The weekend was busy with several events around the Northern Kentucky region. RCN photographer Brian Frey produced the slideshow below featuring images from Oktoberfest in Covington’s Mainstrasse Village, Bellevue’s Art in the Park, and the NKY Music Festival at Devou Park.
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Marching Band Competition Returns to Beechwood this Weekend
The Beechwood Festival of Bands marks the return of competitive marching band events in nearly two years, the school announced. Beechwood will host its event on Saturday, September 11, welcoming ten bands from across the state. In addition to Beechwood, Northern Kentucky high school bands participating include Ryle, Campbell Co., Dixie Heights, and Lloyd, while […]
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High School Senior Designs Winning Logo for Taste of Newport
The logo for this year’s Taste of Newport is set thanks to a winning design by Newport High School senior Drake Ward. The Taste of Newport event runs all month long and kicked off last week. Instead of the typical street fair from years past, this year’s Taste of Newport includes restaurants participating digitally. The […]
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Photos: Newport/Covington Crowds of Riverfest 2021
Riverfest returned over the Labor Day weekend, with its annual fireworks show serving as the symbolic last blast of summer. RCN photographer Brian Frey scoped out Newport and Covington to check on the local crowds set to enjoy the show before it began.
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Midway Café Named One of Year’s Best Bourbon Bars by The Bourbon Review
Midway Cafe owners, Erika Kraus and Staci Edmonds. Phil Armstrong, Fort Thomas Matters. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Midway Café […]
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Country Music Star Carly Pearce Honored in Hometown
Country music star and Taylor Mill native Carly Pearce was honored with a proclamation declaring September 2 as “Carly Pearce Day in the City of Taylor Mill”, a key to the city, a plaque proclaiming her commission as a Kentucky Colonel, and a welcome sign that will be installed in the northern part of the […]
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Bourbon Review: 11 Best Bourbon Bars in U.S. are in NKY; 8 in Covington
Eight of the best bourbon bars in America are in Covington, according to Bourbon Review‘s annual “Best Bourbon Bars in America” list sponsored by Buffalo Trace. The 2021 list includes Rich’s Proper Food & Drink, Bourbon Haus 1841, Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar, Wiseguys @ Goodfellas Pizza, Libby’s Southern Comfort, and The Globe, all which were included […]
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Taste of Latonia, Oktoberfest this Weekend
Legions of crowds will make their annual trek to Mainstrasse Village for Oktoberfest starting Friday but Latonia businesses are hoping for their own crowds in their part of the City for the first-ever Taste of Latonia, which is being put on in conjunction with the twenty-third annual Holy Cross Indian Summer Festival. “We’re trying to […]