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The candidates for Covington City Commission will square off in the first debate of the fall campaign season Monday evening at Ninth Street Baptist Church. Not all of the candidates will be there, however. According to event organizer Rev. Richard Fowler, whose church has hosted similar debates for years, candidate Roger Hamilton will not be […]

Superintendent of Covington Independent Public Schools Lynda Jackson penned an op-ed in the Cincinnati Enquirer about chronic absenteeism and its effect on student achievement: | Last year, 94 percent of Covington Independent Public Schools students showed up for school every day on average. Hidden behind that impressive figure, though, are pockets of absenteeism that can […]

The International Association of Firefighters Local 38 which represents the City of Covington's firefighters, has made its endorsements in the race for Covington City Commission. Recently retired firefighter Alan "Chip" Terry, who launched a write-in campaign last month, picked up one of the union's three endorsements in the race which will see four people elected […]

UPDATE:  The actual resolution approved regarding the fire department indicated that nine positions would be eliminated instead of just the ones mentioned in acting Chief Mathew's presentation. In all, nine positions will be eliminated through attrition including 3 captain positions, 3 lieutenant positions, and 3 engineer positions. Some of those positions were supposed to be […]

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: Tonya Ratliff […]

Covington City Commission candidate Ed Faulkner will drop out of the race after being diagnosed with Still's Disease, a form of inflammatory arthritis that attacks the joints and muscles. Faulkner began to notice the symptoms while on the campaign trail and after only walking a couple blocks he said it started to feel as if […]

Ronald Forsyth II was one of two Kentucky National Guardsmen killed in a car crash in Devils Lake, North Dakota Thursday. Media reports indicate that Forsyth, 31, lived in Ryland Heights and his Facebook page says he is from Covington. He died along with Jason Brunette, 23, of Clay County when the car they were […]

UPDATE (3:14PM) Mark Young has issued this statement: We are very disappointed that Judge Sheehan has decided to allow the Ky. Dept. of Education's arbitrary inaction to harm the interests of Covington voters, and to leave Ms. Varney in a precarious legal position, through no fault or action of her own. This is yet another blow to […]

Covington Independent Public Schools will have the largest implementation of nationally renowned educator Ron Clark's program in the nation, it was announced during Thursday's school board meeting. An anonymous donor will allow the district to train ten more teachers in the program that aims to create creative and innovative learning styles modeled after Clark's own […]