Grants Lick is a small town in the southwestern part of Campbell County. It has been there for 225 years. In 1793, Samuel Bryan, the nephew of Daniel Boone, discovered salt water in the area. John Grant, also a nephew of Boone, owned the land on which the salt water was found and created a […]
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Old Covington Homes Haunted? Museum Program to Explore Topic
Some of the residents of Covington’s historic stately manors have lived there for a long time. Like, a really long time. Apparently. There have been many reports of hauntings within the walls of some of the city’s oldest homes, particularly those along the Ohio and Licking rivers: slamming doors, lights flickering off an on, an […]
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Covington Building Painted Black, City Board Denies Retroactive Permission
Written by Michael Monks, LINK nky chief content officer A downtown Covington building was painted black without permission from the city and on Wednesday night, a city board denied a retroactive OK. A new business, Alibi, from the proprietors of adjacent Agave & Rye, opened at 633 Madison Avenue, offering a bar and food from […]
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Historic Train Building to Become Home to Ludlow Heritage Museum
The Ludlow Heritage Museum and Norfolk Southern announced a lease agreement to preserve the railroad company’s Ludlow Yard Store House building. According to the announcement, the agreement allows the museum to renovate the building and repurpose it as its new headquarters. It is the last remaining original structure in Ludlow used by the Cincinnati, New […]
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Roebling Suspension Bridge Reopening Delayed
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge was expected to reopen by the end of 2021, but the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet amended that timeline on Wednesday. Now, the historic span connecting Covington to Cincinnati over the Ohio River is slated for a targeted reopening of January 24. The bridge has been closed entirely to vehicular traffic […]
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Covington Now Accepting Applications for Community Improvement Grants
Since its inception in 2018, groups across Covington have used the city’s Neighborhood Grant Program to fund small projects around the city such as: A tree planting in Austinburg Dog waste stations, Little Libraries, and pedestrian signs in Monte Casino Lamp posts, plants, and bench repairs in Wallace Woods Planters and picnic tables in Latonia […]
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Former Dayton City Hall to Be Considered for National Registry
A building that was once home to Dayton’s City Hall is taking a step towards being considered for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board meets on Tuesday morning to consider the nomination of the property at 636 Sixth Avenue in the Campbell County city. It was recently […]
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Historic Campbell Co. Bridge to Be Rehabilitated in $2.1 Million Project
An historic span on Mary Ingles Highway (Ky. 8) in Campbell County will be rehabilitated as part of the state’s Bridging Kentucky program. The bridge, built in 1946, crosses Twelvemile Creek. The project will preserve, rehabilitate and paint the historic truss with a new coat of gray paint, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 6 […]
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New Pedestrian Bridge in Covington is Now Open
The Eleventh Street Bridge in Covington is reopened to pedestrians, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 6 Office announced Monday. The former span, which connects two sections of 11th St. between Russell Street and Madison Avenue over CSX Railroad tracks, was demolished and a new bridge was installed. The former bridge accommodated vehicular traffic but […]
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Purple People Bridge to Reopen Fully by Thanksgiving Even as Work Continues
The Newport Southbank Bridge, better known locally as the Purple People Bridge, is expected to reopen fully for pedestrians by Thanksgiving. Newport Southbank Bridge Company President and Southbank Partners President Will Weber said that donors contributed $350,000 to fund both temporary and permanent fixes to the bridge. The span, which connects Newport to Cincinnati over […]