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Are you Covington’s home-run champ?

The Covington Adult Softball League is being replaced this year with a one-day event featuring a home-run derby. Slugging contest to replace Adult Softball League  COVINGTON, Ky. - Are you the type of softball player whose team barely scrapes together runs with a few “seeing-eye ground ...

Horses & Flying Pigs

COVINGTON, Ky. - Ever since it was first settled, Northern Kentucky has seemingly suffered an identity crisis centered on a simple question: Are we part of Kentucky, or of Cincinnati?   This weekend, you’d think there would be no doubt. After all, it’s the first Saturday in May, y&r...

Covington seeks zoning administrator

COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington is looking for a zoning and development specialist to replace Alex Koenig, who is leaving after three years to return to Arkansas.   The position carries a range of duties, many of them focused on administering the City’s zoning code, reviewing proposed dev...

High voltage: City workers learn power-line safety

Duke Energy supervisor Dan Pangburn, left, demonstrates what happens when a Mylar balloon gets tangled up in a power line. Field supervisor Thom Bauer is at right.   COVINGTON, Ky. -- Puffs of smoke. Sparks. Balls of fire. Employees of the City of Covington undergoing safety training today wer...

Hole diggers needed

A planting event last October added over 80 trees – most of them 8 feet tall – to the West Latonia streetscape. Latonia tree-planting Saturday could use volunteers  COVINGTON, Ky. - If the Great American Cleanup last Saturday put you in the mood for outdoors “activism,”...

Let the pollination begin

A lot of hands meant a lot of bushes and plants were put in the ground Saturday near Randolph Park. Randolph Park garden exemplifies citywide beautification efforts COVINGTON, Ky. - About five dozen volunteers flocked to Randolph Park on Saturday morning, and they left behind fresh paint and an expa...

'Epic of Time ...' mural commemorated in frame

Presenting the framed gift is John Whitson, a principal with developer RealtyLink. Accepting it are City Manager David Johnston, left, and Economic Development Director Tom West, right.   COVINGTON, Ky. - A day after Sunday’s “decommissioning” event, the developers of the plan...

'Battelle Lane' honors philanthropist, City's history

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer prepares to unveil the new sign as City Commissioner Shannon Smith, left, and Vice Mayor Michelle Williams watch. COVINGTON,Ky. -- The eastern-most half block of Seventh Street has a new name: Battelle Lane. The name - unvei...

Spring cleaning, urban living

COVINGTON, Ky. - We’re already stressed out.   How are we going to squeeze all these events in this weekend, and - barring that - how do we decide which ones to attend?   Gracious.   You can make it beautiful Moonrise Donuts. Fresh air. Camaraderie. Physical activity. Free swag....
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