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Reading Challenge begins March 4

Covington preschoolers through 3rd grade invited to participate in Read Ready Covington event COVINGTON, Ky. – Read Ready Covington’s “reading challenge” starts Tuesday for children in preschool through 3rd grade, and -- for those who accept the challenge – there are prizes involved. The 2025 Read Across Covington Reading Challenge, which runs April 8, is a w...

Wildflowers, plogging & Mardis Gras

COVINGTON, Ky. – As Valentine’s Day morphs into Ash Wednesday, fun in The Cov this weekend revolves around parade floats, slimflower scurfpeas, and plogging. Or, alternatively: opportunities for big-time fun (beads, floats and “big heads” at the annual Mardi Gras parade) … learning (all about Kentucky wildflowers at a venerated Devou Park museum) … and serv...

‘Plogging’ event Saturday blends exercise, litter pickup

COVINGTON, Ky. – Volunteers will fan out in several Covington neighborhoods Saturday to pick up litter while getting exercise during the third-annual “Plogging Across the Bluegrass” event. You can register at Plogging Registration. The event – whose name employs the semantic merger of the Swedish term “plocka upp” (meaning “to pick up”) and the...

From Montana roads to Covington streets

Photo 1: Covington Police Chief Brian Valenti hands new Officer Judah Hartenstein his badge. Photo 2: Mayor Ron Washington issues the oath of office. Photo 3: From left, Mayor Ron Washington, City Commissioner James Toebbe, new Officer Judah Hartenstein, and Police Chief Brian Valenti. Newest police officer takes oath of office COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s newest police off...

Vision boards, zoo animals & washcloths

COVINGTON, Ky. – Do something good for yourself this weekend. And of course we have some ideas: Set your goals in motion with a vision board … drink beer and hang out with zoo animals … watch an artist make beads and bracelets …  learn how to crochet … listen to good music … play bingo … and more. It’s a jungle out there Braxton B...

Cadet program gives PD’s new recruit ‘experience on the street’

Photo (from left to right): Commissioner James Toebbe, Police Chief Brian Valenti, Mason Arnold, and Mayor Ron Washington. COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington police cadet Mason Arnold has spent the last year completing police reports, developing police radio traffic, learning proper use of a Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT), and patrolling the city’s streets, writing parking tickets. On Mon...

CCR site work to affect roads, sidewalks at 3rd and Madison

COVINGTON, Ky. – The installation of electric conduit for the Covington Central Riverfront development will affect drivers and pedestrians in the area of Madison Avenue and Third Street on and off over the next seven weeks. The work will be done in six distinct phases, beginning today and ending the first week of April. At times, lanes of vehicular traffic will be reduced or even shut ...

Galentines & Valentines

COVINGTON, Ky. – Today is Galentine’s Day and Friday is Valentine’s Day, so shower those you love with flowers, jewels, wine, or bourbon, and, for crying out loud, show yourself some love while you’re at it. And do all these things in The Cov. There are a lot of opportunities to choose from. Charmed Joan Crawford lit up the screen as Lucy Harbin in 1964’s &ldquo...

Goal of CDBG/HOME? Help people

Covington annually uses its federal funds for things like emergency home repairs for income-eligible families, including furnace replacement and roof repairs. Public hearing, survey ask how to spend federal grants COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is asking residents how it should spend about $3.5 million it expects to get from the federal government this year for two long-established grant p...

In The Cov, inclusivity pays off

Mayor makes case at Chamber breakfast Covington Mayor Ron Washington, right, describes how Covington’s economic climate has benefited from the City’s strong leadership over many decades in championing inclusion. The mayor, seen here sitting next to Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, was part of a panel discussion this morning in Erlanger organized by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of...
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