Newport's riverfront smells like frying goetta this weekend, but the dish began far from a festival stage.
German immigrants arriving in 19th-century Cincinnati brought a grain sausage designed to stretch scarce meat with inexpensive oats.
In Porkopolis, that early Cincinnati goetta tradition found exactly the right place to survive. The city's slaughterhouses and butcher shops…
Early Saturday morning, May 10, 2026, A 24-year-old father Trey Isles was shot 15 times at point-blank range.
This happened just outside the Circle K at 10th and Monmouth Streets in Newport, Kentucky.
Trey and his girlfriend had walked to the store for snacks after a night out. Police and family say an argument escalated,…
Interstate 471 Reopens After Overnight Tanker Explosion
Interstate 471 reopened to traffic Saturday morning after a tanker explosion and fire forced the highway to shut down overnight in Newport,…
I-471 Fire Triggers Massive Emergency Response
The I-471 fire began around 10:10 p.m. on March 13, 2026, when a passenger vehicle crashed into a gasoline tanker truck traveling southbound …
You don’t usually expect a construction tour to feel like a grand opening — but at Ovation in Newport, that’s exactly what it was. I walked the site this morning during a hardhat tour with Corporex and left convinced: this is no ordinary development. It’s one of the most ambitious urban projects the region…


