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Kroger to Hire 20,000 People Nationally
Kroger announced Friday that its family of stores would be hiring for an estimated 20,000 permanent positions in its supermarket divisions. "Kroger's growth trajectory creates more job opportunities...
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Bengals Preview, Week Two: Atlanta
After watching the first game of the Atlanta Falcons season, it's hard to discern what they do well on defense. The Falcon defensive line appeared extra soft last week as they got nowhere near sacking...
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Bengals Organization Looking Like the Model of the League
The Cincinnati Bengals stymied Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons with defensive discipline on Sunday, especially from their cornerbacks.The Bengal secondary not only covered well, collecting three...
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Roebling Suspension Bridge One of Ten Greatest in America, New Book Says
The Roebling Suspension Bridge between Covington and Cincinnati is one of the ten greatest suspension bridges in America, a new book claims.Writer, photographer, and bookmaker R. Glenn Alexander has...
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Wait, Northern Kentucky Almost Had an NBA Team?
An interesting chain of events nearly landed a National Basketball Association team in Northern Kentucky.The year was 1989 and the NBA's Seattle Supersonics were fed up with their facility, then known...
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Men Killed on Ohio River After Boat Collides with Barge
Two men are dead after a boat they were on collided with a barge on the Ohio River late Thursday night.The barge captain saw the boat cross the barge's path."He was looking right out the front watching...
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Make Video. Win Cash. Show your Love for Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati
It is hard to believe that a video lasting only six seconds to two minutes could net a cash prize of $1000, but that is what a new contest is offering. Called Through My Eyes, the contest is co...
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More than $100,000 Awarded to Covington Projects by Duke Energy
The Duke Energy Foundation handed out its latest round of urban revitalization initiative grants and the big winner was Covington.Of the $280,250 handed out, $111,750 is going to Covington-based...
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Covington's Historic Preservation Guidelines Honored with Award
The revised guidelines for historic preservation practices in Covington were among the winners at the fiftieth annual meeting of the Cincinnati Preservation Association.Historic preservation officer...
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Twenty Food Trucks in One Place on Saturday
Twenty food trucks in one place on Saturday: The Cincinnati Food Truck Association is hosting its first ever CFTA Food Festival.It's Saturday, from 4 - 10 p.m. in Cincinnati's Washington Park.Which...
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Mike Hancock: "Structurally Sound" Not Same as Safe on Brent Spence Bridge
Complex issues need lots of discussion, and the Brent Spence Bridge is no exception. Boiling the debate down to one word or issue is a disservice to the citizens of northern Kentucky. Today,...
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Suspension Bridge Shut Down After Head On Crash
Two cars crashed on the Roebling Suspension Bridge Tuesday afternoon sending at least one man to the hospital.The crash happened at around 3:30 and forced the bridge to be shut down in each...
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Kids, Learn How to Make an Animated Movie!
Kids will make their own animated movie at the Weston Art Gallery’s popular annual Children’s Animation Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. It sells out early every year, if you’re...
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Theatre Review: Don't Miss "The Birds" at Cincinnati Shakespeare
Why don’t we see Sherman Fracher front and center on Cincinnati stages more often? She’s given so many sublime performances over the 20 years I’ve been here, and lately she’s been relegated mostly to...
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Wow. CityBeat Columnist's Bizarre Rant About Rape & Covington is... Ugh....
Hi. I'm Michael Monks, the editor and publisher of The River City News and I don't usually editorialize but I read something today that had me seething and shaking with anger.I don't want to assume...
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Here's What Happened When People from the West Coast Tried Goetta, Grippo's...
What happens when people from out west are faced with tasting Goetta, Cincinnati-style chili, and Grippo's chips for the first time?"It looks like it was left behind by an animal in the forest," one...
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Filmmaker Behind Blue Sox Documentary Now Working on Roebling Suspension...
A new documentary about the Roebling Suspension Bridge is on the way -- but could use some help from you.Filmmaker Cam Miller, whose Our True Blues - a documentary about Covington's foray into major...
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"Young Frankenstein" Opens Friday at Cincinnati Music Theatre
There will be no wardrobe malfunctions on stage, promises Jeff Richardson. He’s playing hunchback Igor in manic musical comedy Young Frankenstein at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater, opening...
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Gateway & Mt. St. Joseph Ink Transfer Deal
Gateway Community & Technical College has a new transfer agreement with another university in the region, this time reaching its first such agreement with an institution from Ohio. In Covington on...
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Bike Sharing Program in Cincinnati Eyes Northern Kentucky
What will it take for a bike share program to roll its way into Northern Kentucky? The answer — and this also applies to actually cycling across one of our many bridges — is that it’ll be a lot less...
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