By Vicki Prichard NKyTribune reporter If there are secret treasures and places in the region, odds are that author and travel writer Kathy Witt already knows about them. So, it’s no surprise that when the editors at Reedy Press wanted a writer for their “Secret” cities series, they went to Witt and asked her to…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Starting with my youthful years, I’ve enjoyed learning about well-known basketball players, especially ones connected to Kentucky. In the Sixties, I admired players such as Louie Dampier, Cotton Nash, Larry Conley, and Mike Casey, all who played for Kentucky. I also liked others from schools around the state: hoopsters such…
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is taking visitors back to a time when civilization flourished along the Nile, pyramids dotted the skyline and people believed gods walked among us. Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs makes its U.S. premiere at CMC. The exhibition is open now. “Cincinnati Museum Center has an excellent reputation and links natural and…
To the editor: NKY Citizens Have Opportunity to Address Ohio River Pollution Standards The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) will be holding its quarterly meeting February 12-14 at the Embassy Suites in Covington. The meeting on the 14th will begin at 9 a.m. and is open to the public. Of immediate concern to…
By Ginger Dawson Special to NKyTribune You are having a crisis with your hair. It never does what you want it to, and every time you walk out the door you feel like you probably shouldn’t. It is way past time to do something about it. You make an appointment, and then expect someone else…
NKyTribune staff When people think of Kentucky, things like horses, bluegrass, and – of course – bourbon come to mind. Soon, a new festival, planned for the fall will be added to that list. Today during a press conference at The Grand Banquet Hall in Covington, details for what will be Northern Kentucky’s first major…
NKyTribune staff A Cincinnati man who attempted to hijack a car from the Radisson Hotel in Covington got more than he bargained for. Bayliss Trevor Kelly faces 20 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to Robbery 2nd Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 2nd Degree Monday. According to a release from the Kenton Commonwealth’s…
By Mary Kuhlman Public News Service A long-awaited vote is expected this week on the future of water-quality standards that impact nearly two-thirds of Kentucky’s waterways. The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission is reconsidering its role in setting limits on pollution discharges in the river. The agency has been around for nearly 60 years…
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Henry Boyd was born on a Kentucky plantation as a slave in 1802. For the first 18 years of his life, he would remain a slave. Boyd was apprenticed out to a cabinet maker. He had a tremendous talent for carpentry. His woodworking skills and his strong work ethic…
Traffic at the foot of Madison Avenue will be cut to one lane in the morning as crews from the Covington Public Works Department prepare to install the gate in the floodwall holding back the rising Ohio River. Public Works Director Rick Davis said a large crane will arrive in late morning to help crews…
Of the nine bridges crossing the Ohio River at Cincinnati, only one is purple — and it’s the one that is only for people. The Newport Southbank Bridge — popularly known as the Purple People Bridge — is a pedestrian-only bridge that stretches 2,670 feet (one-half of a mile) across the river from Newport to…
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune If you were to take a moment and think, who would you say originally built the Northern Kentucky stretch of the Dixie Highway and Ohio’s SR133 in Clermont County? I’ll give you a hint, it was the same group. If you guessed Native Americans or the pioneers, you’d be…
Editor’s note: This is the second article in the three-part series on crappie fishing in Kentucky. In Kentucky, when anglers think crappie, their go-to waters are usually major reservoirs. But in recent years biologists have found some inventive ways to increase the quality of crappie fisheries in small, state-owned lakes. Crappie usually don’t do well…
Monks hosts WVXU’s Cinicinnati Edition Beginning Monday, Michael Monks will be the new host of WVXU’s daily talk show Cincinnati Edition. The show will return to a 5-day-a-week schedule at the new time of noon. Fresh Air with Terry Gross will be heard each weekday at 1 p.m. in Cincinnati Edition’s former slot. Monks is…
They came dressed in high heels, hiking boots, and clerical collars, and they had plenty of ideas. “They” were the nearly 200 people who attended the kick off of the public conversation that Covington has started to discuss the future of 23 acres downtown that eventually will become available after the IRS shutters its processing…
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In September 1862, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith sent General Henry Heth with an advance force of over 6,000 to probe the defenses protecting Covington and Cincinnati. He was unprepared for the size and scope of what awaited them. Cincinnati managed to mobilize a force around 85,000 strong to…
For established cities, opportunities like this come along maybe once in their existence: 23 undeveloped acres, one block from a major river, near the heart of downtown. The City of Covington will soon have that opportunity, and it wants the public’s help. Next Thursday night, the City and its consultants are kicking off the public…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist “Who was the first Kentucky governor?” is the question I’ve asked fourth graders for years as part of my impromptu state history trivia moments as both a regular and a sub teacher. Most will respond that the answer is Isaac Shelby. You can bet the kids were and are ready…
More consistent code enforcement. More active communications. More strategic use of business incentive programs to make sure residents also benefit. Better investment of capital sitting in the City’s bank accounts. A more logical organization within City Hall focused on service delivery. City of Covington informational bulletins over the last year have chronicled a blow-by-blow description…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter A few days before Christmas, the Covington Catholic boys basketball team went across the river to play nationally ranked Cincinnati Moeller and lost by a whopping 20-point margin. CovCath coach Scott Ruthsatz said he revamped his offensive approach after that to put his players in a position to be…
In the past, we’ve had Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello. Now we have McConnell and Trump. In an interview with columnist Fred Barnes, an acquaintance from the days of appearing on “Issues in the News’’ over the Voice of America, Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, of Louisville, squealed like a…
The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is awarding more than $26 million in federal grants to programs that assist victims of violent crime or help combat violence against women, Gov. Matt Bevin and Justice Secretary John Tilley announced. The funds are part of two federal grant programs – the Victims of Crime Act, known…
