COVINGTON, Ky. - We sound like a broken record (side note: that image and saying need to be updated to reflect today’s world of modern technology), but we continue to be amazed at the sheer number of things to do each weekend in #LoveTheCov.
In fact, we’d have to hire a part-timer to work every Thursday putting together this list, were we determined to list every opportunity for...
Former Covington City Commissioner Jerry Bamberger and his wife, Babs, in the photo he used as his Facebook profile.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Former Covington City Commissioner Jerry Bamberger passed away this morning after a long fight with cancer.
Bamberger, a longtime Latonia resident, served on the Commission for 17 consecutive years, from 1992 until the end of 2008.
He also served as exe...
The City is helping to fund façade improvements at 21 E. 32nd St., home to FunShine Child Care.
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is giving seven small businesses help with first-year rent and façade improvements.
The incentives - representing the first round of funding through the City’s expanded and upgraded Small Business Program - were approved Tuesday night by the Cov...
Bulk items like this mattress set out for pickup under the new garbage rules going into effect Monday still have to be wrapped or bundled.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Starting Monday, Covington residents will no longer need green stickers to set out large items alongside their city-issued trash cart - but they still need to package the items correctly.
Whereas the green sticker program has been eliminated, o...
The goat in happier times, before it went missing.
COVINGTON, Ky. - This is an unsettling story of a kid - a missing kid who might well be a kidnapped kid.
For months, the young goat (EDITOR’S NOTE: By “kid” we mean the four-legged kind, what did you think???) has been hanging out on the Economic Development Department’s picnic table in Mad Hatter Park on Sc...
The Brent Spence Bridge carries Interstates 71/75 over the Ohio River. (Photo courtesy the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)
COVINGTON, Ky. - People who drive the Brent Spence Bridge in the evening or overnight the next two weeks should watch for crews, equipment, and closed lanes.
Kentucky Transportation officials said a bridge inspection will cause single- and double-lane closures between 8 p.m. ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Sure, you knew about Oktoberfest and the Covington Farmers Market, but did you know that in Covington this weekend you could watch roller derby, attend a tattoo convention, and see a movie in a cemetery?
And then there’s a casting call, a book signing, pottery for beginners, yoga, an art exhibit opening, a music festival etc. etc.
Who knows what the skies will ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - It used to cost Covington taxpayers $250 to $700 every two weeks to publish legal ads notifying citizens that the Covington City Commission had passed new ordinances or changed existing ones.
Now it costs about $60.
The sharp reduction in cost comes courtesy of a change made by the Kentucky General Assembly earlier this spring to an arcane state law dicta...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The riverfront will explode with thundering booms and an aerial spectacle this weekend, with the annual Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks and Riverfest.
As usual, the fireworks will fly shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday from barges on the Ohio River, and there are plenty of places in Covington from where to watch them.
However, you should be aware of safety and traffic...
Even in dry periods, the seams of the Caroline Avenue underpass in Latonia leak water and mud onto the sidewalk on the southwest side.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Pedestrians who walk under the Caroline Avenue underpass in Latonia have a choice: Step out into the street for a quick detour, or tip-toe through puddles of gooey, dark greenish-colored mud.
The stuff that is seeping out from seams in the re...