The Covington Ladies Home’s “130 Years and Counting” Capital Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast takes place on August 4, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Metropolitan Club on Covington’s Riverfront. The event is by reservation only, and includes leaders and caring individuals from government, the community, Ladies Home supporters, friends, neighbors, and more. Located in…
CINCINNATI – I went to Great American Ballpark Wednesday for a matinee game between two of the worst teams in major-league baseball, the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves. Before you ask, I have not lost my mind, even though it did get a bit warm in all that bright sunshine. I love baseball in…
NKyTribune staff report Early morning commuters in Northern Kentucky who witnessed a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 275 or I-75 may have wondered how it turned out. The Boone County Sheriff’s office says law enforcement officers eventually got their man, but it took nearly an hour in a chase that covered 42 miles. Police say…
NKyTribune staff report Kenton Circuit Judge Patricia Summe has sentenced Brian Joseph Ramsey of Newport to 20 years in prison. Ramsey, 25, who robbed a BB&T Bank branch on Scott Street in Covington in December, was found guilty of 2nd Degree Robbery and 2 counts of Tampering With Evidence in June. He was convicted as…
Skyward (formerly Vision 2015) and Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, two organizations focused on elevating the Northern Kentucky region, have partnered to launch the One Vision One Voice fundraising campaign. The campaign will fund critical initiatives designed to help the Northern Kentucky region not only compete more effectively in what is increasingly a global marketplace, and create…
By Kristy Robinson Horine NKyTribune reporter The rain began on Thursday, June 23, just like The Weather Channel warned it would. Despite knowing there was a risk of flooding, West Virginians had no way to know what was about to happen. Within hours, upwards of 10 inches of rain fell across the region. Severe thunderstorms…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist This is a reprint of a column originally published on June 21, 2015. I typically write about contemporary life, but once in a while I like to pore over items from Kentucky’s past, especially when I feel a real connection. This particular column will have that focus. A while back,…
President Barack Obama has nominated Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. to serve on the board of directors of the State Justice Institute. SJI is a federal non-profit corporation that awards grants to improve the quality of justice in state courts and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. Some…
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune This time of year brings back a flood of memories from the 1960s. My mother used to say that after July 4th, stores would run sales on summer clothing and start to stock back-to-school supplies and clothes. Although she regularly drove us to downtown Covington to shop at…
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) announced that Kentucky has received more than $6 million in AmeriCorps federal funding for 19 programs with more than 1,000 members. Most of the programs were funded through an annual grant competition by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency that engages…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune An old saying among bass anglers declares they would rather catch one bass on a top-water lure than 10 on anything else. The shake-inducing strike of a huge black bass savaging a top-water lure at dawn is as addictive as free donuts in the break room at work. Once…
An interstate rehabilitation project is in progress on I-71/I-75 from the I-275 interchange to just south of US 25 (Exit 188). Beginning July 15 (Friday night), starting at 10 p.m., significant lane restrictions will be in place throughout the weekend on I-71/I-75 NB. The restrictions will occur between the 184 mile-marker (KY 236 – Donaldson…
Once again our nation has watched some very painful and disturbing videos of two different police encounters which resulted in black men being shot and killed. The incidents later sparked a lethal reaction in Dallas, where 5 police officers were killed and 8 others were injured by a sniper. Over the past couple of years…
What’s the ideal pre-season warmup for archery deer season? It might be a combination of target practice, and shooting fish. Bow fishing is a good way to sharpen up archery skills, while removing undesirable fish species in the process. Bow fishing is legal year-round in Kentucky, but only rough fish species may be taken. There…
With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting that most of the U.S. will face well above average temperatures this summer, Kentucky State Police is warning parents and caregivers about the fatal dangers posed by leaving children in hot cars. “Heat stroke is the leading cause of non-crash related deaths for children ages 14…
By Vicki Prichard NKyTribune reporter Long before the culinary venues flanked the streets of MainStrasse, and the pulse of the city started pounding, Margo Grubbs was investing in Covington. While MainStrasse continues to develop with ever increasing energy, there’s some creative muscle-flexing on Pike Street too; evidence that the city is soundly moving towards establishing…
The Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC) has awarded $55,700 in fiscal year 2015-16 in new grants to support oral history projects ranging in topic from Bosnian immigrants in Bowling Green to the Kentucky Chili Bun Trail in Eastern Kentucky, public art in Louisville to the African American experience in Hopkinsville. Grants support both new projects…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor There is a lot more to NASCAR than just driving around a banked oval at a high rate of speed. NASCAR teams have helped raise awareness of everything from Autism and Diabetes to childhood hunger and bike riding. One of the most visible marketing tools in sports is a…
By Kevin Kelly Special to the NKyTribune from Kentucky Speedway Brad Keselowski and his team cut it so close on fuel in the closing laps of Saturday’s Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts that the driver of the No. 2 Ford needed a shove from a tow truck to reach victory lane. He…
Kentucky Speedway was repaved and reconfigured over the offseason but Kyle Busch showed Friday evening that he still knows how to get around it. Busch dominated the Alsco 300 but his fifth victory in nine NASCAR XFINITY Series starts this season didn’t come easily. A late caution set up a green-white-checkered flag overtime finish that…
SPARTA, Ky. – Ben Rhodes has a face made for a Wheaties box, not to mention the cover of Sports Illustrated. At 19, he is boyishly handsome and cool more than cocky. His smile could light up the Toyota factory in Georgetown. When he puts on the decal-spangled silver suit that he wears to work,…
By: Kevin Kelly Special to the NKyTribune from Kentucky Speedway William Byron delivered a record-setting victory for his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team on a night when racing returned to Kentucky Speedway for the first time since the track was repaved and reconfigured over the offseason. The 18-year-old held off John Hunter Nemechek and…
