What you need to know An internal city investigation carried out in the latter parts of 2025 uncovered that at least six employees at Covington Public Works, including some supervisory staff, either engaged in or enabled the falsification of timecards, according to documents obtained by LINK nky. Public records detailing the city’s investigation revealed that […]
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Public Works director named Covington’s interim city manager
Keith Bales, the director of Covington’s Public Works Department, was named interim city manager this week following the sudden resignation of City Manager Ken Smith. The Covington Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to both accept Smith’s resignation and institute Bales as the interim city manager Tuesday night. Bales will remain in the post until Aug. […]
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Covington smoothing its roads after tackling nearly 500 pothole repair projects in 2024
The ride through Covington is a bit smoother after Public Works staff tackled more than double the amount of pothole work orders from 2023 during the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. Data from the city’s Thriving Neighborhood site reported 490 completed projects in FY 2024, compared to 156 in FY 2023. The data reported […]