The Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) may be the most abundant, widely-distributed game animal in Kentucky. They make their homes in leaf nests and the cavities of large trees, in a wide range of environments. This includes remote forests of mountainous eastern Kentucky, farm woodlands, river bottoms, small towns, suburban backyards, and city parks. Kentucky…
The Covington Business Council, SD1 and the City of Covington will celebrate the completion of a mural commemorating the 1937 flood as the historic event’s 80th anniversary year comes to a close. Muralist Tammy Batson Stephens was inspired by the castle insignia of the Army Corps of Engineers, which constructed the Russell Street Pumping Plant…
NKyTribune staff A Warsaw man died Wednesday in a single-vehicle accident on Boat Dock Road in Union. A Sheriff’s office statement indicates Howard Thomas was driving a vehicle that left Boat Dock Road and collided with two trees. The vehicle then returned to the road and rolled over on the driver’s side trapping Thomas. He…
“Everyone in this room has a digital tattoo. You didn’t ask for it, you don’t know where it is, you don’t know who can see it and that digital tattoo will follow you for the rest of your life,” social media expert Stephen J. Smith told a crowd of ninth and tenth graders at Highlands…
Cold and rainy, dark and gloomy, fall has hit the area in the form of chilly temperatures and heavy rain. I liken it to a good wash after a long summer. A little scrubbing, some fresh clothes, and we’re all tidied up for the holidays. Unfortunately, most of us are still in summer mode, cooking…
NKyTribune staff A one-year-old boy involved in an accident on Camp Ernst Road in Boone County Monday has died. The Boone County Sheriff’s office reports that Chase Knapp, 1, of Melbourne KY, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday at 11:41 p.m. while at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Knapp was one of two children injured and…
By Pat Stavovy and Thomas Hern Special to NKyTribune Casper Ritchie, Jr. built a large home in Ludlow at the corner of Elm and Locust Streets and moved there in 1860. The family called it the big house. Our grandmother Elizabeth was born there, as well as her brother Walter S. and sister Louise. The…
Car crashes are the number one killer of American teens. However, in the past decade, tremendous safety gains have been made. Things look much different than they did ten years ago. Though it is tragic to lose even one young person in a car crash, in the United States the numbers have decreased nearly 43…
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is honoring the Kentucky Oral Health Program in recognition of National Dental Hygiene Month. The Oral Health Program consists of 11 public health dental hygiene teams providing services in 28 Kentucky counties. These teams visit local schools to assess, clean and apply fluoride varnish and sealants to…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The length of day relative to the time of year never changes. As the nights lengthen slightly with each passing day in fall, the overnight temperatures drop and pull heat from the top layers of lakes. This development is already underway, but will peak over the next month and…
The Baby Boomer Generation grew up hunting small game close to home — squirrels in groves of hickory trees in August and doves in September over harvested tobacco field sown in winter wheat. Around Thanksgiving, rabbits, and maybe a covey or two of quail, were jumped up from thick weeds and brush along the borders…
Pine Mountain State Resort Park will host its Fly Fishing Weekend Nov. 11-12. Participants will learn to fly fish in the beautiful autumn mountains during this two-day workshop. It will include choosing equipment, fly selection, reading a stream, casting, and hooking and landing a fish. The weekend package includes a Saturday continental breakfast, classroom and…
The Kentucky Horse Park will host the inaugural Bluegrass Rockin’ Rodeo, Nov. 17-18 in the Alltech Arena. Gates open at 5 p.m., with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the International Pro Rodeo Association and serves as the IPRA National All-Region Finals. From big cities and small towns, to major…
NKyTribune staff Tammy Weidinger, president and CEO of Brighton Center, was among those appointed to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors, Tuesday by Gov. Matt Bevin. Weidinger’s 34-year history with Brighton Center began with front line work with individuals and families and led to her current position, responsible for leadership of Bright Center programs….
Partners in the LiveWell NKY initiative have announced that the role of its fiscal agent for the Northern Kentucky health promotion initiative will transition from the Northern Kentucky Regional Alliance to the Center for Great Neighborhoods effective November 1. LiveWell NKY is a communitywide initiative designed to improve the health of Northern Kentucky residents through…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Covington Catholic’s football program on a night when the team faced its long-standing rival had a profound effect on the players. With members of CovCath’s six previous state championship teams in the crowd, the Colonels whipped Highlands, 52-0, in the Class 5A district…
Northern Kentucky University will host the inaugural conference of the Ohio River Valley Addiction Research Consortium (ORVARC). The conference will focus on evidence-based research on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and will be held on November 10, 2017 in the Student Union. ORVARC’s mission is to increase collaboration among researchers, regardless of institutional and disciplinary boundaries,…
Ron Clark – a teacher, best-selling author and the subject of an uplifting film about his unique and acclaimed approach to education – will visit Northern Kentucky Monday to make a presentation to administrators, teachers and staff of the Newport Independent School District. “I’m in my 30th year in education, and I’m hard to impress,”…
NKyTribune staff A Fort Thomas man has been charged with manslaughter in connection to a three-car accident near Florence in April that claimed the life of one of the drivers. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Maxwell Detzel, 23, Tuesday afternoon. He has been charged with Manslaughter 2nd Degree (Felony), Criminal Mischief 1st Degree 2 counts…
A new report shows an increase of staggering proportions in the number of Kentucky adults and children receiving disability benefits. The report was prepared by Kentucky’s Disability Determination Services (DDS), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and presented at the Kentucky Work Matters task force meeting yesterday in Frankfort. The groundbreaking study…
We all hope to retire some day with enough income to maintain a modest lifestyle. Maybe you have private investments, have paid into Social Security or have a pension. Whatever your plan for retirement, imagine your concern if that future was threatened. That’s what city, county and school employees invested in the County Employees Retirement…
The Covington Neighborhood Collaborative (CNC) announced its 2017 Covington Neighborhood Summit will be held at Gateway Community College (downtown Covington location), 525 Scott Blvd. on Saturday, October 14, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Participants are highly encouraged to register prior to the event. The CNC…
