Tag: Local News

  A dump truck, an ambulance, a Hummer, and a 1967 GTO drag race car will be among the vehicles parked at Holmes High School Wednesday as the school hosts its career fair with a new twist. The career fair is from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Instead of simply […]

This article is published here courtesy of RCN partner KY Forward and is written by that publication's editor & publisher, Judith Clabes. Three craft beer brewers from the Cock & Bull in Covington’s MainStrasse are headed to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this week, but they are already ‘miles high’ over winning the annual Pro-Am […]

Children, Inc. is the recipient of The Kentucky Association for Early Childhood’s Corporate/Business Award 2012 for their involvement in the education and care of young children. “Here at Children, Inc., we believe in families, children, and communities,” says Rick Hulefeld, Executive Director, “we believe helping all children get a good start in life is everyone’s business.” […]

This article appears courtesy of RCN Partner http://www.kyforward.com/ KY Forward. Written By G. Edward Hughes, President & CEO of Gateway Community & Technical College in Covington   The recent 2020 Jobs Outlook Report jointly produced by Vision 2015 and Agenda 360 provided trend data that are extremely useful to people who are planning to enter the job market in […]

Each week The River City News talks with Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders about his weekly e-newsletter that highlights who was sent to prison or got probation in the previous week. At the bottom of this post you can find a link to that newsletter. Here are this week's questions and answers: RCN: Emily Ball […]

Congratulations are in order for hair stylist Noah Kidd and artist Paul Fiehrer who were honored with the Face of Autism Ambassador award during a recent ceremony hosted by the Autism Society of Greater Cincinnati. Kidd is the co-owner and namesake of Noah's Art Salon in Mainstrasse Village where many pieces painted by Fiehrer are […]

State Librarian and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Commissioner Wayne Onkst has been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Kentucky Library Association (KLA). The award is given to an individual who has shown continuous, sustained support of the library profession through his or her life.   “Wayne Onkst could have earned this […]

Ouch. Turfway Park's woes are well-documented in this article from the Herald-Leader's Janet Patton about how the Kentucky Racing Commission is looking to move September race dates from the Florence track to Churchill Downs in Louisville because Turfway averaged daily purses of just $97,000 last month: Commissioner Ned Bonnie called that "an embarrassment to Kentucky racing" […]

Covington Independent Public Schools Superintendent Lynda Jackson has sent out her weekly Monday Morning Message which you will see below:   Research consistently shows that holding high expectations improves student achievement. However, the problem is that the definition of high expectations varies widely. For the next several weeks, I will be providing strategies from Doug Lemov's […]

The chairmen of the Democratic Party county chapters in Boone, Kenton, and Campbell, have issued a joint statement decrying the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's October 26 Government Forum in which only Republican Congressional candidate Thomas Massie will appear. The Democrats say that Democratic candidate Bill Adkins was not invited. The Chamber had previously scheduled […]