Highlands state runner-up soccer teams return to action in Soccerama pre-season scrimmage games
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
The Highlands boys and girls soccer teams that were both one win away from claiming state championships last year will play primetime games in the annual Soccerama pre-season scrimmages.
The Highlands boys team that has four starters returning from last year’s 23-2-3 state runner-up season, will play Ryle at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in one of 12 boys Soccerama...
Friends of Covington accepting nominations for Beautification Awards through Aug. 16
The Friends of Covington is searching throughout the city to find worthy candidates for recognition in the organization’s 28th annual Beautification Awards competition.
Over the years, hundreds of home and business owners in every neighborhood have been honored by the organization for improving the exteriors of their properties and, by extension, making Covington a better place to live, work and...
Constance Alexander: Beloved Kentucky writer Jesse Stuart will open your eyes; just read one of his books
In 1954, beloved Kentucky writer Jesse Stuart made a presentation to a full house of teachers in Lovett Auditorium on the Murray State College campus. Afterward, as people lined to meet him and praise his works, he didn’t have time for pleasantries. He was in a hurry. His career was just starting to take off big-time, and a chartered plane was waiting to take him to another gig in Southern Illinois.
Suddenly,...
People of NKY: Part therapist, all true-friend, Julie Boone followed career path to her consignment store
By Ginger Dawson
NKyTribune reporter
Since 2005, Julie’s Inspiration has done business as a consignment shop in Covington’s Mainstrasse Village. Clothing, fashion accessories, furniture, and home accessories are all presented and displayed in an appealing arrangement that has guaranteed its continuing success.
Consignors and customers keep the place hopping. People bring in merchandise to...
Rolling Thunder to remember, lay a wreath honoring Fort Thomas Vietnam War MIA, Captain Joseph Ross
On Saturday, August 3, Rolling Thunder KY 5 will hold a remembrance and wreath-laying ceremony at the POW-MIA memorial, 8028 Veterans Memorial Drive in Florence for Captain Joseph S. Ross USAF
389th Tactical Fighter Squadron – 366th Tactical Fighter Wing – 7th Air Force
Capt. Ross is one of the 1588 servicemen that remain missing from the Vietnam War today.
Ross was born in January 1943...
St. Elizabeth partnering with Teal We Find a Cure to raise money for ovarian cancer awareness, research
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is partnering with the Teal We Find a Cure organization to raise awareness and research dollars for ovarian cancer by hosting an annual fundraising event on August 2, from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Triple Crown Country Club in Union.
Teal We Find a Cure is a non-profit organization that was founded to celebrate the life of Tracy Keith.
Tracy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer...
Heritage Bank in Burlington is hosting a mobile Memorial Wall made by Kelly Elementary students
Heritage Bank’s Burlington branch is hosting a special mobile Memorial Wall that was put together by Kelly Elementary School, paying tribute to the area’s fallen soldiers,
The Memorial Wall has also been on display at the school and at the State Capitol.
The wall will be at the bank through August 2, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The public is invited to see the wall.
Kelly Elementary teacher...
BCPL August calendar of events for children and teens includes story time in the park, Shakespeare
The Boone County Public Library offers events at its branches and throughout the county during the month of August. A list of scheduled events for teens and children is included here. A list of events for adults will be published separately.
Teen Gaming (middle and high School)
Mondays, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington, 859-342-BOOK (2665)
Stop by the Teen Scene to play...
KY Attorney General warns those hunting for a job to watch out for scammers; reports in multiple counties
If you are on the hunt for a job, watch out for scammers, Attorney General Andy Beshear warned Tuesday.
Beshear
Beshear said his office has received employment scam complaints from residents in Boone, Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Hardin, Jefferson, Johnson, Madison, Shelby, Taylor and Woodford counties totaling more than $24,000 in losses this year.
While employment scams come in many forms, including...
FC Cincinnati Academy announces coaching staff; includes former KY Youth Soccer technical director
FC Cincinnati has hired the staff to lead the FC Cincinnati Academy teams into its inaugural season of competition in 2019-20.
FCC Director of Player Development Larry Sunderland announced today that Ricardo Páez, Adrian Parrish, Joshua Neff, Nikola Katic and Dave Schurek will coach the FCC Under-15 and Under-17 teams as they begin play this year and compete in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
The...
Fancy Farm this Saturday kicks off political season, focus on gubernatorial candidates; election Nov. 5
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Expect some fancy talking at the Fancy Farm picnic Saturday in western Kentucky as the fall political campaign season gets off to a rousing start.
Much of the spotlight will be on the gubernatorial race with incumbent Republican Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear.
They will have eight minutes apiece to bend the ears of an audience that knows how...
Covington Police identify suspect in robbery of Kimmy’s Korner Grocery, other incidents
NKyTribune staff
Covington Police have identified the man they believe to be responsible for the Monday robbery of Kimmy’s Korner Grocery.
Schneider
Police are searching for Robert Schneider, described as a 5-foot-10-inch, 200 pound, white male with brown hair and brown eyes. Schneider is also believed to be involved in multiple incidents in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati.
Schneider is considered...
U.S. News & World Report named St. E in Edgewood a best hospital in its annual rankings, just released
U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best Hospitals rankings. St. Elizabeth Edgewood has been named a best hospital in the recent rankings, climbing to #2 overall in the state of Kentucky.
Now in its 30th year, the rankings recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.
The Best Hospitals specialty rankings assess hospital performance in 16 specialties. The process...
Mitch McConnell makes angry speech on Senate floor in response to critics about election security
By Mark Maynard
Kentucky Today
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fired back on his critics from the Senate floor Monday, angrily calling them “hyperventilating hacks” and saying they engaged in “absurd smears” against him.
McConnell blistered MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, who last week dubbed McConnell “Moscow Mitch,” and Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, who...
AAA: Kentucky gas prices down another 8 cents, second-largest drop in nation, after Florida
Kentucky’s average gas price dropped another 8 cents, week over week, to land at $2.54. The decline was the second-largest drop in the nation, trailing only Florida, which saw a 9 cent drop on average.
Kentucky’s current average gas price for regular unleaded is about 22 cents less than prices seen at this time in 2018 and 3 cents less than on the same day last month.
Prices dropping across much...
