Cincinnati author Larry Blundred and his wife, Donna, will appear at a book signing on Friday at 7 p.m. at Joseph-Beth’s Crestview Hills. Blundred wrote the newly released Staying Resilient: When Life Throws You More Than a Curveball (Winters Publishing, Greensburg, 2017). The 112-page book reveals the author’s journey of resiliency after Donna was diagnosed…
Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky has surpassed $10 million in assets under management less than six months after its formation in August 2017. The organization established an initial goal to raise $50 million in five years to support Northern Kentucky community needs and services. “We are overwhelmed by the positive response to the formation…
Mayor Butch Callery offers this ‘State of Villa Hills’ statement: Another year has passed in the great city of Villa Hills. We have kept our momentum in the repair of our streets thanks to the road tax authorized by voters. We were able to take care of 19 streets at a cost of $700,000 this…
Rosedale Green in Covington, Highlandspring of Fort Thomas, and River Valley Nursing Home in Butler were recognized at the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities’ Annual Quality Awards Banquet recently at the Galt House in Louisville as Best of Kentucky – Nursing and Rehabilitation recipients. “It is an honor to recognize outstanding caregivers for providing…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter Ryan Joseph Allen grew up knowing he was somehow different. And when it became clear just how he was different, he also realized he had very few people to rely on and talk with. He questioned his sexual identity, and his life spiraled out of control. He used drugs and…
The work of 17 Kentucky artists will grace the hallways of the Capitol Annex during the legislative session. The Kentucky Arts Council exhibit “Kentucky Visions at the Capitol” will be on display 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, through April 6 at the Annex. The exhibit features 55 individual pieces by Kentucky Crafted…
With forecasts for possible heavy snow and freezing rain in the Midwest, Duke Energy is preparing to respond to possible power outages in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Heavy wet snow or freezing rain can cause outages due to the weight they create on tree limbs, which can break or sag onto power lines. Widespread outages…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter A doctor will decide if the leading scorer on the Cooper boys’ basketball team gets to play against Covington Catholic in the feature game of the Bluegrass-Buckeye Charity Classic at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Northern Kentucky University’s BB&T Arena. Cooper senior guard Adam Kunkel sat out his team’s last…
By Kevin Fleischman Camp Ernst Middle School When people imagine what a classroom looks like, most of them picture rows of desks, students filing quietly into the room. They picture the teacher standing in front of the classroom like a symphony conductor, signaling to the kids that learning is about to begin. I’ve been a…
The Public Arts Network of Northern Kentucky has announced its new community initiative – The NKY Picnic Table Project — a low-cost, high-impact project that will bring the region’s communities together with art and food. Here’s how it works: Any person, family, or group — such as a business, school, church, neighborhood, city, or club…
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) announced recipients of grants from the Kentucky Local History Trust Fund (KRS 171.325), a funding pool that supports local history organizations’ efforts to preserve and tell Kentucky’s stories. Seventeen organizations from 16 Kentucky counties received grants totaling $22,217. Individual amounts range from $856 to $1,500 for projects related to collection…
By Donna Vitucci Covington Ladies Home The arc of history lives within the walls of Covington Ladies Home. Since 1894, the Victorian at Garrard and East 7th has been home for this legacy organization, born of charity and rooted in service to our community’s women. Covington Ladies Home — which West Covington resident Ellen Battelle…
The Northern Kentucky Chamber Women’s Initiative is proud to recognize Shelley Funke Frommeyer as the recipient of the fifth annual Spirit of Achievement Award, presented by C-Forward. The award, which will be presented at the Women’s Initiative Annual Breakfast, sponsored by PNC on Wednesday, January 24, honors women involved in the Northern Kentucky Chamber Women’s…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor Two separate automobile incidents in Northern Kentucky that resulted in fatalities and charges against the drivers, including one that took place almost three years ago, are winding their way through the courts. In March 2015, a car driven by Jessica Hood struck and killed two toddlers and their grandfather…
The Newport Police Department (NPD) is asking city residents and businesses to assist with future criminal investigations by notifying the police if they have security cameras covering their property or nearby streets and sidewalks. The request is part of an initiative to create a database of where citizen-owned cameras are installed, which will allow police…
WASHINGTON – One thing that can be said about Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root and Branch’’ McConnell, to paraphrase the late Democratic Sen. Henry “Scoop’’ Jackson of Washington, is that he’s a conservative, not a damn fool. While his counterpart in the lower chamber, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, is becoming increasingly bellicose about tackling…
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter One glance at the Simon Kenton High School boys’ basketball record book reveals Jeff Krohman is the greatest scorer in the program’s history. The sharpshooting guard poured in 2,181 career points from 1991-95 and parlayed that success into a scholarship to Division II powerhouse Kentucky Wesleyan. But Jeff is no…
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division in conjunction with its Traffic Division and Traffic Grant personnel have experimented with conducting “traffic blitzes” during late evening/early morning hours on specific roadways in Boone County. The concentrated enforcement campaigns are geared toward criminal interdiction and apprehending impaired drivers through saturated patrol. The teams usually consist of…
The message AAA and other traffic safety advocates share in advance of New Year’s Eve typically focuses on impaired driving but this year there is an additional concern – the extreme cold. AAA is encouraging drivers to not only dress for a warm New Year’s Day celebration but to also take along the additional…
NKyTribune staff New Year’s Eve is a night when many people enjoy an adult beverage. For some it is a common practice, while others imbibe less frequently and may only drink on the last day of the year. Regardless of how much, or how little, one drinks, it’s a good idea to know how much…
This is the first in an occasional series of articles on elk in Kentucky, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the elk restoration project. The end-of-the-year holiday celebrations have a special significance this year as it was 20 years ago this December 18th that Kentucky’s elk restoration project began. The return of elk to…
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Heavy hitters in the business world have joined together as shareholders in Braidy Industries, the firm that’s building a $1.3 billion aluminum rolling mill in northeastern Kentucky. The list includes entrepreneurs, industrialists, investors, a former member of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, a world-renowned Harvard University economist, as well as…
