Via RCN. Written by Michael Monks, editor & publisher of The River City News. Republished with permission. 19th Annual East Row Garden Walk, Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tickets: $15. For more information and to buy tickets, click here. For the seventeenth year visitors to Newport’s East Row neighborhood […]
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Ei8ht Ball Brewery Announces Bottle Release of Award-Winning Reintarnation Ale
Ei8ht Ball Brewing has announced plans to release bottles of their Great American Beer Festival gold medal winning beer Reintarnation on May 1. The first 120 bottles of the highly-touted brew will be available for purchase beginning at 5 p.m., as well as on draught in their taproom, located at 18 Distillery Way, Newport, Kentucky. […]
ALERT: Police searching for armed robbery suspects
Newport Police are requesting assistance in locating two male suspects wanted in connection with a robbery with a gun.
Man in Custody, Female Hostage Safe on Memorial Parkway
Photo via Fox 19. The hostage was taken out of the residence at 6:30 this morning. A 38 year old man is under arrest and a female hostage, his fiancé, is safe after a SWAT situation in Newport this morning. Police from Bellevue, Newport and Fort Thomas responded to a residence on Wilson Drive near […]
Newport’s Harvest Festival Adding Bourbon Tasting In This Year’s Event
The fourth annual Historic Downtown Newport Harvest Fest and Bourbon Tasting will take place on Monmouth Street between 3rd and 11th streets on October 18th. The 2014 event has been expanded to include Bourbon Tastings and Bluegrass music. This family-friendly event will showcase dining, entertainment and shopping venues and specials, along with local artists, musicians […]
The Syndicate to Host “Gangster Night” Fundraiser for Newport Parks
NEWPORT, Ky. — The Newport Syndicate is hosting Gangster Night, Friday, June 27th, to raise funds for the Newport park system.
Newport on the Levee Gets 8 million for Hotel
Kentucky tourism officials have approved $8 million in tax incentives to support a hotel development planned near Newport-on-the-Levee. The Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority said Wednesday it approved credits to help Louisville-based developer Musselman Hotels LLC build a $33-million, 150-room hotel on the parking lot across from Hofbrauhaus. The credits also are for a project […]
Newport Robbery Chase Spills into Fort Thomas
Troy Currie. Photo source: Campbell County Detention Center. Martez Givens. Photo source: Campbell County Detention Center At approximately 10:15 AM on Sunday morning, reports starting flowing into FTM that multiple police officers from various departments were scouring the hills and wooded areas in the 1800 block of Memorial Parkway with guns drawn.
Newport Pavilion Target Construction Underway
There are signs of progress at the Newport Pavilion. The above picture was snapped by friends of the Newport Pavilion Fan Page on Facebook and indicate fairly significant progress in a very short period of time. The large drainage pipe has still not been fixed and according to Kroger there is no opening date yet […]

