While people likely associate the pipe organ with slow hymns in church, the instrument is far more capable. The pipe organ, believed to have Greek origins around the third century B.C., is considered the “King” because of its size, complexity and power. Pipe organs are custom-built and vary widely in their size (number of stops), number…
Cam Miller has a theory. Actually, baseball historian and independent film-maker Miller, a Covington native and for two decades affiliated full-time with the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, has lots of theories. Lots of thoughts about baseball… and the Cincinnati Reds… and Northern Kentucky’s part in making the Reds… well, the Reds. No…
Get a fresh look at an old friend by seeing the Ohio River as you never have before. A one-hour story spanning 981 miles, This Is The Ohio is a film intended to inspire, entertain and engage. On Thursday, April 4, Boone, Kenton, and Campbell County Conservation Districts, The Boone Conservancy, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Ohio…
Covington is getting an interactive outdoor kiosk to help residents and visitors navigate the city and locate businesses, landmarks, and services. The kiosk is the result of a partnership among City officials, the regional nonprofit Southbank Partners, and RoveIQ, a digital signage company in Covington. This summer, Southbank Partners will install the wayfinding signage along…
By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter Politics was never in his future. “The only running I did was on the cross-country and track teams for Northern Kentucky University,” Charlie Cleves, the now five-year Mayor of Bellevue explained to the Covington Rotary Club this week. “I joined the Ocelots back in 2014,” he told the Northern Kentucky…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Moving on to new challenges in a new territory is never easy. Take the Cincinnati Bearcats basketball program, for example. UC’s first year in its step up to the Big 12 hasn’t been easy. New opponents, new officials, new travel, new everything, have made it tough at times. But…
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor meetNKY’s annual meeting and celebration has a well-earned reputation for hosting “the best party in the region” and it backed that up Thursday with numbers that wowed its packed crowd at Drees Pavilion. Bottom line: Another successful year for the organization charged with bringing visitors into Northern Kentucky, driving the…
Crash statistics show the “Texas Turnaround” is delivering as promised when it comes to improving safety on the Brent Spence Bridge. The redesign of the Fourth Street entrance ramp onto northbound Interstates 71/75 in Covington was unveiled in December 2022. It uses a new U-shaped collector ramp to move the entrance south and give drivers…
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern As a dental hygienist working with low-income schoolchildren in Louisville, Jennifer Hasch said the untreated tooth disease she saw was shocking. Some teens had decay so severe they had to have all their teeth pulled and be fitted with dentures. Middle-school kids reported being unable to sleep because of pain…
Covington Mayor Joe Meyer will go national with The Cov’s message today. The mayor is one of several dozen leaders from Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia invited to the White House to tell Biden Administration officials how federal investment in the city’s infrastructure will create opportunities and improve people’s lives. Among those in the audience?…
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (NKY Chamber) presented H. David Wallace, chairman and CEO of Heritage Bank, with the NKY Community Award at the Northern Kentucky University Boone County night basketball game recently. Sponsored by First National Bank of Kentucky, the award is given to individuals, businesses, or organizations throughout the Northern Kentucky Metro…
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to the NKyTribune A part of the occasional ORVILLE (Ohio River Valley Innovation Library and Learning Enrichment) Series Rivers in American history have offered life, form, and stability to all of us. From indigenous Americans to the millions of immigrants who settled along the Ohio and Mississippi River watersheds…
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and members of the state House of Representatives apparently don’t have their hands full addressing the myriad of problems facing the Commonwealth, so now they’re going to help run the state of Texas as well. Coleman has expressed his support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is embroiled in a…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Another step forward in making the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project a reality has been taken, thanks to the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of the supplemental environmental assessment for public review, it was announced on Friday. The document can be viewed online at www.PublicInput.com/bsbc, or seen in print at both…
A startling sight set the tone for 2023 in The Cov mere days into the new year: President Joe Biden giving a speech on the banks of the Ohio River. The theme of the Jan. 4 speech was bipartisanship, but more importantly for Covington and the region was the reason for Biden’s visit. The president…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today State Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, Chair of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee, has filed that chamber’s $124.8 billion spending plan to cover the next two state fiscal years, starting July 1, 2024. According to House Republicans, it includes record funding for K-12 public schools, and strategic investments in public…
By Patricia A. Scheyer NKyTribune reporter Reports on Fort Wright and Erlanger council meetings this week. Fort Wright Property issues in the city Ft Wright City Council went into an executive session after their regular council meeting last week to discuss property issues. Three properties in the city are of concern, 310 Hazelwood, 420 General…
With private developers waiting in the wings, the City of Covington hopes to break ground in early spring on installing the public infrastructure that will transform a 23-acre “blank canvas” a block south of the Ohio River into a shovel-ready site. The City has issued a formal request for proposals from contractors wanting to lay…
Newport High School Senior Haley Nordwick, a member of the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program, has been honored as a Harold H. “Hal” Smith Scholar. Haley is believed to be the first Newport student to win the prestigious award, said Newport Independent Schools Superintendent Tony Watts. Haley was a 2023 Governor’s Scholar who studied last summer…
By Lee McClellan Kentucky Afield While winter slows down most fishing in Kentucky, trout angling remains hot in the tailwater below Lake Cumberland’s Wolf Creek Dam. When resource managers release water through the dam to generate electricity, the outflow comes from deep within Lake Cumberland. The water is cold enough for trout to thrive in…
Pennsylvania native Nick Krall may be a Northern Kentuckian now, but the Reds President of Baseball Operations got a good lesson about his adopted community Wednesday as the guest speaker for the final induction of the year for the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. The lesson could not be more obvious: Everybody in Northern…
Kentucky fields, forests and wetlands support more than a dozen species of furbearers, a diverse group of wildlife with interesting life histories. The river otter, beaver, raccoon, mink, and muskrat live in and around rivers, ponds and wetlands. The red and gray fox, coyote, bobcat, weasel, opossum, and striped skunk are upland species, living where…
