The Yung Family Foundation has given $1 million to OneQuest Health, a legacy service organization in the region formerly known as the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky. The organization rebranded last year. Derek Haught of the Yung Family Foundation will also be joining the OneQuest Health Foundation board. “We are incredibly grateful to Derek Haught […]
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Pet Supplies Plus opening new store in Latonia
Pet Supplies Plus will open a new 10,000-square-foot store inside the Latonia Commerce Center on Winston Ave. Pet Supplies Plus offers food and supplies for various pets, including dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, fish and other small animals. The Covington store will also feature grooming services, self-serve pet wash stations, curbside pickup and staff assistance for […]
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Covington audit shows no general fund deficit… for now
What you need to know Covington’s annual financial audit has come back clean for the third year in a row. Additionally, fiscal year 2025, which concluded June 31, was the first time since fiscal year 2021 that the city’s general fund closed the fiscal year with revenues exceeding expenditures, i.e., without a deficit. The general […]
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New bathroom coming to Barb Cook Park in Covington
A new pre-fabricated bathroom is coming to Barb Cook Park, which currently lacks public restrooms. The park is located across the street from Latonia Terrace in Covington. The unit will be constructed by Hunter Knepshield, a company out of La Grange in Oldham County. Documents submitted to the Covington Board of Commissioners put the price […]
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Pickett’s Corner bike ministry celebrates beginning of 4th year
Pickett’s Corner, a special ministry through Catholic Charities at the well-known Parish Kitchen in Covington, celebrated the beginning of its fourth year at the kitchen on Sunday. Pickett’s Corner refurbishes donated bicycles and distributes them to people in need. “This is the fourth year with Pickett’s Corner, and it has been a wonderful experience to […]
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NKY Equinox to celebrate Appalachian arts, heritage in Covington
Covington is set to be the host of the first Northern Kentucky Equinox — an Appalachian arts and heritage celebration. Set for March 15 at the Baker Hunt Arts & Cultural Center in Covington, the festival is a free, family-friendly event celebrating the heritage and themes of Appalachian culture through activities such as live music, […]
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Proposed $37 million Covington airline food plant gets approval
A new airline food production facility will be built on the former site of Covington’s old White Castle plant. The company behind the project, MarfoFMA, received financial incentive approvals from Kenton County Fiscal Court late last month. It is expected to move into the old White Castle facility on Rolling Hills Drive. The location will […]
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Covington Fire seeks to buy used truck while new truck is built
The Covington Fire Department is asking the city to buy a used fire truck to hold the department over while a brand new $2.3 million truck, which the city approved for purchase in February, is being manufactured. Fire Chief Corey Deye made the ask at the Board of Commissioners meeting on March 3. The commissioners […]
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Covington museum to highlight skills enslaved Africans brought to America
The Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington will host a virtual presentation on skills, trades and other knowledge enslaved Africans brought across the Atlantic Ocean and how they influenced the broader cultural landscape in the Americas. The presentation is slated for March 10. “Rather than learning trades only after arrival, many individuals were already accomplished in areas […]
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Covington to buy Gateway building, sell it to increase tax revenue
What you need to know The City of Covington plans to buy the building that formerly housed Gateway Community and Technical College’s Professional Services Center and Massage Clinic, located on Scott Boulevard across from the Kenton County Public Library branch, and then sell it to office developers. “We would use this to create or attract […]