If baseball is still the great American pastime, eating sweet and savory treats is a close second. The two activities are combined inside Great American Ball Park, which recently showcased its future food offerings ahead of Opening Day. The smorgasbord featured classic entrees one can expect to see in the hands of fans catching a […]
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Northern Kentucky Easter egg hunts: when and where they’re happening
This story has been updated to include changes due to weather. If your city does not show a change then an announcement has not been made. After event cancelations throughout the last two years, cities are opening back up and community events are in full swing. Here is a list of local Easter egg hunts […]
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Erlanger seeking sponsors for Summer Sendoff festival
The City of Erlanger is looking for sponsors for its second year of the Summer Sendoff festival. Last year marked the first Summer Sendoff event, with live music, food, drinks and fireworks. Mayor Jessica Fette said it’s a family-friendly final farewell to summer and a showcase of what the community has to offer. For its […]
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From co-workers to kidney buddies
Mike O’Bryan and Anne Wolking were co-workers at Sanitation District No. 1 in Fort Wright. They would say hello to one another as they passed each other in the hall or on the elevator, but the two didn’t have much connection aside from being co-workers and Facebook friends. That was until one day, when […]
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New hangar at CVG expected to bring 250 jobs to Northern Kentucky
Nearly 200 jobs are coming to Northern Kentucky as FEAM AERO announces the construction of its second hangar at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, CVG announced Thursday. The facility will be 150,000 square feet and will accommodate wide-body aircraft, the company said. The facility is expected to be completed in 2023 — it will be the […]
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Early football treasures enhance Bengals exhibit
On the Friday before the Super Bowl, Behringer-Crawford Museum launched an exhibit devoted to all things Bengals. It was an exciting and tense time. “When we put the exhibit up, the Super Bowl hadn’t happened. We were hoping, of course…” Curator Jason French said. “Then Sunday happened.” The loss by the Bengals to the L.A. […]
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Musician and cobbler opens new business in Covington, continues father’s legacy
Soulful. It’s the adjective that best describes local cobbler and musician James Napier. He’s a man with plenty of soul. Soul is not only the genre of music Napier creates and performs, but also what is required to reintroduce his father’s shoe repair business to Covington. His new business will be one of a few […]
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St. Elizabeth surpasses 20,000 lung cancer screening milestone
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has now administered over 20,000 lung cancer screenings, a groundbreaking milestone for the regional healthcare provider. Their low-dose CT lung cancer screening program began in 2013 and has continued to grow since then. “We screened seven patients in 2013 and more than 6,000 patients in 2021,” Michael Gieske, Director of the St. […]
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Covington honors fallen Vietnam War veterans with new memorial site
The Covington Vietnam Fallen Memorial has officially relocated. The City of Covington honored 31 of its native sons, fallen in the Vietnam War, at a new memorial located in Latonia at the intersection of 38th and Church streets, and Decoursey Avenue. These 31 men were forever memorialized on a bronze plaque. “They never lost sight […]
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Artist call for BLINK Cincinnati, the nation’s largest immersive event
BLINK, the nation’s largest light, art and projection mapping experience, is returning to Cincinnati for the first time since 2019, bringing with it transcendent works across all artistic media. BLINK opens an international call to artists in the fields of projection mapping, mural paintings, and light-based art installations and music on March 31.This expands upon the previously accepted submissions of just […]