COVINGTON, Ky. — Misdemeanor charges against a reporter covering a protest on the Roebling Bridge were dismissed on Wednesday.

Madeline Fening, an investigative reporter with Cincinnati CityBeat, was arrested alongside CityBeat intern Lucas Griffith as Covington police officers and protesters clashed at the Roebling Bridge in July.

Fening and more than a dozen others were charged with first-degree rioting — a felony — along with disorderly conduct, obstructing emergency responders and more. Their rioting charges were dropped at a hearing in July, but their misdemeanor charges were upheld.

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Her trial was scheduled for January. However, the ACLU of Kentucky announced this week that the court entered an agreed order d

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