LEXINGTON – The ice tubs were full. The between-games showering and changing spot at Lexington Sayre High School reserved. The pre/post-game sandwiches (not enough time for a full meal in the 3 1/2 hours between games) were ordered. Evan Ipsaro’s ankle rehab starting late Friday could not have gone better: ice, elevation, treatment, ice elevation, […]
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Thomas More men, women in NAIA tournament quarterfinals
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Thomas More University are competing Saturday in their respective NAIA national tournaments’ quarterfinals. The #2-seeded men’s team is making its first-ever appearance in the field of eight remaining teams competing for a national title. The Saints easily defeated SAGU on Friday, 74-44. Luke Rudy led TMU with […]
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CovCath escapes as hobbled Ipsaro returns for the Sweet 16 win
LEXINGTON – They’re still standing. Although the heart of this Covington Catholic team, point guard Evan Ipsaro, is limping. More like standing on one leg. But if you thought Ipsaro was hurt badly enough to stay in the locker room after a painful ankle injury left him lying at the bottom of a pile on […]
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CovCath gets it turned around the 2nd half in Sweet 16, lives to play another day
LEXINGTON – If you’re going to win a state championship, this is the game you must win. A game you easily could lose. Maybe one that for a half, you should lose. Only you don’t. Now of course, you have to win every game in the Sweet 16, you gotta’ go four for four. One […]
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Boone sheriff report: Fewer wrecks, tickets in 2021
Traffic accidents were at their highest in December; an unmanned drone was used on 31 missions; more marijuana was seized than any other illegal substance; school resource officers conducted 6,741 student counselings and more than 1,000 home visits. This is some of the information gleaned from the 2021 annual report from the Boone County Sheriff’s […]
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Kansas City, here come the Saints
It’s taken three shots for the Thomas More men’s basketball team to finally make it to Kansas City for the NAIA National Basketball Championships. Covid blocked the Saints on their first try after qualifying for the trip when the championships were canceled. Then a year ago even after getting to host the regionals, Thomas More […]
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Emergency repair of Brent Spence Bridge in 2020 receives two more awards
The rapid repair of the Brent Spence Bridge following a fiery crash involving two semi trucks in November 2020 leading to a six-week closure has received two more awards. The aging and structurally obsolete span connects Covington and Cincinnati by way of Interstates 71 and 75. Its closure in the fall of 2020 disrupted local […]
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CovCath will have to come from the bottom at Sweet 16
Scott Ruthsatz has one goal every season. Win a state championship for his Covington Catholic Colonels. For a Ninth Region and a Northern Kentucky that didn’t win one for 64 years until Simon Kenton did in 1981, that’s some out-of-the-box thinking. But for Ruthsatz, and his Colonels who will head off to Rupp Arena Thursday […]
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Dan Weber: NAIA knows the Saints are coming
When Thomas More decided to leave the NCAA for the NAIA several years ago, they didn’t change their approach to women’s basketball. After dominating the NCAA’s Division III with a pair of national championships in the last seven seasons, a Thomas More’s women are headed west again for the second straight year — and this […]
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Two juveniles found in basement amid overnight house fire in Walton; 16-year-old Ignite student has died
A 16-year-old male died in a house fire in the early morning hours on Wednesday in Walton. Fire and EMS units responded to “a one-alarm structure fire” just before 1:40 a.m. Wednesday at the 200 block of Maher Road, according to a press release from the Florence Fire Department. Two juveniles were trapped in the […]
