Already, 11 of Read Ready Covington’s signs have been damaged or stolen. Read Ready Covington ‘word walk’ signs destroyed, removed COVINGTON, Ky. – A literacy initiative’s efforts to get Covington’s youngest learners off to a better start in their school careers is being hampered by thieves and vandals. The target? Read Ready Covington’s brightly ...

Wintry weather causes havoc with normal route schedule COVINGTON, Ky. – If your trash and recycling is usually picked up on Fridays, you should set your containers out on Monday. In case you didn’t see the advisory from Rumpke Waste & Recycling, the company was unable to run its normal route schedule today in Northern Kentucky because of the wintry weather.  That incl...

Public Works crews working double shifts to clear streets COVINGTON, Ky. – Every driver and piece of equipment available ... As snowflakes continued to fall this morning on the second day of a particularly problematic winter storm, leaders at Covington’s Public Works Department said they will continue to throw everything they have toward the mission of clearing roads and making t...

COVINGTON, Ky. – The odds of you wanting to leave your house this weekend are slim. We get it. We’d just as soon stay put too. Make a fire, grab a book, drink hot chocolate, or warm up with bourbon. But … we have a job to do, and that job is to inform you of the always cool, wonderful, entertaining, tasty, and just plain overall worthwhile things to do in The Cov, come wee...

City of Covington grant writer Meganne Robinson is leaving the City and going west. Robinson leaving to go west; City seeking applications COVINGTON, Ky. – Grant writer Meganne Robinson will soon leave the City of Covington knowing that her work behind the scenes was critical to moving forward a number of important projects. Take, for instance, the Restoration Trades School in the w...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Cue up Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” song and grab a plastic container to “pop” on the table, because today’s recycling tip isn’t just a helpful reminder but God&rsquo...

Daniel Chumley, left, and Doug Meyung mount a snow plow on a City of Covington Public Works truck. The two are mechanics in the Fleet Division. Rain, bitter cold to complicate road crews’ response COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s going to be “ugly.” As crews from Covington’s Public Works Department prepare for the coming winter storm, its leaders say drivers shoul...

City OKs contract, work to start next month COVINGTON, Ky. – Almost 55 years after it opened and 2½ years after it closed, the sprawling IRS data processing facility will soon cease to exist. The Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted 5-0 to hire O’Rourke Wrecking Company of Cincinnati to demolish the sprawling one-story “Flat Top” complex, rip...

Projects funded through the City’s Neighborhood Grant Program have included signs, banners, picnic tables, benches, dog waste stations, flower pots, and landscaping. Competitive grant program accepting applications until Feb. 14 COVINGTON, Ky. – Neighborhood organizations have a slim window of time – until Feb. 14 – to apply to the City of Covington’s Neighborh...

Yet another unique restaurant in The Cov, OLLA Taqueria Gutierrez, opened on West M.L. King Jr. Blvd. in June. Amid massive challenges, Covington moved forward in 2021 COVINGTON, Ky. – As an exclamation, the phrase “What a year!” can, alternately, ooze vibes both negative and positive. … so it was during 2021 in the City of Covington. The year that just pa...