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Devou Drive to close Monday for drainage project

Devou Drive will be closed at this intersection with Western Avenue beginning Monday for about a month. SD1 estimates stormwater improvement work could take a month   COVINGTON, Ky. - Devou Drive - one of the roads leading into Devou Park from downtown - will be closed off for about a month beginning Monday for a stormwater improvement project.   The closure affects the part of Devou Dri...

Covington’s newest officer a returnee

New Covington Police Officer Tyler Tipton is flanked by Police Chief Rob Nader and Mayor Joe Meyer after he took the oath of office today. USMC veteran Tipton worked for City in previous stint   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s newest police officer is a Marine who served as a patrol officer here for almost three years during a previous stint in the city.   Tyler Tipton was sworn in t...

$18.50 an hour

The U.S. Census needs workers, and lots of them   COVINGTON, Ky. - Need a job? The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring temporary help for late spring and summer so it can make sure that the 2020 Census is as complete and accurate as possible.    Hours are flexible, the pay is $18.50 an hour in Kenton County, training includes pay, and there are no specific education requirements.   An...

City Hall closed Monday; MLK Jr. event that night

COVINGTON, Ky. - Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day (on Monday) from the City of Covington.   Note that offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday but will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.   We also invite you to an exciting event Monday evening to celebrate the life and message of Dr. King, the minister and activist who became one of America’s most celebrated civil r...

Bike ‘staples’: 288 installed or in works

 One of the 132 bike rack “staples” installed in Covington so far by Ride the Cov and  The Devou Good Project Ride the Cov, Devou Good Project give update COVINGTON, Ky. - Over the last seven months, it might have appeared as if a giant with a stapler were shooting shiny black staples into Covington’s sidewalks in front of popular attractions.   The “staples&...

'Pound This' & Pixar

COVINGTON, Ky. - If this weird weather has you falling out of sorts, then fall back into them by getting out into LoveTheCov this weekend. (We just made that up, but logically speaking, if you can fall out, you can fall back in, right?)   How?   There’s a trivia contest, a fashion show, the recording of a popular live podcast, a wine and food pairing, live music, a ...

City loosens rules for ‘food trucks’

 The creative design agency BLDG created posters to advertise a regular event featuring food trucks in Covington several years ago.  Pilot program allows more locations, longer hours   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington has loosened its regulations governing mobile food vendors - aka "food trucks" - to let them operate for longer hours and at more locations in the city.   The Cov...
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