Work to start March 15 on Covington 11th Street vehicle, pedestrian bridge over CSX tracks
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) work is about to begin on a project to demolish the closed 11th Street Bridge…
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Vaccinations for Phase 1C (60 and older, high risk, essential workers) available; make appointment here
Kentucky is moving into the Phase 1C COVID-19 vaccination stage beginning today. Phase 1C includes people aged 60 years or…
Students exercise with home workouts, try healthy recipes, thanks to USA Olympic athlete Lavetta Tevis
Lavetta Tevis, a USA Olympic athlete who brought weightlifting to afterschool programs in Covington schools, is focused on keeping kids…
Beshear calls new vaccine a ‘game changer’ as end of pandemic is in sight; masks, distancing still needed
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a new vaccine was released and the coronavirus and Covid-19 kept waning in…
The River: Alcohol consumption happens; personal journey continued past ‘face down on the floor’
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with…
Billy Reed: In a world in which everything changes, I fervently hope the Harlem Globetrotters never do
The experts tell us that nothing will be quite the same when the Coronavirus pandemic is finally under control. I…
Grab your fishing pole and license — catch some rainbow trout at Covington’s Prisoners Lake
With a turn of a pipe’s cap on the back of a truck’s cold-water tank, fishing options in Covington got…
Week at State Capitol: Summary of legislative actions — no-knock warrants, election procedures, more
The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2021 session reached one of the milestones Capitol observers eagerly await with this week’s arrival of…
‘Miss Bennie’ gets her day: Social justice advocate honored for her service to Covington residents
Back in the day, the woman known simply as Miss Bennie was a thorn in the side of the City….
Advocates: Brent Spence Bridge, ‘notorious chokepoint’ and critical connector, needs attention
Staff report Revitalization of the Brent Spence Bridge corridor has been a topic of discussion for decades. The bridge is…
Highway fatalities increase in state by 5%, adding to ‘devastating loss’; wear your seat belts
Highway fatalities in Kentucky increased last year according to preliminary numbers from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) Office of Highway…
Documentary on CovCath student Nick Sandmann’s viral encounter at Capitol streams starting Friday
Special to NKyTribune Rush to Judgment, the documentary about then-Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann’s viral 2019 encounter at…
The Man Scout: ‘Growth, decay then transformation.’ The end of one journey and the beginning of another
By Chris Cole Special to NKyTribune We’ve come to a fork in the road. Twenty-two weeks ago, I set out…
Herschend Enterprises, operators of Newport Aquarium, take over operations of Kentucky Kingdom
Herschend Enterprises, operators of Newport Aquarium, is becoming a majority partner and operator of Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay amusement…
Vieth’s last-second heroics lift St. Henry to thrilling 61-60 win over CovCath on Tuesday night
NKyTribune staff St. Henry’s Wyatt Vieth is one of the 9th Region’s leading scorers, and the senior guard doesn’t fear…
Retired, respected Supreme Court Justice Donald Wintersheimer, 89, dies peacefully at Covington home
Donald C. Wintersheimer who grew up in Northern Kentucky and held a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court for 24…
NKU’s Danny Dollar Academy offers virtual, free program to help educators teach financial literacy
Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Economic Education is expanding its award-winning Danny Dollar Academy to a virtual platform for elementary…
Our Rich History: The Earth’s not flat, it’s . . . hollow? The other John Cleves Symmes
by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Part 64 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” “I declare the…
Routine maintenance to begin on Brent Spence Bridge on March 1; two lanes will remain open
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) will undertake routine maintenance to clean and paint the Brent Spence Bridge will begin March…
The River: Today, the refrain is ‘Don’t throw it in the river,’ but it wasn’t always that way unfortunately
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with…
Thomas More student Diamond Vance switched to dancing after cheerleading her whole life
By Natalie Hamren NKyTribune reporter (Part of an occasional series on the area’s college students and how they are coping…
Gov. Beshear visits Covington regional vaccination center, praises work of “heroic’ health-care workers
Some 2,400 people have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot at the state’s new regional vaccination center in downtown Covington,…