Tag: Local News

The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, located on Scott Boulevard in Covington, is celebrating the graduation of thirty men from homelessness to housing. The latest success story is told by the shelter:   Martin came to our shelter after staying at the Drop In for 30 days.  A Gallatin native, he did not know where […]

Should plastic bags be banned from Northern Kentucky grocery stores? A local chapter of a national group, "Bag It Town, Northern Kentucky", wants your support of their petition. The group writes:   LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Pass ordinance banning plastic bags at all grocery stores in Northern KY. Plastic bag pollution is costly to clean up. Plastic […]

Cash Mob Northern KY is looking to return to Covington (or other NKY towns) and will base their next location on votes from the public. Last month the grassroots organization "mobbed" the Covington Farmers Market. The goal of a cash mob is to create a larger-than-usual customer base for a business that could use some […]

Across the country on Saturday groups will rally to raise awareness to the growing heroin epidemic. STOP (Stop the Overdose Pandemic) Heroin will be represented in Greater Cincinnati with a rally Saturday morning at the band shell in Devou Park from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. Speakers will discuss being in recovery, fighting against heroin, and how […]

The Covington City Commission will see two important presentations on Tuesday and will then make two important votes related to them. Assistant City Manager Larisa Sims will lay out her proposal for the reorganization of City Hall departments, which may include jobs being eliminated and people working under new titles. Additionally, acting Fire Chief Dan […]

Plans and funds are coming together for an improved Linden Grove Cemetery, home to veterans of American conflicts from the War of 1812 onward as well as many famous names in the area such as Speaker of the House and Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle and three other US Congressmen. The Friends of Linden Grove […]

Fifteen properties in Botany Hills (formerly known as West Covington) that are slated to be torn down to make way for a development and were the point of controversy after a City Commissioner posted pictures of them online were not discussed at Wednesday's meeting of Covington's code enforcement board. The properties were cited for code […]

Criminal Defense, a new reality series on National Geographic (Insight Digital Channel 450) premieres Tuesday night at 10:00 & 10:30PM. If you look closely, you may catch a glimpse of a Holmes High School grad in the background. Genesis Fisher, a graduate of New York University Law School, works at the Brooklyn Legal Aid Society where […]

Mark Collins was sentenced to ten years in prison Tuesday, two days before his twentieth birthday, for physically abusing a 2-month old child. Kenton County Judge Patricia Summe handed down the sentence in the second-degree assault case prosecuted by Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders and investigated by Covington Police Detective Nick Klaiss. Collins was […]