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200 turn out for IRS site open house

Attendees at the open house for the IRS site’s future check out a map showing traffic counts around the 23-acre Covington complex. COVINGTON, Ky. - They came dressed in high heels, hiking boots, and clerical collars, and they had plenty of ideas.  “They” were the nearly 200 people who attended the kick-off of the public conversation that Covington has started to discus...

MainStrasse Village garage closed all weekend

Heavy ice will keep the parking garage at 5th and Main streets in MainStrasse Village closed all weekend.  COVINGTON, Ky. - The garage in MainStrasse Village that has been allowing free parking overnight on a temporary basis will be closed through the weekend because of public safety concerns related to heavy ice.  The garage will eventually serve as the foundation of the RiverHaus multi...

Traffic interruptions tonight on Brent Spence

The Brent Spence Bridge. (Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.) COVINGTON, Ky. - Be careful driving over the Brent Spence Bridge into Ohio overnight.  Traffic will be brought to a stop for brief periods on the bridge between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday so overhead signs can be installed, Kentucky Transportation officials said this afternoon.   The work is conditional...

Horcruxes & Hunchbacks

COVINGTON, Ky. - Question: How many words are in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series?   Answer: 198,227.   Well, that’s what wiki says - and if turns out to be one of the questions in Friday night’s Harry Potter trivia contest at Keystone Bar & Grill, well ... you owe us a sandwich. Or a beer.   That’s one event going on in Covington this weekend (...

Feds investigating packages sent to Diocese

Suspicious packages sent to the Diocese of Covington offices this afternoon were examined by the Cincinnati bomb squad. (Photo used courtesy of The River City News.)   COVINGTON, Ky. - Suspicious packages sent to the Covington offices of the Diocese of Covington have been turned over to the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for investigation, Covington Fire Chief Mark Pierce said.&nb...

Singular motivation: Defend Covington

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer Covington Board of Commissioners Meeting Jan. 22, 2019   EDITOR’S NOTE: Covington Mayor Joe Meyer released a statement late Saturday in response to the harsh criticism the City of Covington was receiving on a national level over the video-taped confrontations in Washington DC.   At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners, the ...

Open house Thursday kicks off IRS site study

This picture of the IRS, surrounded by the black wrought-iron fence, shows the proximity of the 23-acre site to the RiverCenter complex (in the background). COVINGTON, Ky. - It will take years to figure out the future of the 23-acre IRS site, and that process starts in earnest Thursday evening.  Cooper Carry, an Atlanta-based global architecture and design firm, will be leading an open house ...

MainStrasse garage closed again tonight

  COVINGTON, Ky. - The parking garage at Fifth and Main streets in MainStrasse Village will be closed again tonight because of heavy ice.   The garage is part of the partially constructed RiverHaus Apartments complex, and developer Flaherty & Collins Properties had agreed last November to allow free parking on a temporary basis during evening hours after construction for the day was ...
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