Gateway receives $50,000 grant from Schroth family trust for Urban Metro Campus, to be matched by state
Gateway Community and Technical College has received a $50,000 grant from the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank,…
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Capitol Notes: Senate passes bill to study state’s underfunded teacher pension plan
The Senate has voted to establish a task force to examine the state’s underfunded teacher pension plan in lieu of…
Gateway 1: ‘Urban Campus’ seen as transformational for Covington, boon for all river cities and potential students
As happened in hundreds of other cities across the country, Covington’s downtown business district took a hard punch to the…
CovCath defeats Holmes 45-37 in strong finish to claim the 9th region boys’ basketball championship
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter After Covington Catholic won the 9th Region boys’ basketball championship game on Tuesday, the…
Jamie Vaught: C.M. Newton to be honored at SEC Tourney as Alabama’s Basketball Legend
C.M. Newton has seen a lot of SEC basketball tournaments during his long career. He participated in the conference tourney…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Record-breaking snow, cold bring both good and bad news
The change to Daylight Savings Time was last Sunday, and Spring starts next week on March 20, but temperatures are…
Nutrition education program unveils new healthy eating campaign featuring Wildcat
Billboards featuring a wildcat dressed as a super hero have popped up all over the state. The billboards are part…
UK joins forces with SOAR as a presenting sponsor to advance Eastern Kentucky health and economy
The University of Kentucky and Shaping Our Appalachian Region announced a three-year, more than $300,000 partnership Tuesday as part of…
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event returns to Kentucky Horse Park April 23-26, with record-high prize money
The 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover, returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington April…
Calipari earns SEC Coach of the Year honors; Cauley-Stein, Towns on all-league first team
Following an unprecedented undefeated regular season and the 46th Southeastern Conference championship in program history, the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats captured…
NKU women ready for Atlantic Sun Conference Championship semifinal matchup with Stetson
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team is set for its first Atlantic Sun Conference Championship semifinal matchup in program…
Bill expanding use of ignition interlocks OK’d by Senate; aimed at reducing drunk driving
Saying it would reduce the number of habitual drunken drivers, a majority of state senators voted today for legislation that…
More than 9,500 educators have already taken part in Kentucky TELL Survey; March 31 is deadline
After just one week, more than 9,500 Kentucky educators have taken part in the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning)…
Beechwood is state winner of the College and Career Transition Award from ACT for student preparation
Beechwood High School has been chosen to receive the College and Career Transition Award from ACT as the state’s exemplary…
Donald Then: Calling Me Home is a poignant novel about a forbidden love and the trials that come with it
The premise of Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler is profound in its simplicity: Isabelle McAllister, a white woman in…
Sports Notes: Cats’ shot at all-time school, SEC streak could be third win over Gators
By Glenn Osborne Special to NKyTribune One year ago, it was Florida running the table in the Southeastern Conference, winning…
Special Report: How Kentucky money fuels cross-border casinos, other state budgets
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Braving temperatures in the 30s on a recent Wednesday morning, the 25…
Middle school ‘mathletes’ will calculate their way into finals to win college scholarships
The practices are over. They qualified to represent their school. They survived the grueling chapter competitions. Now, the state finals…
Keven Moore: Measles outbreak brings vaccination debate to the workplace
When several Disneyland (California) employees were reported to be among those infected in the recent measles outbreak, the vaccination debate…
Rep. Denny Butler: HB 213 is the best hope for slowing, eventually stopping heroin’s scourge
By Rep. Denny Butler Special to NKyTribune While there have been wide-ranging opinions about heroin legislation this session, there is…
Gayle Pille: Migrant wood warblers bring out the spring watchers; join the hunt for a rare find
Many folks go a lifetime without knowing that wood warblers even exist. These small neo-tropical migrants are little more than…
Kentucky’s annual jobless rate plunges to 6.5% in 2014; lowest annual rate in six years
Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate plunged to 6.5 percent in 2014 from 8 percent in 2013 – the lowest annual jobless…