A group of Northern Kentucky University students are headed to the nation’s capital for a national environmental technology competition this spring. They are developing a mobile app designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the university’s more than 15,000 students. The students, from several disciplines, will participate in the final phase of the U.S. Environmental…
This column on bullying in schools will run periodically on KyForward. By Melissa Martin Special to NKyTribune Parents, please read this article to your kids and then go to www.stopbullying.gov and watch videos of kids talking about bullying and animated videos. Discuss bullying prevention and intervention with your children often. Invite…
By Kevin Kelly Special to KyForward After two seasons of record harvests, Kentucky’s deer hunters kept the pace up this past season. The 2014-15 season closed on Jan. 19 with 138,892 deer checked, the second highest total on record and third consecutive season with a harvest exceeding 130,000 deer. “I’m happy,” said Gabe Jenkins, deer…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Contributor Elizabeth Stewart thought Florence would just be another city she passed through on her way from Sevierville, Tennessee to Dayton, Ohio for a funeral on the evening of Dec.28. An unscheduled stop due to a mechanical problem, however, turned out to be a major inconvenience that could have been much…
By Donald Then NKyTribune literary editor Well-defined characters, a polished plot line, artful dialogue, pleasant settings, surprising humor and an easy-to-read writing style are what you get when you read Sweet Harmony, a romance novel written by LuAnn McLane. This appealing and self-contained tale is all about life, love, laughter, heartache, perseverance, and success—all neatly…
Representative Dennis Keene, D-Wilder, will speak at a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda in support of House Bill 60 that he has filed to strengthen Kentucky’s DUI laws. Colleen Sheehey-Church, the national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, will attend the press conference along with…
Despite unseasonable weather and a big mast crop, Kentucky’s 2014-15 deer season ended with hunters posting the second-highest harvest total ever. “It was a great season,” said Gabe Jenkins, deer biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “With the hunting conditions we had there’s usually a decline in harvest, but it didn’t…
By Greg Paeth NKy Tribune senior reporter Former Covington Board of Education member Krista Powers and Diane Brumback, who ran for the board last November, are among four candidates who have been interviewed by a state panel that will make a recommendation about who fills the vacancy created last November when Kerry Holleran resigned from…
Each week “resident riskologist” Keven Moore shines the light on America’s riskiest behaviors – from unsafe driving practices to workplace stress to common home accidents. And in the process, he provides the information needed to help people play it a little safer. As a safety risk management professional tasked with keeping workplaces safe,…
By Mike Rutledge NKyTribune reporter The police chief of Northern Kentucky’s largest city believes more education and more effective residential rehabilitation are needed to fight the region’s heroin epidemic. To be clear, Police Chief Michael “Spike” Jones says Covington is not the epicenter of Northern Kentucky’s heroin. He emphasizes it is dispersed throughout all socioeconomic…
Highway fatalities in Kentucky increased in 2014 after a record low in 2013. Kentucky Office of Highway Safety preliminary figures from a Jan. 16 report indicate 667 people lost their lives on Kentucky roadways last year, up from 638 in 2013. However, it was the second lowest total since 1949, when 573 fatalities were…
By Bill Straub NKy Tribune columnist WASHINGTON – Wendell Hampton Ford, who died early today at age 90 after a short battle with lung cancer, was much more than just a giant in the history of Kentucky politics and government. After a half-century striding atop the commonwealth’s affairs, Ford long ago made the transition…
A few months ago, I was asked to speak to a high school reunion in Georgetown. I won’t say how many years these folks were celebrating . . . suffice it to say I was the youngest person in the room, by several years. But it was great to be back in Georgetown to see…
By Art Lander Jr. Special to NKyTribune Perched in trees along rural roadways, or soaring over pastures and harvested crop fields at the wood’s edge, hawks are more visible during the winter months. “We have more hawks in the state at this time of year,” said Kate Heyden, raptor biologist for the Kentucky Department of…
Our good friend Ken Rechtin has declared the Democratic Party dead in Northern Kentucky (“Turn out the Lights,” River City News, 1/08/15). His evidence is the beating that Campbell County Democratic candidates took in November — the Boone and Kenton County parties having been dead for years. It is understandable that Ken feels this…
By Greg Paeth NKyTribune senior reporter The Covington City Commission made it clear 15 days into its new term that the overwhelming majority of its members are opposed to any plan to charge tolls on a new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River. Commissioners Steve Frank and Chuck Eilerman, who were re-elected in November,…
Covering a wide swatch of upper-region counties, the Northern Kentucky Legislative Caucus has several prominent and powerful state legislators in its ranks. Each is listed below, along with those committees they sit on this year* and the bills they will be sponsoring in their respective chamber. Although most of the legislators have co-sponsored a variety…
Shannon Spake has been to Rupp Arena several times, including Tuesday night’s Kentucky-Missouri basketball game. And the personable ESPN sideline reporter really likes her courtside media seat at UK’s home games for one special reason. She gets to sit very close to the passionate and youthful Big Blue supporters. “I love the fans…
WASHINGTON – In case you haven’t noticed, America is falling apart – literally. The American Society of Civil Engineers, in its most recent study, concluded that an investment of $3.6 trillion is urgently needed by 2020 to bring the nation’s infrastructure — roads, bridges, dams, sewer systems and what have you — up to snuff…
Finding a remarkably good book is joyful. It’s akin to reaching into your pocket and pulling out a twenty you thought you dropped in the supermarket parking lot some time ago. The added value you sense is a real bonus. That’s the way I felt when I read Alligator Alley by local author and politico…
Imagine dining at a local restaurant and just as you are about to take a bite out of that tasty entrée, a car comes crashing through the front of the restaurant, plowing into your table and sending you to the hospital. Or imagine stopping at a local convenience store to buy a gallon of…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune contributor When Brad Fritz rolls into a room, he speaks volumes – and he does it without saying a word. It’s because of the accident, which makes it difficult for him to speak at all. He uses a typing machine that talks for him, called a Lightwriter, which means his every…
