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Our Rich History: Northern Kentucky’s leading performer in Cincinnati Chili Wars — Dixie Chili

June 17, 2024June 16, 20243

By Raymond G. Hebert, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 7 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants In an…

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Our Rich History: Jerome Lederer, White Tavern Shops, and Jerry’s Drive-In Restaurants

May 20, 2024May 20, 20240

Editor’s note: Part 6 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants. By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune…

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Ray Hebert’s book on Thomas More University sports through its history now available

May 14, 2024May 15, 20240

By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter Love. For some, it is simply an intense feeling of deep affection. For others, it…

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Our Rich History: Cincinnati’s Lou Groen, a ‘Big Fish’ in McDonald’s restaurants nationwide

May 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Editor’s note: Part 5 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants. By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune…

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Our Rich History: White Castle — porcelain buildings, square burgers, fair-‘n-square employee benefits

May 6, 2024May 6, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 4 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Admit it….

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Our Rich History: Izzy’s Delicatessen — food, ambience, theatrics — became part of the landscape

April 29, 2024April 30, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 3 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Some businesses…

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Our Rich History: Cincinnati chili — a Greek immigrant tradition — a fun food that really caught on

April 22, 2024April 22, 20241

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 2 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Cincinnati Chili…

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Our Rich History: Frisch’s Big Boy plays major role in history of fast-food restaurants in NKY — and beyond

April 15, 2024April 15, 20242

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to the NKyTribune (First of an occasional series about NKY’s fast-food restaurants) When I…

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Our Rich History: 50 years later — the April 1974 tornado outbreak left a path of destruction

April 1, 2024April 1, 20245

By Paul A. Tenkotte, Ph.D. Special to NKyTribune Part 2 of a three-part series on the region’s destructive tornadoes It…

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Our Rich History: The 1968 Falmouth tornado — storm moved rapidly, residents got no warning

March 25, 2024March 25, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 1 of a three-part series on the region’s destructive tornadoes I…

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Our Rich History: Dixie Selden was an accomplished Covington artist, taught by Duveneck, Farny

March 18, 2024March 17, 20240

By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribune In honor of Women’s History Month, we offer this encore column that originally…

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Our Rich History: In honor of St. Patrick’s Day — coming up — let’s salute Ludlow’s Irish legacy

March 11, 2024March 11, 20240

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune’s Our…

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Our Rich History: The 15th Amendment — Politics, racism polarized Americans as lively debate raged

March 4, 2024March 5, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune (Continued: Part 2 of two parts; See part one) In last week’s column,…

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Our Rich History: The 15th Amendment — politics and racism polarized Americans

February 26, 2024February 25, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune (Part 1 of two parts. In honor of Black History Month, we offer…

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Our Rich History: Abraham Lincoln and his connection to Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati

February 12, 2024February 10, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, we offer this encore column that originally…

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Our Rich History: Taking a deeper look at what King believed; his ideas were unpopular in his time

January 15, 2024January 14, 20240

By David Childs, PhD Special to NKyTribune “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals…

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Our Rich History: Thomas More University Athletics Hall of Fame compendium

January 8, 2024January 8, 20240

By Raymond Hebert Thomas More University (Part 1) Thomas More University’s Athletes of note and “Teams of Distinction” are many….

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Our Rich History: 100 years ago, the New Year promised a cautiously optimistic 1924

January 1, 2024January 1, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune New Year’s Day of 1924 in the United States was greeted with…

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Our Rich History: The Robert Anthony Breinich Award and TMU’s men’s basketball program

December 11, 2023December 10, 20230

By Raymond G. Hebert, PhD Thomas More University In the Connor Convocation Center, at the entrance into the Basketball Office…

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Our Rich History: Regional history is flourishing — here are two great books for Christmas

November 27, 2023December 1, 20240

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Robert D. Webster and Dr. James C. Claypool, A Tradition Reborn: From…

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Our Rich History: The story of intercollegiate tennis at Thomas More College/University

November 20, 2023November 19, 20230

By Raymond G. Hebert, PhD Thomas More University According to limited institutional records, Villa Madonna College (later renamed Thomas More)…

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Our Rich History: Kentucky’s bookmobile project had enormous impact on children in rural communities

November 13, 2023November 15, 20230

By Wayne Onkst Special to NKyTribune In the mid 1940s, as Kentucky celebrated its 150th birthday, University of Kentucky faculty…

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