Sergio Gutierrez owns the eponymously named Olla Taqueria Gutierrez restaurant at 301 W. 12th St. in Covington – better known as Olla Cov. He remembers the Monday afternoon he invited some of the employees to play pickup basketball at a local park – including Estephany Perez, whose family moved to Northern Kentucky from Guatemala three years […]
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Black-N-Bluegrass skaters relieve stress on four wheels
By day, they are a medical coder, a property manager, HVAC technician, audio engineer or a high school senior. When the Black-N-Bluegrass (BBRD) flat track roller derby team meets for practice at Hits Inside Baseball in Fort Wright, however, they take on fearsome skate names – Briggs & Smack’em, Ursa Maimer, Alaskan Assassin and Sam-I-Wham. […]
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LWS Open returns to England Idlewild Park for eighth consecutive year
The National Disc Golf Pro Tour is returning to Boone County’s England Idlewild Park for the eighth consecutive year. The annual LWS Open, one of the largest annual spectator events in Northern Kentucky, will be held from Friday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11. The 2023 iteration of the tournament sold over 500 3-day and 1,798 daily passes […]
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Not trapped: Northern Kentucky Top Guns among state’s sharpest shooters
The Northern Kentucky Top Guns youth trap shooting team had a record-breaking performance at the state Scholastic Clay Target Program tournament, winning six first-place medals and setting a program record for the best performance in the tournament.
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Fort Thomas Firecracker 5K sees increased participation, Rieskamp wins
Josh Rieskamp doesn’t think anyone likes running in heat and humidity. The Oakley resident did just fine Thursday – he crossed the Ohio River and won the Fort Thomas Firecracker 5K. He covered the 3.1 miles in 16 minutes, 29 seconds. “It could be hotter,” Rieskamp said. “You know, it’s not that bad, but it […]
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Florence Speedway: persevering amid an uncertain economy
Josh King was just 8 years old when his dad, the late Jerry King, bought Florence Speedway in 1984. “It’s been my entire life I’ve been involved with it,” King said. The half-mile clay oval on U.S. 42 near Walton is still a family business. Florence Speedway opened in the 1950s. Josh King is the […]
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Fort Mitchell race to benefit Vent Haven Museum
There’s just one Northern Kentucky race in which a dummy calls runners to the starting line. That would be the fourth annual Dummy Run, a 5-kilometer run/walk June 30 at the Vent Haven Museum on West Maple Avenue in Fort Mitchell. “It’s right through old Fort Mitchell here…It’s a lovely neighborhood,” Lisa Sweasy, the museum’s […]
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CovCath duo Smith and Parks finish runner-up at KHSAA state bass fishing championships
Covington Catholic juniors Brandon Smith and Phoenix Parks earned the highest finish for a Northern Kentucky high school team over the weekend at the KHSAA Operation UNITE Bass Fishing State Championships. The duo trekked down to Kentucky Lake in Western Kentucky to compete with the top 87 qualifying teams for the state tournament. Smith and […]
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Covington Catholic, Notre Dame family members team up for Mother’s Day
Gatherings for Mother’s Day aren’t quite as enormous as they used to be for the sports-crazed Darpels and Jones. Nests have emptied. Household members have disbursed. Even so, the annual holiday on the second Sunday in May is just as rewarding and usually involves sports. Local hall of famer Cheryl Darpel, the championship-winning former Northern […]
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Union native Urso wins first career BFL Tournament
Boater Adrian Urso of Union caught a five-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Kentucky-Barkley Lakes. Hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, the tournament was the third event of the season for the BFL LBL Division. Urso earned […]