A student-designed mobile charger for laptops and other mobile devices took 1st place at Covington Catholic High School’s first-ever startup competition. Slim Charge, designed by CovCath students Danny Ballow and Michael Kessens, earned 1st place and a $500 prize. The competition was part of the nonprofit SQUARE1 Entrepreneurship Scholars program. Between this January and March…
The Northern Kentucky Education Council presented its annual celebration of excellence in education event to honor teachers, students, businesses and advocates. The event, held at NKU’s BB&T Arena, was sponsored by BB&T, Duke Energy, Strive Partnership, Chick-fil-A, PNC and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Lifetime Achievement Award: Terri Cox Cruey served as Superintendent for…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune (This is the eighth installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles, detailing productive fishing techniques and opportunities across Kentucky. The series will continue until early summer. An archive of past articles is available on the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov). The months of May and June make for…
The City of Covington announced this year’s recipients of the 2017 Covington Business Excellence Recognition Program on Wednesday. The City’s third annual Business Excellence Awards ceremony took place at the Madison Event Center. “The City congratulates the 2017 Business Excellence Awards recipients. We express our sincere gratitude to each of the hardworking and dedicated businesses…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor For a quarter of a century, Receptions event centers have been among the go-to places in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati for weddings, receptions and corporate events. In that time, the four Receptions locations, and The Monastery Event Center in Mt. Adams, have hosted 9,134 weddings and 15,000 other events….
A new weekly party and concert series is coming to the Purple People Bridge this summer thanks to ColdIron Enterprises Inc., Glier’s Meats Inc., and the Newport Southbank Bridge Company. The Glier’s Goetta “Party on the Purple” weekly summer series will kick off on Wednesday, May 17, with local cover band 3 Piece Revival, and…
Special to NKyTribune It’s not too much of a stretch to conclude that Emily Wolff and husband Paul Weckman are “all in” on Covington. The owners of two restaurants – Otto’s and Frida 602 in Covington’s MainStrasse neighborhood – as well as Lucky Twins, a residential rehab company, Wolff and Weckman have emerged as community…
By Andrew Young Special to NKyTribune In 1832 Harriet Beecher, 21 years old, moved with her family into a “spacious” house in the Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati. By the 1830’s, Cincinnati had become the 9th largest city in the country and the largest in the Midwest. Considered the first city built by Americans born…
Work by 29 Kentucky artists will hang in Frankfort for the Governor’s Derby Exhibit, an annual initiative coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council. This exhibit is on display through May 8 in the Capitol Rotunda, 700 Capital Ave. in Frankfort. “The Kentucky Derby is a time-honored tradition, and so, too, is our celebration of work…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune (This is the fifth installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles detailing productive fishing techniques and opportunities across Kentucky. The series will continue until early summer. An archive of past articles is available on the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov). The weather forecast calls for a redbud winter…
This is the second of a two-part series on Cincinnati artist and religious painter, Charles C. Svendsen. By Stephen Enzweiler Special to NKyTribune For the last four months of 1896, Cincinnati artist Charles C. Svendsen had been living in Holland and Belgium, working as the Commissioner of Fine Arts for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. His…
Northern Kentucky’s travel and tourism industry continued to boom in 2016, generating nearly $1.7 billion of total economic impact including $388 million spent by visitors to Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties, it was announced Thursday at the meetNKY/Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau annual meeting. The theme of meetNKY’s annual meeting – “Catalyst – Igniting…
By Brett Jager United Way of Greater Cincinnati Amanda Unsell is a mother of four living in Dayton, Kentucky. While her oldest child did not attend preschool and her youngest is not quite of age, her two middle children have reaped the rewards of attending preschool in the Dayton School District. Although it was initially…
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune This is the second installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles, detailing productive fishing techniques and opportunities across Kentucky. The series will continue until early summer. An archive of past articles is available on the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov). February days in the 60s make for crowded…
In 2005, leaders from the Convention and Visitor Bureaus of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky had the vision to create a unique, innovative and regional approach to expand the economic impact of the region’s travel and tourism sales and marketing efforts. Following on the heels of the 10 year anniversary celebration of the Cincinnati USA Regional…
NKY Restoration is offering educational opportunities to foster vibrancy in the River Cities with a NKY Restoration Weekend. This program promotes economic development, place making, and preserving our historic assets. This educational programming is extended to the professional community with developmental CEU credits for architects and planners at no charge. Five credits of continuing education…
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to the NKyTribune In 1855, Lewis Gaylord Clark, editor of The Knickerbocker, a New York literary journal, visited Cincinnati. The journal might best be described as a 19th century version of today’s New Yorker magazine. Clark wrote about his visit in his monthly column “Editor’s Table” for the September issue…
Featuring the Commonwealth’s expansive waterways, Kentucky’s new road maps will create quite a splash in the upcoming travel season. The 2017 Official Highway Map – now available at rest areas, welcome centers, local convention and tourism offices and all Kentucky state parks – provides more than directions for its readers. This year’s map highlights the…
I’ll be sharing specific actions we are taking in the upcoming months as we work toward our college’s strategic goals. The first of these actions is developing and communicating Gateway’s Northern Kentucky regional plan. Part I of this plan is aligning our campuses with Gateway’s regional vision. I shared this vision at the board meeting…
Unlike the 2015-16 campaign which saw Mychal Mulder play in a very limited role at Kentucky with a total of 90 minutes in the Tyler Ulis-led backcourt, the 6-4 senior guard has become a very productive performer for the Wildcats this winter despite his recent illness which forced him to miss four games. Mulder, a…
The Skyward Board of Directors has voted to reorganize under a new operating model designed to expand the impact and magnitude of projects in Northern Kentucky. Members of the Skyward Board of Directors along with business leaders including members of the Northern Kentucky CEO Roundtable have been exploring a new organizational structure. The goal…
WASHINGTON – Kentucky is piecing together a strong contingent of volunteers ready and willing to do battle with raging hordes of tree-huggers and scientists in the ongoing War on the Environment, emerging proudly as the modern embodiment of F Troop. The commonwealth’s defenders are firmly fixed along an ecological Maginot Line in the battle against…
