COVINGTON, Ky. - There’s an obvious reason that the City of Covington’s “Touch a Truck” open house is being held on the vast parking lot of the Latonia Shopping Center.
Few other places in the City - if any - would be large enough.
The event, to be held from 11 ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The top floor of the Midtown Parking Garage at Fifth and Scott streets will be closed to parking today through the end of the day Wednesday.
Members of the Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team will be rappelling off the side of the garage to practice mid-air rope resc...
Assistant Fire Chief Chip Terry served in Covington for almost three decades. (Photo courtesy of Katie Woodring Photography.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - When Assistant Chief Chip Terry retired in 2012 after 26 years with the Covington Fire Department, he addressed City leaders in a speech that recapped his ca...
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COVINGTON, KY - This upcoming Fourth of July, the City of Covington wants to ensure its residents are safe and made aware of the dangers associated with fireworks.
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fireworks caused an estimated 18,500 reported fires, including 1,300 struc...
Fire Chief Mark Pierce, left, introduces four of the five fire personnel promoted Tuesday.
COVINGTON, Ky. - The formal hiring of Mark Pierce as Covington’s Fire Chief on May 15 started a chain reaction of open positions below him.
Tonight, those positions were filled.
Five Fire D...
Crews from Duke Energy examine the gas line break at 35th and Latonia.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Residents of a two-square-block area of Latonia were forced out of their homes for about two hours on Friday afternoon after a contractor working on the reconstruction of Latonia Avenue ruptured a natural gas lin...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Just 15 years old when he joined the Bromley Volunteer Fire Department, Mark Pierce felt the firefighter’s call at an early age.
Tonight, after 23 years as a paid firefighter in Covington, he will be officially sworn in as Chief of the City’s Fire Department ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Full fire and ambulance service was restored to the South Covington Fire Station on October 30, 2017.
Staffing at the South Covington fire station had been reduced by two firefighters per shift in July 2015 due to personnel cuts in the fire department, eliminating ambulance ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City Commission has approved allowing lateral hires for police officers.
Previously, the Covington Code of Ordinances did not allow the lateral hire of police officers and firefighters.
The change in the law was approved Tuesday evening.
Chief of Polic...