Northern Kentucky’s urban living tour, Beyond the Curb, returns Sunday, Oct. 2, with a visit to Latonia. The Covington neighborhood will welcome visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. LINK nky readers can get exclusive savings by using the promo code “LINK” when purchasing tickets. The tour is produced by the Catalytic Development Fund. Tour […]
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Beyond the Curb headed to Latonia for in-person tour
The Covington neighborhood of Latonia will be the focus of Beyond the Curb’s fall in-person tour on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour coordinator Jill Morenz said the team is excited to bring attention to Latonia. “This will be our 12th tour and the first time we’ve featured Latonia,” she said. […]
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Enzweiler celebrates groundbreaking of new Latonia campus
The Enzweiler Building Institute of Northern Kentucky held a groundbreaking ceremony in Latonia on Monday afternoon to celebrate its new campus. Covington city leaders, Northern Kentucky state lawmakers and local construction industry leaders gathered in front of the newly christened Enzweiler Building Institute Covington Campus to dig the ceremonial first shovelful of dirt. “We look […]
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Colony Apartment renovations celebrated in Latonia
Residents gathered around Covington Mayor Joe Meyer Friday as $4.5 million in renovations to the 43-year-old Colony Apartments in Latonia were celebrated in the community. “Have you survived the chaos of the last couple years?” Meyer asked. The crowd responded with an enthusiastic, “yes!” Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the low-income housing complex for senior citizens […]
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Latonia man in remission after being first patient in world to undergo experimental therapy
Written by Jasmine Styles, WCPO anchor A Northern Kentucky man is the first patient in the world to receive an experimental cancer therapy. John Hornsby Sr. of Latonia swore ongoing stomach pain was coming from a hernia. “I was either in the bathroom sick or in my bed sick and I stayed like that for […]
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Voices of NKY: Heather Buckley Pauly
Voices of NKY is our weekly video series in which we get to know someone who lives in Northern Kentucky and what makes them tick. This week, we talked to Heather Buckley Pauly, who lives in Latonia. She opened Curated Design & Decor about four years ago, inspired by shopping at antique malls with her […]
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Duke estimates all customers will have power by Wednesday
Duke Energy said Tuesday evening that the 57,000 customers still without power after Monday’s storm can expect for their power to be restored by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. “This is the most significant outage event to impact Duke Energy’s Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky service areas in over a decade,” Duke Senior Communications Manager Casey Kroger […]
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Shelter-in-Place Lifted After Fire at Interplastic in Ft. Wright
A reported explosion at Interplastic Corporation prompted an alert for residents living near the Ft. Wright plant on Monday night. Ft. Wright and Covington fire departments responded to the scene at 3535 Latonia Avenue after a call of an explosion came in. It reportedly involved a storage vessel housing a polyester resin, according to […]
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New Fabric Store Opens in Latonia
Around the Corner Fabrics, a new store specializing in sewing and fabric, has opened in the old Kentucky Theater in Latonia (13 W. Southern Avenue). Kelly Niceley, the store’s owner, says she expects to hold a grand opening for the location on January 15. “I was raised sewing for a couple generations and always enjoyed it […]
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West Latonia to See 80 New Trees; Volunteers Needed
The Covington Urban Forestry Board will plant roughly 80 trees in West Latonia on Saturday, and needs volunteers. A variety of trees will be planted, selected to match the size of the spot in which they will be planted across thirteen blocks that have little to no tree canopy, according to City of Covington Urban Forester […]
