Cancun Mexican Bar & Grill Riverfront has opened. The Mexican restaurant, located in the old Don Pablos location on Riverboat Row in Newport, after beginning construction in November of 2017. RELATED: New Restaurant Set to Replace Newport’s Don Pablos In August of 2016 Don Pablos, on Newport’s Riverboat Row, closed after an electrical fire caused […]
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Newport Man Arrested, Charged with Murder in Shooting
An arrest has been made by Newport Police in the shooting and killing of a taxi driver just before midnight last night. Justin L. Russell, 20, from Newport was charged with murder of David DePhillips, 38, also from Newport. He will be housed at the Campbell County Detention Center. This is an advertisement. This is […]
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Newport’s Gambling Past Highlighted in Sports Illustrated Article
In the November issue of Sports Illustrated, writer William F. Reed takes a look at the 1951 point-shaving scandal involving multiple NCAA basketball teams. It’s still the biggest point-shaving scandal in college basketball history. New York district attorney Frank Hogan arrested several members of the City College of New York team. The news rocked college […]
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FOX 19: Newport police chief: ‘Bullets were flying in my direction’ while responding to call
Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV Courtesy Fox 19. Newport Police Chief Tom Collins said bullets were flying toward his direction when he responded to a “shots fired” called Friday overnight. It happened in the 600 block of Monmouth in the parking lot of Brass Bull and Huddles Bar around 2:30 a.m. “The bullets were flying right […]
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H/R Real Estate Acquires Property on Monmouth Street in Newport For Headquarters
Clay Horan and Adam Rosenhagen in front of their new building they purchased to host H/R Real Estate headquarters. FTM file. An emerging northern Kentucky real estate brokerage has closed on the sale of a building for their new headquarters in Newport. H/R real estate partners, Clay Horan and Adam Rosenhagen bought 920 Monmouth Street […]
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Wooden Cask Brewing Company Opens in Newport (11-4-16)
Head brewer and owner of Wooden Cask Brewing Company, Randy Schlitz, on Wednesday, November 2. Schiltz and his wife Karen with staff were putting on finishing touches before their public grand opening on Friday, November 4, 2016. FTM file. Newport, Kentucky will welcome a new brewery and taproom officially, as owners Karen and Randy Schiltz […]
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Don Pablos Closes on Newport’s Riverboat Row
Don Pablos, which first opened in 1995 on Riverboat Row in Newport, closed earlier this month. A longtime tenant on Newport’s riverfront has closed abruptly after spending decades in the same location. Don Pablos Mexican Restaurant at 401 Riverboat Row was shut down after a record rainfall led to a fire, that forced ownership into […]
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New Riff Distilling Whiskey Campus Coming to Newport
A rendering of the Whiskey Campus. Provided. The City of Newport is expected to approve a development agreement Monday night that will bring the $7.5 million New Riff Distilling Whiskey Campus to the city’s west side, where construction of a new Route 9 played a major role in attracting the project. The project includes restoration […]
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Large Snake Attacks Man at Newport Reptile Shop
By Jesse Folk, WCPO COURTESY OF CARLOS DIAZ/FLICKRSHOW CAPTION NEWPORT, Ky A man is in critical condition after being attacked by a large python at a reptile shop. The incident happened Monday afternoon at the Captive Born Reptiles shop at 635 Monmouth St. Officers said that when they arrived, they found the 15-foot, 100-pound snake […]
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Travelodge in Newport is Demolished
Makes Way for Hampton Inn and Suites Reader submitted, R.J. Seifert. The Travelodge in Newport near the Taylor-Southgate bridge is no more after being demolished Thursday. A frequent stop for Newport Police over the years for drugs and prostitution, undercover operations had been successful over the last year and crime had slowed. The new location […]
