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The candidates for Covington School Board, one of the most closely-watched races in the county, will face off in a debate at Ninth Street Baptist Church in the city's Eastside. This debate will be the last of four hosted by OASIS, Inc this election cycle, though the school board candidates will appear at a forum […]

Dr. Gary Shearer will no longer be part of the methadone clinic slated to open in Covington early next year at 1717 Madison Avenue, former site of the Save-a-Lot Grocery. Shearer's former business partner, Ron Washington, issued a news release Wednesday afternoon indicating that he had purchased all of Shearer's rights to the clinic. Shearer's […]

Medicaid Managed Care provider Kentucky Spirit will end its contract with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The company and the Commonwealth released statements below. Kentucky Spirit: Kentucky Spirit Health Plan (Kentucky Spirit), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), has notified the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that it is exercising a contractual right […]

Researchers from three universities have compiled data that suggests that parental involvement is more important in determining the academic success of a child than the schools the kids attend. From the Huffington Post:   The study based its findings on data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, which measured the achievement of a group of […]

The candidates vying to represent Covington and northern Kenton County in the Kentucky State Senate squared off in a debate Monday night at Ninth Street Baptist Church in the city's Eastside. Republican Chris McDaniel, a Taylor Mill businessman, and Democrat James Noll, a lawyer and Villa Hills city councilman, are fighting to replace the retiring […]

UPDATE: RCN has now added comments from candidate Joyce Baker. See below. Three of five seats at the Covington Board of Education are on the ballot this November while a fourth seat remains vacant following the resignation of member Denise Varney. That seat, along with the one belonging to member Jerry Avery, is not up for […]

This is a look back on the issues and people that made news in Covington as covered here at The River City News. Covington turns corner with structural changes at City Hall There will be new faces at City Hall while a lot of familiar ones will have new roles. Plus, a city commission candidate blasts […]

This story first appeared in Northern Magazine and is reprinted here through RCN's partnership with KY Forward. Written by Molly Williamson Oakley Farris will be the first to tell you that if it had not been for his wife, Eva, he would not be as successful as he is today. Just don’t tell his wife that. The […]

The appointment of Suzann Gettys as Covington's business assistance specialist Tuesday night marked the end of her tenure as the city's ombudsman. That position was done away with through the massive restructuring that is taking place at City Hall. Gettys was the point person for Covington's eighteen neighborhood associations and facilitated many important components for […]

One of the many items approved by the Covington City Commission that faced a 50-item agenda Tuesday night was the demolition of forty-nine properties, pending approval from the state preservation office. Twenty-four of the blighted properties are owned by the city while twenty-five others are privately held. The move is part of the city's effort […]