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A ruling has come down following a hearing at Covington City Hall in April in which Covington firefighters union Local 38 accused the City of engaging in unfair labor practices as the two sides sought to agree to a new collective bargaining contract. Hearing Officer Susan Durant from the Officer of Attorney General Jack Conway […]

Six or seven years ago attorney Christopher Jackson was looking for a home for his new law practice, housed in an office at Park Place, and set his sights on 121 East Fourth Street, one of Covington's oldest buildings. "Just because of its location and it's historic, but I couldn't afford it back then," Jackson […]

Fourteen properties poised for development in Botany Hills (formerly known as West Covington) and owned by Mount Martre, LLC will go before the Covington code enforcement board Wednesday afternoon. The properties are 302, 332, 334, and 336 Altamont Road, 1419, 1421, 1426, 1436, and 1446 Lexington Avenue, and 1435, 1437, 1439, and 1441 Livingston Street. […]

The River City News offers this feature each week in which Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders shares his This Week in Kenton Co. Circuit Court which recaps all of the week's convictions and he also answers some questions about This Week or other general crime issues of interest. RCN: You saw the story about prostitution as a […]

Both candidates for Covington Mayor, three for Covington City Commission, and three for the school board (well, four if you count Mark Young whose candidacy to fill the remainder of a vacated seat is the subject of a court battle), as well as Republican state senate candidate Chris McDaniel, took to a tree stump in […]

Tier One Performance Solutions was very close to joining some high profile Covington businesses in exiting the city last October. The firm, specializing in creative learning and technology, had outgrown its space in the former Odd Fellows Hall and was looking elsewhere. Mayor Chuck Scheper had just taken office and jumped into action to retain […]

Mainstrasse Village is Covington's and one of the region's most vibrant entertainment districts but there is a growing problem with new visitors to the more residential parts of the neighborhood. Prostitutes are visible in daylight and at night working corners at Ninth and Main Streets, walking along Pike Street, loitering around Philadelphia, Greer, Bakewell, Seventh, […]

When Owensboro, Kentucky opened its new $178 million riverfront development, Covington City Commissioner Steve Casper was there – and green with envy. At Tuesday's night's City Commission meeting, Casper reflected on his visit to the Kentucky city two hundred miles away but along the same river that sits ready for development in Covington. "They did […]

The Covington City Commission gave the greenlight to two "landmark projects" Tuesday night in addition to authorizing resident-only parking in Mainstrasse Village during this weekend's Oktoberfest.  "These are important, these are investments in the city, these are investments in the quality of life," said City Manager Larry Klein, calling the paving of three-quarters of a […]

EXCLUSIVE A war of words erupted at Thursday's meeting of the Covington School Board as members of an online community critical of the school district called for the dismissal of the board attorney.