Florence city council reinforces ban on chickens, citing zoning ordinance against farm animals
By Patricia A. Scheyer
NKyTribune reporter
Florence city council met this week for a special meeting to take care of some items before the end of the month. On the agenda was discussion and possible action on a zoning text amendment concerning household agriculture and household pets.
“Thank you, Angie (Angela Cable) for coming to multiple meetings and giving us the information on urban hens...
HOMEARAMA, nation’s oldest luxury showcase, coming to NKY for first time: Newport’s Martin’s Gate
Staff report
The nation’s oldest luxury home showcase, HOMEARAMA®, is celebrating 60-years of featuring the most innovative and inspiring homes in the region, produced by the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati. And for the first time in its history, this storied showcase of fine homes will be held in Northern Kentucky — at Martin’s Gate in Newport.
This first HOMEARAMA on...
Mike Tussey: Moonlighting and Mike Todd ; you may need extra cash but might not want a new name
It’s a good bet that most of us have “moonlighted” sometime during our lives. We do it because of
necessity and a need for extra income to meet our monthly expenses.
In fact, according to the Department of Labor, nearly 5 million American workers held both a full
time position and a part time job in 2022.
Workers understand that moonlighting could make a noticeable difference to their income...
Kentucky by Heart: Richard Clayton was another high-flying NKyian; celebrating late spring’s beauty
By Steve Flairty
NKyTribune columnist
Last week I wrote about a man from Owen County, Harry “Clark” Karsner, who built a small airfield in the county and after World War II, taught military veterans to pilot his small planes. Along with that, he established a Christian evangelistic messaging service broadcasting from one of his aircrafts, called the “Gospel Plane.”
Well before Karsner’s time...
Our Rich History: The new 2nd edition of Don Tolzmann’s The Roebling Suspension Bridge
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
Residents of our region call one of our favorite icons by various names: The John A. Roebling Bridge; the Suspension Bridge; the Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge; and the “Singing Bridge.”
Cover of the 2nd edition of Don Heinrich Tolzmann’s book, The Roebling SuspensionBridge: A Guide to Historic Sites, People, and Places (2 nd ed., Cincinnati,...
The River: Finding wealth of history, perspective in a stack of faded papers called Breakfast Serial
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This column first appeared in July 2021.
By Captain Don Sanders
Special to NKyTribune
While rummaging through a box of river-related papers, recently, a stack of faded bluish-green papers filled with type-written text caught...
Kentuckians can fish license-free throughout the state during annual Free Fishing Weekend June 3-4
Gather the family and go fishing the first weekend in June for free in Kentucky.
Fishing is good, clean outdoor fun that everyone can enjoy with a minimal investment in gear and time. Hundreds of public sites with robust populations of fish statewide make fishing accessible to all.
Free fishing weekend is June 3-4. It’s an annual celebration that allows anyone to fish without a license or trout...
As start of summer approaches, NFPA provides grilling safety tips in effort to reduce fires, injury
(Photo from NFPA)
Often considered the unofficial kick-off to summer, Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with outdoor celebrations and cookouts.
With the holiday just around the corner and the warmer months upon us, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is working to ensure that people understand where potential grilling risks exist and ways to minimize them.
“Because outdoor grilling involves...
Newport Aquarium kicks off Shark Summer Friday, as new sand tiger sharks make their first appearance
(Photo from Newport Aquarium)
Newport Aquarium is bringing back their popular Shark Summer event with opening weekend kicking off today.
From May 26 to September 10, visitors will experience dozens of these fascinating apex predators while learning about the important role they play in healthy ocean ecosystems. The experience includes new sharks and a millions of years old megalodon shark tooth visitors...
Covington plans full slate of events, parade to honor city’s fallen during Monday’s Memorial Day holiday
The collective debt to the heroic men and women who died while serving in this nation’s military can never be fully repaid, but their sacrifices will never be forgotten – living on in the memories of loved ones, through national observances, and in words etched onto headstones and bronze plaques.
That remembering will continue in Covington on Monday, May 29, with nine hours of ceremonies and a...
Mike Tussey: When you combine talent, style, personality and success, you have celebrities
There’s a funny thing about human nature, it sometimes becomes fickle and predictable.
This behavior could be because we admire success and the results that translates from a Latin word, “CELEBRITATUM.”
Simply put, it means “famous.” However, to be more precise, here is the epitome of what we as a society describe asa “celebrity.”
So, stand back, here’s is a ball park definition of...
Covington kids to swarm Devou Park’s Prisoner’s Lake for second annual Fishing Derby Saturday
(Photo from City of Covington)
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, May 27, such excitement will dominate the banks around Prisoners...
Kentucky by Heart: Harry ‘Clark’ Karsner, known for Gospel Plane, contributed much to native Owen Co.
Whether he knew it or not when he was growing up in the humble Kentucky community of Monterey, in Owen County, Harry “Clark” Karsner’s life would one day reach soaring — even heavenly — heights. And in reaching those heights, he didn’t have to leave his native land very long to achieve them.
Harry ‘Clark’ Karsner (Image from Margaret Murphy Collection at the Owen County...
Our Rich History: Sarah Worthington King Peter — compassion and care for poor, sick, and prisoners
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
Imagine what the Cincinnati city jail—or nearly any jail—in the 1800s would have looked like. Men, women, and children were piled together in one place, not even necessarily segregated by gender or age, or for that matter, by type or severity of crimes committed. Male jailers oversaw all those imprisoned, and sexual abuses against women sometimes resulted.
Sarah...
The River: Shantyboatin’ is a state of mind. . .and my shantyboat dreaming takes me to amazing places
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. This story first appeared in March 2021.
By Captain Don Sanders
Special to NKyTribune
“What’d you want to do with your life you never got to do.”
“I wanted to be a shantyboat...
