By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter Mayor Joseph U. Meyer put it bluntly: If the Northern Kentucky Port Authority won’t follow the rules, then Covington won’t do business with them. Near the end of the city’s regularly scheduled legislative meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Meyer noted that he had a few comments to make. One was about…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter Mayor Joseph U. Meyer, who has twice been elected the city’s leader, will not be seeking a third term, he announced at the end of the Commission’s regularly scheduled caucus meeting Tuesday night. Even though he is eligible to run again, he explained in his announcement that he felt his…
Covington Business Council’s Annual Dinner will be held 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. It is the organizations’ largest fundraising event, and organizers are aiming for 500 attendees. The theme,“Finding Your Way,” serves as a nod to all the development that is changing the landscape of Northern Kentucky’s largest city on the…
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Robert D. Webster and Dr. James C. Claypool, A Tradition Reborn: From Old Latonia Race Track to Turfway Park Racing and Gaming—A 140-Year History (Privately printed, 2023). 282 pages. Donald J. Sanders, The River: river rat to steamboatman, riding ‘magic river spell’ to 65-year adventure (Cincinnati, OH:…
The Kenton County Fiscal Court is seeking a development partner to build apartments atop the Kenton County Government Center’s planned parking garage. A request for proposals will close Nov. 27. “We strive to think inovatively when addressing our challenges,” Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann said. “When we knew we needed to build a parking garage next to…
On November 21, at 3:00 p.m., meetNKY, Visit Cincy, The Purple People Bridge and artist, Matt Grote will reveal a new mural, “Where We Connect,” on the state line the Purple People Bridge during a special celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. The presentation will take place atop the mural, located near the state line. Located on the Purple People Bridge…
The City of Newport has roared back from the shutdowns and slowdowns of the COVID pandemic by attracting $100 million in new commercial and residential development while making continued improvements to the city’s infrastructure, public safety and overall quality of life. “The past few years have been difficult and challenging, but we are beginning to…
No question our local college basketball teams have been taking it on the chin a bit – as they take their early 2023-24 schedules on the road. And the question that just jumps out is why there are virtually no local games here. OK, UC’s Bearcats will host NKU Sunday but that’s something of an…
Staff report Kentucky Attorney General-Elect Russell Coleman has named NKY’s Wil Schroder, former Kentucky State senator, to his senior executive team as Senior Counsel. Schroder served as his Transition Team co-chair with Rob Duncan, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky who will also join Coleman’s executive team as Deputy Attorney General. Coleman…
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor “Hello, fellow humans,” Mike Sipple Jr. says as he greets his audience. It is a heartfelt and genuine greeting from a man who has dedicated his talents and energy to helping others find the right balance in their lives. “I live every day to create a better future for humans…
We’re in one of those interesting crossover weeks in Northern Kentucky sports. College basketball is beginning and high school football is in the second week of the playoffs when matchups matter. The interesting part of all this is that most of the playoff football games, thanks to the solid Week 1 play of Northern Kentucky…
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor Chaos, sweet chaos, your name is Julie. Make that Julie Kirkpatrick, the ball of energy and intellect and enthusiasm unleashed on the region as president and CEO of meetNKY, the region’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. It’s a match that was meant to be. This “kid of the Commonwealth” who loves…
Kentucky residents deserve to have their energy needs met at a reasonable cost without fear of brownouts or blackouts like those experienced with Winter Storm Elliott in 2022. The failure of a single natural gas valve on the coldest day of the year shut down the grid and caused Kentucky families and businesses needless harm and…
St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are partnering to help local adults and children stay warm this winter by providing winter coats for the 23rd annual coat drive. For many, the rising cost of living and increased rent payments have made it harder to purchase necessities, such as coats, to keep warm…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Recently, I drove to Brandenburg, in Meade County, where I would speak to the Lincoln Trail Area Extension Homemakers on the subject of heroic Kentucky women. All week, while preparing for the talk and on the trip there, I thought about the town and the historical catastrophe visited upon the…
By David Childs Northern Kentucky University In expressing his stance against slavery, Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln stated, “the world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all…
Created for fans of Halloween and all things eerie and bizarre, the Spooky Secrets Tour, inspired by Kathryn Witt’s book, Secret Cincinnati: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure, returns for five nights in October 2023 to offer close encounters with some of the spookiest secrets in Northern Kentucky. “One of Covington’s best-known arts…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It’s part holiday, part family get-together, part neighborhood feud, and a big part of Kentucky’s high school football history. It’s Leo Gilligan and O.W. Davis, Stan Steidel and Bob Miller, Pat Uebel and Bob “20 Grand” Davis, John Wooden and John Schaar, Bob Demoss and the Dougherty and Sutkamp…
The Northern Kentucky Water District (NKWD) announced the completion of a major restoration project on the South Reservoir at their Fort Thomas Treatment Plant. “Source water from the Ohio River is pumped into our reservoirs before undergoing treatment,” said Lindsey Rechtin, president/CEO of NKWD. “And over time, dirt and sediment naturally found in the river…
The Kentucky Library Association awarded Fort Thomas native Tom Jones with the William H. Natcher Philanthropy Award. Jones was nominated by JC Morgan, the director of Campbell County Public Library. Jones has provided funds for several projects, including CCPL’s first two express units — one in Melbourne and the other in Silver Grove — in…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter With Covington Catholic’s move down to Class 4A and Lloyd Memorial’s move up to Class 3A, will this be the year that Northern Kentucky high schools record their best-ever showing in the KHSAA football playoffs? It’s a good question. Will it be the year that for the first time,…
Staff report The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on Wednesday announced it will contribute $15 million toward the construction of a new underground parking garage serving the Kenton County Government Center to make way for the new Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project. The move marks a major step in the development, as the current parking area will…
