Teen compiles a Civil War film. It explores northern Kentucky's role in the conflict.

Like many who live in Northern Kentucky, James Kyle Hill had no idea of the history of his region.

That changed when the Fort Mitchell resident decided to enter a scholarship competition sponsored by the History Channel.

For his project, he decided to find out how cities like Fort Mitchell, Fort Thomas and Fort Wright got their names.

The 10-minute documentary he made with his findings aired Monday night on Insight public access cable Channel 15 and will air again at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. It's also on a continuous loop at the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum in Fort Wright, where Hill spent three months researching his film.

The 18-year-old had little interest in making movies until he took a video production course at Beechwood High School, where he's a senior. Now, he's passionate about the process.

This from the Cincinnati Post.

KET Nets $80,000 in pledges for A History of Northern Kentucky

Sunday night Kentucky Educational Television received $80,000 in pledges when it debuted its landmark documentary "Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky."

The program goes down as the top pledge-producing locally-made documentary in the history of KET, said officials at the Lexington-based public TV network.

"We've had probably more mail and phone calls about this show than we have had on any show in a while," said Craig Cornwell, KET program director.

The documentary repeats at 7 p.m. tonight on KET2. And the network has just rescheduled a third airing set again for KET1 at 7 p.m. Sunday.

See the complete story from the Kentucky Post.