Bill Straub: Bevin, General Assembly need to face facts and find a way to properly support education
WASHINGTON – The nation’s newest reality television star, Gov. Matt Bevin, appears to be following the example set by a…
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With abundance of talent and experience coming back, Cards poised to make some noise in 2017
By Russ Brown NKyTribune correspondent LOUISVILLE — Heading into his final two games for the University of Louisville basketball team…
Jamie Vaught: Return of SEC Tournament in 1979 still provides lots of memories of Cats’ valiant run
There have been numerous flashbacks or memories in the past SEC men’s tournaments, but the 1979 tourney in Birmingham, Ala.,…
Second season begins for Northern Kentucky women with Horizon League tourney appearance
The “second season” begins on Thursday afternoon for the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team as the Norse are set…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Weather trends and water levels the keys to successful spring fishing
The warmup to spring fishing has started early this year. Anglers who are itching to wet a line should keep…
Bald eagle killed in Grand Rivers; Fish and Wildlife Service offers reward for information
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person…
NKU’s Christine Roush named first-team All-Horizon League; Glick on All-Freshman squad
Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball players Christine Roush and Molly Glick were among those honored when the Horizon League announced…
Top Cats: Sophomore Ulis named first-team All-America, Murray earns second-team nod
Sophomore guard Tyler Ulis and freshman guard Jamal Murray, arguably the best backcourt duo in the country, have been recognized…
Kentucky by Heart: With a bit of patience, Tim Farmer turns author into a lifetime convert to fly fishing
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist As a youth, I loved fishing in a local neighbor’s pond, along with a creek…
Game times, ticket information released for Thomas More’s NCAA tourney sectional games
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Women’s Basketball Committee has announced the games times for the sectional round…
Toyota puts the ‘vroom’ in safety education program aimed at placing kids in the driver’s seat
Driving habits, good or bad, begin to form long before a driver can reach the gas pedal and as early…
Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2015 fell to 5.4 percent, ties lowest mark since 2007
Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in 2015 from 6.5 percent in 2014, while nonfarm employment gained 27,700…
Old Time Kentucky: Laffoon’s plans for a state sales tax led mobs to descend on Frankfort in 1930s
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Matt Bevin, the first Republican elected governor since Ernie Fletcher in 2003, doubtless hopes his…
NKU women receive No. 5 seed in Horizon League tourney, eye date with Cleveland State Thursday
With the 2015-16 Horizon League women’s basketball schedule complete, the League office has announced the bracket for the 2016 Horizon…
Commentary: Fast-advancing, onerous education standards act puts the cart before the horse
By Rep. Derrick Graham Special to NKyTribune I hate to be trite by starting with the expression “cart before the…
Mike Denham: Final weeks of legislative session mirror college basketball’s March Madness
As college basketball fans prepare for the postseason, it’s worth pointing out that the final few weeks of a legislative…
Buzzer-beater by Cleveland State spoils Senior Night for Northern Kentucky women
Ashanti Abshaw’s turnaround jumper as the final horn sounded was the last of her 32 points for the Cleveland State…
Instant Replay: Cardinals wrap up season on the short end of another blowout against Virginia
By Russ Brown NKyTribune correspondent LOUISVILLE — Rick Pitino vowed that his Louisville basketball team’s rematch with Virginia would be…
Moss fires in 26 points, No. 1 Thomas More women advance to NCAA D-III tourney sectionals
The top-ranked Thomas More College women’s basketball team defeated Guilford College 92-40 Saturday in a second round game of the…
White pours in 23 points, but NKU men fall to Milwaukee in Horizon League tourney opener
Tyler White scored 23 points, including 15 in the second half, and Northern Kentucky went on furious second-half run, but…
Norse women to recognize seniors before final home game Saturday against Cleveland State
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team closes out the 2015-16 regular season on Saturday as the Norse welcome Cleveland…
Mighty Moms: Community partners team up to provide support to mothers of special needs children
By Kristy Robinson Horine Special to NKyTribune If she’s said it once, she’s said it a thousand times. “Wash your…