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Covington firefighters join flood-rescue effort In Eastern Kentucky

Covington Fire Department’s inflatable “Zodiac” watercraft was loaded up Thursday evening for the trip to Eastern Kentucky. 11-person response includes swift-water rescue team COVINGTON, Ky. – Eleven Covington firefighters are in beleaguered Eastern Kentucky this morning, joining a rescue effort in response to massive floods that have swallowed towns, swept away house...

Night Market, vinyl, and gee-tars

COVINGTON, Ky. – This is a weekend for purists. For the music lovers who swear that albums (as in LPs) are the best. For those whose souls are stirred by the sound of a softly strummed guitar. For the jazz lover. For those who choose a local artistic aesthetic over mass-produced. And for those who long for an opportunity to purchase a whole bunch of books at a really good price. If that&r...

Covington Farmers Market: From ‘niche experience’ to mainstream food source

Weekly feature kicks off 10th anniversary with Farm to Fork brunch  COVINGTON, Ky. – A 10th anniversary is traditionally recognized with gifts of tin or aluminum, but to celebrate a decade of providing access to homegrown goodness, the Covington Farmers Market instead will invite folks to gather around the table(s) on Aug. 7 at a Farm to Fork fund-raising brunch. The community as...

City expands home repair program

CAPTION: Roof repairs and accessibility repairs are among the eligible projects in the City of Covington’s Homeowner Repair Program. Up to $10K available to fix threats to health, safety for qualifying owners COVINGTON, Ky. – A broken water line on Crystal Lake Drive in South Covington. A roof with a major leak on Russell Street in Westside. Repairs to a porch that was threa...

How loud is too loud? City updates noise ordinance to add clarity, effectiveness

COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has tweaked its noise ordinance to make it easier to understand and enforce. The changes include separate regulations for daytime and nighttime monitoring and more objective evaluation of whether noise is unreasonably loud and thus violates the ordinance. The specific changes were first brought to the Covington Board of Commissioners for discussio...

Cryptids, dog days & Spanish wine

COVINGTON, Ky. – If you need a distraction from this oppressive heat, then creepy creatures, furry critters, gnaw-on-your-fingers-it’s-so-good food, music, and wine seem worthy diversions – and we’ve got ‘em this weekend in The Cov. There’s plenty to do here this weekend, and much of it takes place when the sun goes down (and hopefully the temperatures will t...

Dribble, pass, & play a little H.O.R.S.E.

Parks & Rec’s Basketball Club will ‘educate and empower’ kids on the court COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re going to grow up to sink ’em like the NBA’s Jordan Poole or the WNBA’s Elena Delle Donne, you have to start with a solid foundation of basketball know-how. For Covington kids between the ages of 6 and 14, one place to learn and hone those s...

‘Iconic’ tourist attraction to be repaired

City hires contractor to fix exterior of Carroll Chimes Bell Tower COVINGTON, Ky. – When the Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau was created back in the ’70s, the Carroll Chimes Bell Tower in MainStrasse Village was its logo, and a lapel pin featuring its likeness was worn by all CVB employees. The tourism bureau is now known as “meetNKY,” but the Bell ...

Gasoline truck update: ‘Immediate danger is gone’

Shelter-in-place lifted, but interstate remains closed near bridge until later today COVINGTON, Ky. – Emergency authorities this morning lifted the CodeRed shelter-in-place alert that was issued late last night after a tractor trailer carrying gasoline flipped just south of the Brent Spence Bridge and began gushing fuel across Interstate 71-75 and streets below. But the interstate...

Oasis of green in The Cov

City grant to expand signage, public use of Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum  COVINGTON, Ky. – Buried beneath the largest patch of green in Covington’s urban core is a good deal of the city’s – and Kenton County’s – history. Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum stretches across 22.3 acres along Holman Street, just south...
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