COVINGTON, Ky. – Quite frankly, this weekend’s activities seem to lend themselves to a more relaxed, creative, Zen version of you.
We’re betting, however, that the life-size Hungry Hungry Hippo game on Sunday at Covington Yard will get you moving. And remember, City pools are open so maybe you get in a few dozen laps, cool off, get splashed by kids, get your vitamin D back up ...
O’Rourke Wrecking continues to demolish the 17-acre former IRS “Flat Top” located less than a block south of the Ohio River.
COVINGTON, Ky. – KZF Design Inc. will lead the team of architects, engineers, urban planners, and consultants whose drawings will lay the foundation for public infrastructure that will ready the 23-acre former IRS site for private development. ...
City creates new incentive program to merge past, present
COVINGTON, Ky. – When restauranteur Bill Whitlow opened Rich’s Proper Food and Drink on Madison Avenue in 2018, an old neon sign anchored to the building represented a large but fading remnant of the bygone era when businesses lit up downtown Covington’s nightlife.
Whitlow wanted to recreate that scene, so he did. He...
Allison Rotella was a winner in 2019 with this photo of the then-closed bridge. (Photo used with permission).
Public to help select top images in six categories
COVINGTON, Ky. – Get your cameras out and head to the river.
July will see the return of the “Focus on the Roebling” photo contest hosted by The Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee (CCSBC), which sho...
COVINGTON, Ky. – We’re ’bout ready to walk across the street to Hierophany & Hedge, purchase a beautiful hand-whittled magic wand, and cast out this dreadful heat.
So, if this weekend proves to be sunny, with temps in the upper ’70s and an occasional gentle breeze, well, you’re most welcome.
Regardless of the temperature, there’s plenty to do this week...
Drivers with outstanding fines could face ‘booting,’ towing
COVINGTON, Ky. – June 30 marks the end of the City of Covington’s Parking Amnesty program, so drivers with multiple unpaid parking tickets have about a week to head off the possibility of having their car “booted” and towed.
With nearly 22,000 unpaid parking tickets on its books during the last si...
Members of the Covington Street Hockey League will lend a hand with the annual drop-off event. "Their strength is great!" said Stephanie Bacher, the City's Solid Waste and Recycling Manager.
Annual drop-off event is evidence of rise in recycling in Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. – Ready to purge that outdated television or computer? Tired of other electronic items gatherin...
Juneteenth events today, Saturday
COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for the Juneteenth holiday and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The public is invited to celebrate the holiday with events today and Saturday. For details, see Juneteenth 2022 elevated in The Cov.
COVINGTON, Ky. – Fortunately, we’re supposed to get relief (albeit temporary) from this hotter-than-the-hinges-of-Hades heat this weekend, so get out and enjoy yourself before the feeling of being in a furnace returns.
Sunday is Father’s Day. If you’re a Dad, Stepdad, or Dad-like figure, enjoy the adulation that, hopefully, you’ve earned and be sure to do something...
A Juneteenth display at the Kenton County Public Library in Covington.
Events, City holiday to inform, celebrate historic ‘Freedom Day’
COVINGTON, Ky. – The recognition of “Juneteenth” will loom larger in Covington this year, with City offices closed this coming Monday and events on Friday and Saturday celebrating the holiday that many in the African-American co...