By Terry Boehmker NKy Tribune sports reporter More than 40 boys’ high school basketball players in Northern Kentucky are expected to take part in a new college recruiting combine this Saturday at the Griffin Elite Sports & Wellness facility in Erlanger. Scott head coach Brad Carr organized the combine that will include fitness and strength…
The Save a Life Tour will be visiting Cooper High School today. The world renowned program includes a 1/2 million dollar impaired driving simulator and a texting and driving simulator with an I-phone attached where students will be responding to short text messages while driving in a simulated world. The program takes place starting at…
James C. Votruba, son of former Northern Kentucky University president James Votruba, has died. This memorial was provided by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes: James was born February 4, 1974 in Lansing, MI to James C. and Rachel M. (Turner) Votruba. He was a resident of Holt, loved playing darts, skiing, boating at his summer cottage…
The Tom Ellis Athletic Memorial Foundation will host the fourth Covington Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at the Radisson Cincinnati Riverfront hotel in Covington. Former Major League Baseball umpire Randy Marsh and former coaches Ken Spurlock and Tom Haney will…
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Saying goodbye is never easy, but bidding farewell to a man who was at once many things—an historian, professor, mentor, colleague, and friend—is even more difficult. Of the many teachers in our lives, generally only a few shine as our bright stars. They’re the instructors who cared enough…
The Boone County Public Library concert series will offer a performance by Mark Utley and Bulletville at the Boone County Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike in Burlington, on Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m. Bulletville features Mark Utley, Jeff Vanover, and Todd Drake, joined by bassist Chris Douglas, world-renowned keyboardist Ricky Nye, and award-winning pedal…
Kentucky State Parks have three special wild game meals scheduled in April that will whet your appetite. Pine Mountain State Resort Park will hold its Frontier Night Buffet on Saturday, April 9. The menu features a delicious selection of unique foods from 5-8 p.m. Entrees include baron of elk roast carved on the line, chicken…
By Vicki Prichard NKyTribune Reporter The images are poignant, capturing the nuances of life that only a subtle smile, a glean in the eyes, or a thoughtful gaze can reveal. They are the ‘senior portraits’ of the current residents of the Covington Ladies Home, which, for 130 years, has been home to scores of women…
The in-line style planer board, used to troll crankbaits or drift live bait, revolutionized fishing for walleye and salmon on the Great Lakes when they first hit the market in 1975. But, with some creative rigging, and careful attention to the depth being fished, anglers can use planer boards in a wide variety of fishing…
On behalf of the LIFT (Local Investments for Transformation) Kentucky Coalition, I applaud the House of Representatives, Speaker Stumbo, and Leader Hoover for their bipartisan support of LIFT Kentucky, and the faith they are showing in Kentucky voters. The State Senate should listen to the growing coalition of 80+ business, civic, and government groups from…
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune This is the third installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles, detailing productive fishing techniques and opportunities across Kentucky. The series will continue until early summer. An archive of past articles is available on the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov). Most anglers are beneficiaries of the “pay it…
The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission proposed the 2016-2017 early migratory bird and waterfowl season dates and fishing regulations at its quarterly meeting. The commission recommends all hunting, fishing and boating regulations for approval by the General Assembly and approves all expenditures by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. All recommendations must be…
Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub awarded its 2016 Social Enterprise Award to Master Provisions. The award provides $5,000 of consultation services to help expand Master Provisions’ transportation social enterprise. The announcement was made at recent Social Venture Partners’ Fast Pitch competition. Master Provisions also received a $5,000 grant from Social Venture Partners, as the second-place winner…
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has re-opened I-75 South in Campbell County (TN), near the Kentucky border. Both directions of I-75 have been closed since Feb. 26 due to a rockslide at Mile Marker 142. I-75 North remains closed for the removal of the slide debris, stabilization of the existing slope, and repairs to the…
In late 2014, the nation was captivated by Lauren Hill, the 19-year-old basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati who bravely battled — but ultimately was taken — by a rare form of brain cancer. To honor her memory and to raise money for cancer research and care, Newport’s Italianfest will hold the…
Thanks to St. Elizabeth Healthcare Sports Medicine for sponsoring our girls’ high school basketball coverage this season. See all of our girls’ basketball stories here and watch for state tournament coverage March 9-13 from BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University. By Terry Boehmker NKy Tribune sports reporter Ryle senior guard Mallory Schwartz had a cousin who…
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist Louisville newspaper editors George D. Prentice and Reuben T. Durrett did more than fire verbal broadsides at each other. They shot it out with pistols on a busy Falls City street in 1857. Evidently neither one was hit, but Prentice purportedly wounded a bystander in the leg. Prentice ran the…
Bret Battaglia sets the morning line at Turfway Park in Florence and provides daily picks and comments for the Trib during the live racing meets. Picks and comments for Saturday, March 5 RACE 1 CRITICAL SUMMER comes in off of three decent efforts at this same level, give her the edge to pick up the…
What if the popular TV game show Family Feud asked of contestants, “Around the world, what is Kentucky most famous for?” The most frequent answer would probably be horses. Next would likely be bourbon. Cars might be on the list of a savvy contestant. But how many of our fictional contestants would mention aerospace products?…
Commercial motor vehicles traveling south on Interstate 75 from Cincinnati may want to use an alternate route to reach destinations in southeast Tennessee, Georgia or Florida—all due to a major rockslide that has closed portions of I-75 near Jellico, TN on Feb. 26. As an alternate route, truck traffic may detour at I-71 south at…
With her job as one of the more respected sideline reporters, Shannon Spake has been covering lots of UK basketball games on national TV lately. If you watch sports, especially on ESPN, you’d certainly know who she is. Spake does an admirable job and has worked with the sports network since 2006. You may remember…
Kentuckians will have the opportunity this spring to help shape a new Empower Kentucky Plan to map out an energy future for Kentucky. The Empower Kentucky Plan will be developed through diverse public input, including ideas generated at a series of “A Seat at the Table” community conversations hosted by Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC)…
