Jan. 4 is the date of the public swearing in of Commissioners Michelle Williams, Tim Downing, Shannon Smith, and Denny Bowman (clockwise from top left).
COVINGTON, Ky. - You voted for ’em, now come meet ’em.
The public is invited to the inauguration ceremony/public swearing in on Jan. 4 for four members of the 2019-2020 Covington City Commission.
Retired Kentucky Sup...
COVINGTON, Ky. - In a city with a lot of unique bars and restaurants, it’s no surprise that the 85th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition is going to be celebrated.
How you celebrate it is up to you: This weekend in #LoveTheCov, you can drink a little (at a lot of places), or you can go listen to a jazz tribute or watch a dance troupe.
Or you can ignore it altogether a...
COVINGTON, Ky. - There’s a Christmas theme to just about everything going on in #LoveTheCov this weekend, but that doesn’t mean the calendar is homogeneous.
There’s an outdoor bazaar, a block party focused on unique brews, Santa reading to kids, a new donut shop, a fund-raiser for an outstanding non-profit, carolers and a whole lot more:
Outdoor shopping party
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COVINGTON, Ky. - We can read your mind, right now.
You're thinking, "oh no, annoying relatives are coming to town, how in the world are we going to entertain them?"
Either that, or "Christmas is coming, I hate shopping, and I wish there was an easy way to find unique things for those hard-to-please people on my list."
Or maybe "I'm so bored - no WAY am I watchin...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Shoppers in MainStrasse Village will be able to park in the new RiverHaus Apartments garage during daytime hours this Friday and Saturday as part of a special, one-time change.
About 100 spots in the garage were made available starting Tuesday of this week as part of a special agreement worked out between the City and project developer Flaherty & Collins Properties.
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COVINGTON, Ky. - The images feature cartoon drawings of adults reading to children ... and soon they’ll be seen on posters, bookmarks, and stickers all over Covington.
It’s all part of a community-wide mobilization launched tonight to use reading to better prepare Covington’s children for kindergarten.
Read Ready Covington is the name unveiled tonight for the childh...
COVINGTON, Ky. - There’s no obvious theme for events this weekend in #LoveTheCov, so we’re not going to attempt any rhetorical gymnastics or semantic contortions in an attempt to be clever.
Suffice to say there’s a wide array of fun things to do, from the annual return of a much-loved holiday train display (and a little White House Christmas history) to a new beer honoring...
COVINGTON, Ky. - You own a business in Covington and you’ve seen the influx in visitors to the urban core (measured at well over 90,000 people in the month of October).
But you want to know more:
What days of the week see the most visitors?
What time of day?
Are these visitors new to Covington, or have they been here before?
What areas do they visit?
And, most impo...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is asking that its churches, schools, and any other building with bells to toll them at 11 a.m. Sunday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
The “Bells of Peace” is a nationwide campaign to mark the centennial remembrance of the ending of fighting in World War I, the armistice being signed “on the 11th hour, of the...
Early literacy campaign goes public Thursday
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington next week will formally launch a childhood literacy initiative designed to mobilize the entire community around getting the City’s youngest kids off to a better start in their school careers.
To understand the urgency of this issue, Mayor Joe Meyer says, it helps to know a few numbers.
One is...