Newport buys Monmouth properties including Brass Ass, Brass Bull 1%

By Jolene Almendarez24%

7/22/2026, 7:04:37 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Negativity Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.8% saturation with 19 hits. Analysis detected 19 faulty-reasoning hits from 87 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of 1% (21,676 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the article peer group.

NEWPORT, KY  The city of Newport spent $3.8 million buying property along Monmouth Street, including the buildings that housed longtime strip clubs the Brass Ass and Brass Bull. 
The purchase includes nine parcels on or near the 600 block of Monmouth in the Central Business District, the city said in a news release. 
The Brass Ass, Brass Bull, and Huddles Cafe abruptly closed at the end of June, The Enquirer previously reported. 
This article will be updated. 
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