(FOX19) - A local young professionals organization is looking for the next generation of community leaders.

For the last four years, Legacy leadership group has hosted the Next Generation Leader Awards. The awards are given to salute the region’s young professionals ages 21-40 for accomplishments in their professional field and contribution to the community.

Legacy is asking everyone in the community to nominate YP’s they think deserves this award.

Nominations can be made at http://www.legacyleadership.org/about/ngla-awards/nominate/ and must be submitted by February 15th.

Three finalists and a winner will be chosen in each of the ten categories. The categories can be seen at http://www.legacyleadership.org/about/ngla-awards/categories/.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The Salvation Army announced on Wednesday that it received a check for more than $22,500 from Western & Southern Financial Group. The total amount includes $11,266.70 from donations received this season at the Crib of the Nativity display at Eden Park’s Krohn Conservatory and an equal match from Western & Southern.

The 2012 donations increased by more than 50 percent compared to 2011. Since 1939, Western & Southern has sponsored the nativity display and for many years has matched the gifts donated by those visiting the display. Since 1994, donations from visitors to the Christmas display and Western & Southern’s match have resulted in approximately $200,000 donated to The Salvation Army.

COVINGTON, OH (FOX19) -Trends are emerging now that the Urban Partnership (UP) of Covington (formerly the Covington Business Council Foundation) and its Clean and Safe program are in their third month of operation.

UP reports its crews removed 1,665 pounds of litter from the streets and sidewalks in July.  Since the program began in April, 5,660 pounds of trash have been removed.  The June figures were down considerably from the more than 2,300 pounds collected in May, according to UP Executive Director Pat Frew.

"There is an excellent reason for that.  We are still providing the same vigilance in our coverage but we are noticing less litter.  As a result we've stepped up our efforts in other areas such as graffiti removal and other project work." Two examples Frew sites are the 34 instances of graffiti eradicated in June, three times the amount removed in April.  For the first time, crews also began watering flowers planted in the c