Backpacks event to benefit K-12 students COVINGTON, Ky. – If your children need supplies for the coming school year, you have until 5 p.m. July 26 to register online for Northern Kentucky Harvest’s 23rd annual free Backpacks & Breakfast giveaway. The organization said in a news release that it will be distributing 1,058 free backpacks full of supplies during a weekend distri...

Annual drop-off event helps residents recycle responsibly COVINGTON, Ky. – A free drop-off recycling event will be held in Covington on Saturday, June 24, to help residents get rid of computer equipment and other electronics, foam packaging, and confidential documents that need to be shredded. The 8th annual event – called the E-Waste Recycling Event – will be held as usual...

Juneteenth flags were recently raised in Randolph Park and on the Sixth Street Promenade in MainStrasse Village, shown here. COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at City Hall will be closed on Monday, June 19, as the City of Covington celebrates its newest official City holiday for the second year in a row. To help in that celebration, the City’s Economic Development Department is sponsoring...

COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for Memorial Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The public is invited to honor the military fallen at the annual parade and an array of ceremonies at military memorials around Covington that morning. See for Memorial Day events for details.  ###

Event in Devou returns Saturday for 2nd year in a row COVINGTON, Ky. – Want to see a kid get excited? Put a fishing pole in their hand and watch their face light up when a fish suddenly tugs on the other end. The surprise, the anticipation and the thrill of reeling in the fish … these emotions all but guarantee a contagious grin that spreads to anyone nearby. This Saturday, M...

River Sweep has taken place since 1989, even during the pandemic. COVINGTON, Ky. – Volunteers are invited to clean trash from the banks of the Ohio River on Saturday as part of the Covington “leg” of national River Sweep activities held every year. Expect muddy shoes and clothes, sore muscles, a sense of accomplishment – and interesting surprises. The most common p...

Volunteers unload food collected during the Stamp Out Hunger drive, which makes it easy to help needy families. (Photo courtesy of Be Concerned) Covington pantries desperate to replenish shelves thru Postal carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger event COVINGTON, Ky. – Set canned goods and other non-perishable food items by your mailbox on Saturday, and you will help three agencies in Co...

COVINGTON, Ky. – Cinco de Mayo is Friday and that means you’ll find good tequila sips around The Cov (we’ve named a few that we found). Then, shift your libations to bourbon, because the mint juleps are going to be flowing with the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday … but you already knew that. Then there’s the Flying Pig Marathon, but unless you&r...

Volunteers needed Saturday to dig holes in Latonia COVINGTON, Ky. – The celebration of Arbor Day will last eight days in the City of Covington, beginning with a neighborhood planting this Saturday and ending the following weekend with a seedling giveaway at a de facto festival focused on trees. Meanwhile, the national Arbor Day Foundation has named Covington a Tree City USA for the 19t...

COVINGTON, Ky. – This is tax weekend, courtesy of the Eye Are Ess, but we’re assuming you’ve already filed your 1040 and hopefully got back some coin. That means money to play. Plus, Lent is over, which means you’re back doing whatever it is that you gave up for those 40 days, like … (fill in the blank). Perfect. Venture out in The Cov this weekend, where...