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New City Solicitor brings 42 years’ experience

COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s new City Solicitor is intimately familiar with the city – he’s practiced law in it for more than four decades. “Every day of my career, I’ve practiced in Covington,” David Davidson said. “You learn a lot about a community in 42 years.” Davidson’s passion for the city was readily apparent during the inter...

Interstate ramps not closing tonight

The ramp from Pike Street to northbound Interstate 71/75 was to close tonight but will remain open a little longer. State delays changes as part of Texas Turnaround safety project COVINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has delayed the closure of two interstate ramps that was scheduled for tonight. In a release issued earlier today, KYTC said the Pike Street entrance ra...

CANCELLED - Board of Devou Properties Meeting 4/20/2022

The Board of Devou Properties Meeting scheduled for April 20, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. has been cancelled.  

Wildflowers, song & family drama

COVINGTON, Ky. – This recent cold spell has given us cabin fever. If you, like us, NEED to get outside this weekend, The Cov has plenty of events to grab your interest. For example, you can help tend to a pollinator garden … take a stroll and savor history, beer, and tasty food … and learn about wildflowers on a guided tour in Devou. Of course, “inside” is goo...

Traveling exhibit needs stories, art that celebrate Hispanic heritage

The band Son del Caribe performed at Behringer-Crawford Museum’s “Latino Picnic” in 2019. Museum engaging Covington’s increasingly diverse community COVINGTON, Ky. – A little over two years after hosting a well-attended Latino Picnic, Behringer-Crawford Museum is organizing another event to build connections with Covington’s burgeoning Hispanic community. ...

Interstate ramps close Monday

The ramp from Pike Street to northbound Interstate 71/75 will close for about six months starting Monday evening. Temporary changes part of Texas Turnaround safety project COVINGTON, Ky. – The beginning of a project to make the Brent Spence Bridge safer will mean the temporary closure of two interstate ramps in Covington starting at 9 p.m. this coming Monday (April 4), weather permitti...

Put a lid on it (or not)

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Confused about what you can and can’t recycle, not to mention the “where” and “how”? Let Covington’s Solid Waste & Recycling team break it down for you.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Knowing which containers can be recycled is one thing, knowing what to do with the lids is a whole ’nother challenge. But it IS important: Lids handled...

Lulu Northcutt: ‘The First One’

Lulu Northcutt’s 1924 yearbook photo at the University of Kentucky. (Photo used courtesy of UK Rosenberg College of Law.) City’s legal conference room to bear name of female legal trailblazer COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s Lulu Northcutt made headlines in a March 6, 1929, article in The Kentucky Post newspaper by doing what lawyers generally do – she filed an acti...

Covington’s Finance Director retiring

Muhammed Owusu on his 2017 pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. Owusu moving back to Virginia to be with wife, family COVINGTON, Ky. – A month shy of his fourth anniversary with the City of Covington, Finance Director Muhammed Owusu is returning home to Virginia – not to take another job but to retire. “It’s time to hang up my boots,” Owusu said. “I’m tir...
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