Covington Police Chief Brian Valenti is asking for help in identifying the main suspect in several instances of alleged harassment and inappropriate touching in Covington’s Mainstrasse and Mutter Gottes neighborhoods. “Most are aware; some are not,” said Commissioner Shannon Smith at the Covington Commission meeting Tuesday evening. “There’s an individual frequenting the Mainstrasse area and […]
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Understanding Covington’s general fund shortfall: Could working from home be a factor?
The City of Covington has attributed its recent budget shortfalls to rising work-from-home policies. Covington’s Finance Director Steve Webb disclosed during a presentation at a city commission meeting on May 23 that the city’s general fund’s expenditures had exceeded its revenue for the third quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, which ends on June 30. […]
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Most Covington elementary students show improvement in reading, data suggests
Internal reading assessment data from Covington Independent Public Schools suggests gradual improvement in reading skills for most elementary school grade levels. This data was presented by district staff members at a special board of education meeting Monday night. Additional data suggests that more English language students are improving their English enough to exit the district’s […]
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‘Everyone’s going to have to do it’: NKY grapples with smoking bans
This story originally appeared in the April 28 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. Mandy Kaplan, who co-owns 859 Taproom in Florence with her husband, Jeff, has never allowed smoking at her bar. When Kaplan, 45, was young, she remembers that people would smoke in houses like “it was […]
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High rent prices remain primary concern for river cities housing: ‘We’re not making this an inclusive city’
Rent affordability in Covington and other river cities was the primary focus of comments at a public hearing in Covington on Tuesday night. The hearing was related to two different federal funding programs designed to alleviate housing problems – the Community Development Block Grant program and HOME Investment Partnerships – during the upcoming fiscal year, […]
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Covington Commission issues bonds to local developer for Latonia complex
The Covington Commission unanimously voted to issue an industrial revenue bond to Latonia Bulk LLC, a subsidiary of local developer CovCor Real Estate Investments, at Tuesday’s legislative meeting. Located on West 38th Street in Latonia, the development will be the city’s first new industrial build in decades. The city will issue up to $18 million […]
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Independence PD distributing free steering wheel locks to local Hyundai and Kia owners
The Independence Police Department is encouraging residents of Independence who own Kia and Hyundai cars to come to the police station on 5409 Madison Pike to receive a free steering wheel lock, all of which have been provided by manufacturers. The distribution is in response to a spate of car thefts in which car thieves […]
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Erlanger breaks ground on new public works facility
The Erlanger City Council and Department of Public Works broke ground at the site of the city’s new public works facility at a ceremony on April 7. The new facility will be located at 26 Montgomery Drive and will contain a 6,700-square-foot administration building, which is about double the size of the current building, according […]
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Covington Commission increases short-term rental penalties
The Covington City Commission unanimously voted to increase penalties for short-term rental property owners who have failed to obtain licensing from the city. The vote, which occurred during Tuesday’s legislative session, is the end of a months-long process of investigation, deliberation and revision of measures related to short-term rentals. More commonly referred to as Airbnbs, […]
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UPDATE: College system that includes Gateway discovers $75 million not properly reported
UPDATE: The story originally ran in the afternoon of March 23, when the meeting mentioned in the story was still going on. New information has come to light and relevant details have been added. Administrative staff at The Kentucky Community & Technical College System have allegedly discovered an estimated $75 million system office fund balance, […]