City of Covington As an exclamation, the phrase “What a year!” can, alternately, ooze vibes both negative and positive. … so it was during 2021 in the City of Covington. The year that just passed posed challenges galore, from Brood X cicadas to the variants Delta and Omicron, from the daily fight for survival for…
City of Covington John Kennedy sells paint for a living. He’s also a matchmaker, confidante, and sounding board. From behind the counter of B&E Decorating near Ritte’s Corner in Latonia, Kennedy oversees a widespread network of sorts consisting of contractors and homeowners who funnel through his small store buying paint and seeking connections. These days,…
Dayton’s Manhattan Boulevard will be closed to through traffic, starting Monday because of road construction on the street near the Manhattan Harbour Yacht Club and Marina. The construction work will start on Monday east of the Manhattan on the River apartment complex, so residents of those apartments and other homes on Manhattan Boulevard will still…
Bexion Pharmaceuticals began in 2006 with two researchers, shards of incredible data, and an almost fantastical idea. Many years later, the gaze of the medical world is focused anxiously on the Covington company and its clinical trials – i.e., tests on humans – of its lead compound, BXQ-350. What sounds like a license plate is…
(Editor’s note: Dayton Mayor Ben Baker gave the following address to Dayton City Council on Tuesday night, its first meeting of the 2022 calendar year. This address reviewed several significant accomplishments the city achieved during the 2021 calendar year and outlined new several infrastructure and development projects that are expected to be constructed in the…
The opportunity to have your contribution to the NKyTribune DOUBLED by NewsMatch ends at midnight tonight. Happy New Year to you — and our best wishes for a happy and healthy 2022. The NKyTribune will be celebrating its seventh birthday on January 15, 2022. It has been an exciting seven years since the founders —…
Justice Bill Cunningham does not rely on shock value to engage his audience. Instead, he invites readers of his memoir — “I Was Born When I Was Very Young” — to mosey along with him at a pleasant pace as he recounts events and insights from the first fifteen years of his life, growing up…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist His name is Shawn Griffith, formerly known as a “homeless man.” He now has a home, and he wants to keep it that way. Blond-haired and stocky, Shawn, age 52, has come a long way and believes he is on the right path to a new and better life. Perhaps…
North South Baking Co. and Bircus Brewing Co. made the opening of their second location official — with quite a spectacular sendoff. Within two months of signing the lease, structuring an “everybody wins deal” with North South Baking Co. in this shared space, Bircus Covington is open for lunch and dinner, with North South Baking…
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (NKY Chamber) will host its final Eggs ‘N Issues event of the year on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at Receptions Banquet and Conference Center – South located at 1379 Donaldson Road in Erlanger. Join the NKY Chamber from 7:30 to 9 a.m. for Eggs ‘N Issues: Looking Forward to 2022…
By Tom Ward Special to NKyTribune Part 22 of Our Series: “Retrospect and Vista II: Thomas More College/University. 1971-2021” Dr. Sandra Lee Cuni was an innovative and dedicated teacher, as well as a creative writer and poet. She shared with her students her love of literature and literary criticism, though more importantly, she challenged…
The popular NKY Finders Keepers scavenger hunt is back for Thanksgiving weekend. Players find clues in four Covington neighborhoods. Using their Code Kit, they solve puzzles and complete photo challenges for the chance to win prizes, including original art by local artists. The Catalytic Fund created the hunt last year to provide an outdoor activity…
Newport on the Levee is getting into the holiday spirit as the mixed-use destination prepares to ring in the most wonderful time of year with Light Up the Levee, Santa’s House on the Levee, a Small Business Saturday shopping experience, and Menorah Lights on the Levee. Starting Saturday, November 20, through Thursday, December 23, the…
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor Shannon Starkey-Taylor is the go-to guru of early childhood education, the super-mom of advocacy for high quality childcare, and the high-powered CEO of an ever-growing organization of individuals who share her passion for the well-being of children. She takes her work home — to what she laughingly calls her own…
By Dr. Mary C. Boyd Special to NKyTribune Mary Ann Krieg was born at Speers Hospital in Dayton, Kentucky, on July 25, 1917. She was the first child of Anna Nicholl and Carl Krieg, who had moved to Bellevue from Over the Rhine in Cincinnati. Mary Ann weighed less than five pounds at birth. In…
The Newport Board of Education has joined the Newport City Commission and the Campbell County Fiscal Court in approving $660 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) for the Ovation, the dynamic mixed-use development underway in downtown Newport. “This is a tremendous project and opportunity for our students, our parents and our community,” said Newport Board…
The Duke Energy Foundation named Thomas More University’s Biology Field Station as one of 14 organizations in Northern Kentucky and southern Ohio to receive a Powerful Communities Nature grant. Located in California, the Biology Field Station is the only facility of its kind on the 981-mile stretch of the Ohio River. The grant to will…
The Duke Energy Foundation recently awarded $170,000 in grants to 14 organizations in Northern Kentucky and southwest Ohio to fund local wildlife conservation, healthy habitats, environmental projects and environmental programs to help communities protect their natural resources and mitigate the effects of climate change. This funding is a long-standing investment for the Duke Energy Foundation. Over…
In anticipation of the fall opening of Cincinnati Children’s Critical Care Building, Cincinnati’s award-winning Kolar Design has curated over 1,100 pieces of art and 11 sculptures for the 632,500 square foot building. The works were created by 34 professional artists and engaged over 500 pediatric patients, family representatives, numerous Children’s staff members and students from…
Six months after the City of Covington completed a dramatic transformation of its approach to land use (i.e. “zoning”), a Cincinnati architect emailed the City’s Historic Preservation officer. “I wanted to take a moment to say how much we, as architects, appreciate Covington’s Neighborhood Development Code,” the architect wrote. “We work on projects in many…
The final steel beam was raised on the Class A Office Building at Ovation, a 100,000 square foot building featuring plaza level retail. To celebrate this milestone, Corporex held a “topping out” ceremony for its latest addition to the Ovation development on Monday. The ceremony began with opening remarks from Tom Banta, Managing Director of Corporex….
After two years of scrutiny, federal housing officials have approved plans to shut down the beleaguered City Heights barracks-style public housing complex in Covington, acknowledging that its 366 apartments have severely deteriorated, are outdated, and beyond saving. Roughly 20 percent of the units are already vacant, and the process of finding subsidized housing in Covington…
