By Carol L. Williams Special to NKyTribune Whatever happened to Monopoly and other table-top games? What about lawn games of skill like croquet, horseshoes, bocce and box hockey? Have they gone the way of the Dodo? Fortunately, the answer is no! Old fashioned board games and lawn activities are experiencing a revival thanks to Millennials…
Drivers describe traffic conditions on the Brent Spence Bridge that spans the Ohio River between Covington and Cincinnati as a “bottleneck,” a “choke point,” a “source of gridlock” and a variety of other less printable names. The corridor where Interstates 71 and 75 converge in Northern Kentucky and southern Ohio serves families, recreationists, a regional…
By Bobby Ellis Special to NKyTribune If you’ve ever wanted to give your students the chance to catch wild fish out of the Ohio River using currents of electricity, the Thomas More Biology Field Station in California, Ky., has just the thing for you. As part of a workshop organized by Tabitha Owens, who was…
The Kenton County Public Library has provided a list of Halloween events at its branches throughout the month of October. Covington Branch, 502 Scott Blvd. Creepy Crafts Thursday, October 12, 7-8 p.m. We’ll have a handful of different Halloween crafts to make. Cook-a-Book Halloween! Saturday, October 21, 11 a.m.-noon Preschool & School Age Join us…
On Friday, Oct. 6, Covington Police responded to the 0-100 block of East 32nd Street where a vehicle struck a child. The child, who was riding a bicycle during the collision, was killed instantly. The vehicle involved did not remain at the scene of the collision. Detectives and responding officers located the suspected vehicle and…
Kentucky REALTORS® (KYR), one of the state’s largest professional associations representing more than 10,600 members, elected and installed its 2018 Board of Directors and leadership during the 95th Annual KYR Convention in Cincinnati. Steve Cline, a member of the REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky (RASK) in Bowling Green, was installed at the Convention as the…
Southbank Partners, the City of Newport and The Newport Foundation – building on the momentum of the construction of the new KY Route 9 into and through the city – have announced a partnership to develop vibrant, welcoming and highly-visible new gateway entrances into the community. Monuments are planned for two of the new…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor Boone County Sheriff’s investigators are still searching for answers in the death of Allen Williams of Hebron. Williams, 48, was struck and killed in the early morning hours of August 26, while riding his bicycle northbound on North Bend Road (KY 237), near Northside Drive in Hebron. More than…
SD1’s newest treatment plant, which began operating about five years ago, racked up another award when the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA) recently announced the first ever recipients of its new H2O awards. Presented at the 2017 Governor’s Local Issues Conference in August, the agency’s H2O Award is designed to recognize excellence in efficiency, regionalization and…
The Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) is in Covington for its annual Conference and Expo, extending from Tuesday, October 3 to Friday, October 6 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 1 W. Rivercenter Blvd. “On behalf of the Covington Board of Commissioners and its citizens, I take great pleasure in welcoming the Kentucky League of…
Fall brings cooler temperatures, falling leaves and once again this year, the annual Friends of Covington Beautification Awards, which will be presented Wednesday, Oct. 11, in an event that is open to the public at the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington’s Devou Park. This year marks the 26th year that the Friends of Covington will honor…
A monthly list of events at Campbell County Public Library branches is provided here. The Campbell County Public Library operates three branches. The Cold Spring Branch is located at 3920 Alexandria Pike in Cold Spring, phone 859-781-6166. The Carrico/Fort Thomas Branch is located at 1000 Highland Ave. in Fort Thomas, phone 859-572-5033. The Newport Branch…
By Carol L. Williams Special to NKyTribune During its General Conference in 1820, the Methodist Episcopal Church called for establishment of educational institutions throughout America, particularly frontier areas. The Kentucky and Ohio Conferences answered the call by pooling their resources and co-sponsoring the establishment of an institution in Augusta. On 7 December 1822, Augusta College…
Thomas More College will launch its Homecoming Week celebration this Wednesday with a new event, U(topia) Fest, a family-friendly music festival. Free and open to the public, the U(topia) Fest will be held from 5-10 p.m. on TMC’s campus. It will boast several food trucks, a KidZone, and music from the college’s marching band as…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter There was a bit of concern, as well as a little celebration, at the city’s Board of Commission meeting Tuesday night. The concern centered around a presentation of the general fund financial report by city Staff Accountant Jerome Heist, who gave a succinct explanation of the year-end numbers. In summary,…
By Mike Farrell NKyTribune special editor A journalist whose reporting on the deaths of children abused or murdered while under the supervision of a state agency is the 2017 recipient of the James Madison Award for Service to the First Amendment. Deborah Yetter, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, is the 12th recipient of the award…
NKyTribune staff report A jury found Michelle Hirnikel guilty of Second Degree Assault and other offenses, for causing an accident in November 2015 that left another driver seriously injured. The jury took just less than an hour to convict Hirnikel, who investigators say was under the influence of Oxycodone and Alprazolam (Xanax) when her vehicle…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor The official groundbreaking for the new Kenton County Administration Building, to be built on the former Bavarian Brewery site in Covington, took place Monday afternoon. Kenton County Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann was joined by members of the Fiscal Court and other elected officials, as well as community stakeholders from throughout…
By Phillip A. Morgan Special to NKyTribune Australia is a long way from the USA both objectively (30+ hour journey including a typical 16 hour trans Pacific flight) and metaphorically (who knows what has happened there in 2017?) BUT the smallest continent/biggest island in the world is simply magical. The Australian mainland is similar in…
As the laps wound down, and his lead in Saturday’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 continued to grow, Tyler Reddick kept waiting for something to slow him down. “It just didn’t happen tonight,” he said. “We had good fortune and we put ourselves in great position.” The 21-year-old, who is driving a part-time schedule in the NASCAR XFINITY…
St. Elizabeth Healthcare received the Faith, Hope and Inspiration Award from the Alliance for Catholic Urban Education (ACUE) for its long-time support of economically disadvantaged students in Northern Kentucky. Since 2012, St. Elizabeth has donated more than $66,000 and recently pledged $250,000 total over the next five years to provide tuition assistance for students…
What could be better than a pumpkin spice or chai latte every day before Halloween? Thirty-one days of programs brought to you by your local history and genealogy library friends. Starting October 1 the Kenton County Public Libraries kick off 31 days of programming. Grab your rain coat and walking shoes because couldn’t contain all…
