By John Gregory Special to KyForward Listen to Doug Flynn talk and he might have you believing that his major league baseball career and subsequent public service work were the result of a few lucky breaks. But don’t be fooled. Behind Flynn’s quick smile and self-effacing, aw-shucks demeanor is a gifted athlete and a man…
It’s true. Turkey was probably served at the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621 (along with goose, duck, grouse, eagle, venison and seal). And yes, Benjamin Franklin thought the Wild Turkey would be a much better national emblem than the Bald Eagle. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin said, “For my own part I wish…
Nearly eight months after state lawmakers passed legislation to attack heroin use, three local health departments have embraced one of the more debated elements of the omnibus bill by opening needle-exchange programs for addicts. The exchanges are in the state’s two largest urban centers, Louisville and Lexington, and one of its most rural communities, Pendleton…
By Steve Flairty KyForward columnist The Boy Scouts of America owe Daniel Carter Beard a huge debt of thanks in helping establish the great organization. Beard, who lived much of his youth in Covington, is yet another Kentuckian who is noted on the national scene for long-lasting contributions to our country’s welfare. Beard was actually…
Governor Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: To the Greenup County Covered Wooden Bridge Authority, to serve for terms expiring April 12, 2016: · James A. Belt, of Argillite, is solid waste coordinator and code enforcement officer for Greenup County Fiscal Court. He replaces Loella B. Taylor, whose term…
The movement toward urban living in Covington’s downtown core will take a big step closer to reality as renovation starts soon on what is known as the ‘Boone Block.’ The historic project site at 4006-422 Scott Street, near the heart of Covington’s Roebling Point entertainment, residential and business district, is one of Downtown Covington’s landmark…
By Peter Brackney Special to NKyTribune Used for centuries in England, the system of describing land by its metes and bounds is a common way of describing an area of land. Surveyors and other professionals utilize the system to specifically identify parcels of land, though errors by the early surveyors created much trouble. Even with…
Staff Report Republican Matt Bevin pulled off an impressive victory over Democrat Jack Conway, the state’s attorney general, to become the next Governor of Kentucky — and provided coattails that nearly derailed the whole democratic ticket. Only incumbent Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and an upstart with a famous political name, Attorney General candidate…
By R.G. Dunlop From KYCIR A federal grand jury has indicted two former deputy jailers in connection with the 2013 beating death of an inmate at the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Perry County, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. The indictment charges Damon Hickman, 38, and William Howell, 59, with fatally beating 54-year-old…
The 34th annual Kentucky Book Fair Nov. 14 will bring more than 200 authors from all genres to the Frankfort Convention Center. This annual celebration of reading and writing runs from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The fifth annual Kids and Teens Day the day before, Nov. 13, is from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.,…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The swim jig and the swimming retrieve are now mainstays for trophy largemouth from heavy cover or weeds. They also shine for catching suspended largemouth bass in clear lakes. Anglers fishing the world class smallmouth reservoirs in Kentucky and Tennessee fished a swim jig for decades, but they called…
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor Garren Colvin is the quintessential boy-next-door, complete with boyish good looks, affability and charm. When you were growing up, he was the kid your parents wanted you to hang with, the one you wanted to sit next to in math class, the “too-good-to-be-true” kid who excelled at sports and at…
Motorists encounter deer on Kentucky roadways throughout the year but the number of collisions increases in the fall. Almost half of all deer-related accidents in the state occur from October through December with more of these collisions reported in November than any other month, according to Kentucky State Police data. Populous counties with high deer…
In the four years since Nurys Diaz started running, she has logged more than 100 races — including 38 half- and eight full marathons. So when she opened an email earlier this year telling her she was picked in a lottery to be one of the more than 50,000 people to run the New York…
Thomas More College, in conjunction with the Diocese of Covington and Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, will host Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States and The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions. This event will take…
An evening of international mystique and Parisian fun is in store for guests at the 79th Annual Charity Ball: Passport to Paris on Saturday, November 14. The event, hosted by the Junior Board of Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky and co-sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Ft. Mitchell and Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisor Scott Brooks, directly benefits…
Governor Steve Beshear today announced the launch of Kentucky’s Yellow Dot program, designed to improve emergency care to motorists involved in a vehicle crash. The “dot” – a circular yellow sticker on the lower left corner of the driver’s side rear window – alerts emergency responders that a pamphlet with identification and medical information about…
UpTech, metro-Cincinnati’s informatics accelerator, in partnership with the HCDC Business Center, Bad Girl Ventures, Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council and the Ohio Small Business Development Centers will be hosting a local competition for the SBA’s 2016 InnovateHER Challenge. The event will be locally sponsored by the Kentucky Innovation Network. The SBA describes InnovateHER as…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist A “golden age of postcards” designation for the years 1905-1915 might seem, at first, to be a bit of innocuous historical trivia. But according to Carl Howell, those postcards “portray life as it really was for many Kentuckians during the first two decades of the 20th century.” Steve Flairty grew…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter After losing penalty kick shootouts in the 9th Region boys’ soccer tournament the last two years, Covington Catholic got the job done in Tuesday’s first-round match against Highlands and the Colonels came away with a 2-1 victory at Dixie Heights. With the score tied 1-1 at the end of overtime,…
Lieutenant Governor Crit Luallen today touted the economic impact of Kentucky’s travel and tourism industry, which has increased by more than $2.2 billion over the past five years, to $13 billion. Speaking at the Kentucky Travel Industry Annual Conference, Lt. Gov. Luallen said the industry now supports 180,000 jobs statewide, making it the state’s third-largest…
Saturday was a glorious day for running. The pre-dawn hours were crisp and cool. Or, perhaps, crisp and chilly. Or, according to some, crisp and downright cold. And thus brought the runners’ lament: “What the heck am I going to wear?” Now, common sense would tell you that when it’s 40 degrees and dark out,…
