UNION, Ky. — The Boone County School District plans to breathe new life into the old Kroger store in Union.

During a Union City Commission meeting, Union Mayor Larry Solomon said the school district plans to turn the old Kroger at 8825 US-42 into a preschool.

“The old Kroger building is now owned by the school board. Kroger does not own that building anymore,” Solomon said. “Neither does it own the adjacent lot, where the old liquor store used to be. It (Kroger) doesn’t own that either. The school board owns that as well. There is going to be a preschool.”

A document issued by the Boone County School District from a June meeting confirms Solomon’s comments, as it details plans for “the site acquisition for a new 300-student Early Childhood Center.”

According to Boone County property re

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