal Shelter is having an adoption event at Kroger at 1751 Patrick Drive in Burlington this Saturday, October 8th starting at 10:00 a.m. 

The event is called "Fall for Paws" and they are trying to adopt out some needy pets. The adoption fee is $100.00 for dogs and $35.00 for cats. All pets will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, and up to date on shots. 

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COVINGTON (FOX19) - Northern Kentucky kicks off October as National Domestic Violence Awareness month with its 17th annual Day of Peace, held Friday, September 30th, from 11AM-1PM at the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center located at 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington. The event is free to the public. Lunch is provided through generous contributions made by: LaRosa’s, Heavenly Frosted Cupcakes, Colonial Cottage, and TGIFriday’s. Local group, Ellery, will provide music.

The event theme this year is: “Be a Courageous Voice for Peace!” and focuses on generating awareness to the realities of both stalking and pet abuse—often hidden forms of dating/domestic violence. Keynote Speaker is Bridgett Wright, survivor and advocate in the 2009 conviction of Russell Swigart, whom broke into Ms. Wright’s residence and stabbed to death two of her cats.  Ms.