Father Hanses Park, located at the intersections of Hermes Avenue and West 11th Street in Covington’s Lewisburg neighborhood, will officially be getting new playground equipment. The Covington Board of Commissioner approved the roughly $63,000 purchase of new equipment on Tuesday. The money will come from federal Community Development Block Grant dollars, which are awarded to […]
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Park Hills becomes Purple Heart city
The Park Hills City Council voted Monday night to enshrine the city as a Purple Heart city, honoring members of the armed services who have been wounded or killed in the line of duty. “I’m excited about this,” said City Council Member Pam Spoor, who informed attendees at Monday night’s meeting that her husband has […]
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Bellevue ReStore location to close
Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores are consolidating locations and the Bellevue location will permanently close. ​Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores are owned and operated by the organization to generate revenue to build homes in the community. Bellevue’s location at 15 Donnermeyer Drive will close on June 30. In Northern Kentucky, the Florence ReStore location at 7102 Turfway […]
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Emergency Shelter of NKY receives $7,500 through Horizon’s new giving circle initiative
The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, located at 436 W. 13th St. in Covington, received $7,500 in donations from the newly launched and unified ‘The 410: Give Where You Live NKY’ giving circle initiative. The initiative, hosted by the Horizon Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky, brings together the organization’s two signature giving circles: The 410 […]
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Six NKY high school students graduate from WKU’s prestigious Gatton Academy
Six Northern Kentucky high school students graduated from Western Kentucky University’s prestigious Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science last Saturday, May 9. Situated on WKU’s main campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science is a two-year residential program for rising juniors and seniors focused on advanced studies in science, technology, […]
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Barr to headline ‘Get Out The Vote’ rally at MegaCorp Pavilion prior to GOP Senate primary
Kentucky’s 6th District Congressman Andy Barr (R) will headline a ‘Get Out The Vote’ rally at Newport’s MegaCorp Pavilion ahead of the May 19th Senate primary. Barr, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump last week, is facing former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the Republican primary election. The winner of the primary will […]
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New stage in Ludlow’s Memorial Park soft opens Saturday
UPDATE: Scheduling changes to the event occurred after we posted this story. Relevant lines have been edited.–LINK nky editorial, May 13, 2026. The new Martin River Stage in Ludlow’s Memorial Park will celebrate a soft opening on Saturday at 7 p.m. The event will feature a performance from the band Dublin Defense. A grand opening, […]
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Covington’s Texas Turnaround will close for good in October
The so-called Covington Texas Turnaround, which loops drivers around a series of left turns from 4th Street to exit onto the Brent Spence Bridge toward Cincinnati, will permanently close in October as part of the Brent Spence Corridor Project, a representative from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet informed LINK nky Monday. The Texas Turnaround began service […]
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Fort Wright’s getting a new salt building
A new salt building is coming to Fort Wright, hopefully before the next snowfall occurs, according City Administrator Jill Bailey. “We’re excited to see it come to Fort Wright,” said Bailey. The Kenton County Planning Commission OK’ed a public facility review for new storage building Thursday evening. The city hopes to put it near the […]
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Fort Wright Police to host internet scam training class
The Fort Wright Police Department is hosting a free internet scam awareness training for community members on May 26. The city is touting it as a way for residents to “learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the most common scams used by online predators through the internet, phone calls and text […]