This is the first of four articles on Kentucky’s ancient fish species. Future articles in the series will include gar, paddlefish and sturgeon. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a taxonomic relic of the Jurassic geologic period, an era of prehistory made famous in a 1993 film with the tagline “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.” The…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist As a young boy, I was often held spellbound while listening to my father’s stories about his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War Conflict. The accounts he shared were compelling, despite the fact that he wasn’t called on to serve in the war zone overseas. He…
Charles William Snow, known as Chuck, Charles, Charlie, “Uncle Chuck” of Covington was known for giving profound advice, hosting in style and loving unconditionally. Born August 1, 1948, he died on Thursday, May 12, 2016, just one day before his lucky number 13. How unlucky. He merged with the universe the way he did all…
Kentucky State Parks has launched a new golf package at 10 resort parks across the state. The “Getaway to Golf” package includes overnight lodging and 18 holes of golf with a golf cart and breakfast beginning at $89 a person. The package price is per person, per night, based on double occupancy, plus tax and…
The American Chemical Society (ACS), is meeting this week at The Northern Kentucky Convention Center for the third time since 2000, thanks to the efforts of a group of local ACS members. The ACS is the largest scientific society in the world. Approximately 900 attendees from the Society’s five-state Central Region are in Covington Wednesday…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor The annual Click it or Ticket campaign kicked off Thursday at the AAA/Bob Summerel Tire and Service location on Red Bank Road in Cincinnati. The event included more than 50 law enforcement officers from throughout the region, who showed up to show support for the campaign. Millions of Americans…
Liz and Rick Weber have carved out a climber’s paradise with the help of the Friends of Muir Valley. This hidden treasure is carefully managed to provide climbers a safe and satisfying place to come year round to challenge themselves on the cliffs of the Red River Gorge. Produced by WKU PBS Kentucky is a…
The Brent Spence is the number one infrastructure emergency in the United States and is threatening “both the economy and public safety”, according to a Washington-based newspaper that covers Congress and the federal government. In a story posted on the website of The Hill that carries the headline “Five big infrastructure emergencies”, the Brent Spence…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist It sounds truly impressive: The United States Air Force Academy, Nicholasville, Kentucky. “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder…” The city named is, of course, incorrect; the institution is actually at Colorado Springs, CO. But according to reports and a story from Byron Crawford in the Courier-Journal in 1987,…
Staff Report Curate My Community is a series of exhibits at various locations that lets the Cincinnati Museum Center share its rich collections and the region’s incredible natural and manmade history while extensive renovations are being made to the facility. The Museum Center is still open for business as usual with construction set to begin…
Aided by the International Rule, the Windy City ThunderBolts took the series from the Florence Freedom by scoring in the top of the 12th inning on Sunday. Tied 3-3 heading to the 12th, the ThunderBolts’ Johnny Eierman started the inning at second due to the International Rule. After a sacrifice bunt by Ransom LaLonde moved…
A public meeting is scheduled for the Rabbit Hash Historical Society to provide an update and information on the progress of the rehabilitation of the historical General Store which was destroyed by fire in February. The meeting is Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 at the Boone County Cooperative Extension Service at 6028 Camp Ernst Road…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune (This is the eighth 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). May is a special time for anglers who…
Kentucky Cabinet of Tourism, Arts and Heritage Sec. Don Parkinson announced Thursday that Kentucky’s tourism industry has experienced the strongest overall economic impact growth rate the state has seen since 2005. Kentucky’s tourism industry generated $13.7 billion in economic impact during 2015, an increase of five percent over the previous year. The industry supported more…
Builders John Yeager and Ralph Drees and the late banker Ralph Haile were inducted into the Northern Kentucky Business Hall of Fame at an event to be held Wednesday at the Radisson Cincinnati Riverfront Hotel. NKY Magazine, in partnership with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, sponsors the event. The magazine’s Northern Kentucky Business Hall…
Distracted driving in the United States is a serious and escalating problem throughout the United States and when we think of distracted driving today most of us visualize cell phone or texting on a smartphone. Right? But little did we know that the very people that are commissioned with enforcing the distracted driving laws in…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Northern Kentuckian John Uri Lloyd is a sterling example of the “local color” fiction writers who became part of the movement starting in the 1880s in American literature. Defining the term, William S. Ward, in his A Literary History of Kentucky, noted that local colorists “were concerned with the distinctive…
Join the Campbell Conservancy on Sunday, May 15, for a hike at the NKY Mitigation Bank (NKMB) site in Campbell County. This will be a guided hike of a beautiful 2.5 mile, wooded, mostly level loop trail that surrounds former agricultural land that has been converted to seasonal wetlands. Rain date is May 22 at…
By Bill Stolz Special to NKyTribune 2016 marks the 130th year of operation for the Covington Ladies Home located at 702 Garrard Street in the Licking Riverside Historic District. The organization, originally called the Home for Aged and Indigent Women (still visible in the stone above the main entrance today), was founded in 1886 by…
LOUISVILLE – At some point this afternoon, there will be a subtle change of emphasis at venerable Churchill Downs in Louisville’s South End. The only ones who will notice, of course, are the romantics and dreamers who understand that the Kentucky Derby is not about the mint juleps or the big hats or the flashing…
“Over there was the childhood home of Danny Thomas,” the driver told me as our car climbed through Lebanon’s Shouf Mountains on our way from Beirut to visit the famous ancient ruin of Baalbeck. This was a dangerous time, not as much as it would be later, but dangerous enough that I was warned to…
In recognition of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Office of Highway Safety is taking a personal approach to encourage motorcyclists to use proper safety gear when traveling the roadways. “Just as we ask motorists to protect themselves with a seat belt, we ask motorcyclists to protect themselves with a…
