Covington News

A house caught fire Thursday around noon in Covington. Crews arrived to find the rear of the home, near Oliver Street and Maryland Avenue, fully engulfed in flames.

INDEPENDENCE - A vacant house at 1236 Martin Road burned to the ground Wednesday night.

NEWTON TWP., Miami County - A 16-year-old Covington boy was killed on Sunday, Nov.

An accident at the intersection of State Route 48 and Sugar Grove Road between Covington and Pleasant Hill closed State Route 48 on Sunday afternoon in Miami County.

A Miami County grain dryer goes up in flames last night. It happened on a farm in the 3100 block of Owens Road near Pleasant Hill.

Troy Wells of Team Clif Bar runs his bike up a slick mud hill during the men's elite race of the Dark Hourse Cyclo-Stampede at Devou Park in Covington, Ohio.

COVINGTON - Lelia Burns was a well-known figure in the city where she grew up.

Camillus Paul Maes, who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Covington from 1885 until his death in 1915, was born in Courtrai, West Flanders, Belgium, in 1846.

Two suspescts were arrested Wednesday for two burglaries in the 7900 block of Tanners Lane.

TROY A Covington woman convicted of showing pornographic web sites to girls ages 9 and 10 will spend five weekends during the Christmas-New Year's holiday in the Miami County Jail.

Tippecane High School had around 200 of 850 students absent Wednesday, Oct. 7, most probably due to illness, according to Jim Luken, Miami County Health Commissioner.

With Gallows. $30, $28. 877-598-8703; www.livenation.com. The Wiitala Brothers take the stage at Molly Malone's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 112 E. Fourth St., Covington.

On Sunday, Nov. 1, taking home a beautiful handmade bowl will help put food on the table of a local child in need.

COVINGTON - More than 200 people are expected for the 15th Annual Day of Peace on Friday, a free public event.

Coin collectors, unite! The Greater Cincinnati Numismatic Exposition runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville.

Anchor Grill's we-may-doze-but-never-close policy makes the diner a hotspot for MainStrasse Village crowds after 2:30 a.m. Cull your hangover with a greasy Big Anchor Double Cheeseburger, fries and a Coke.

Siblings Tom Huffman, Candy Leapley, Patty Stephan, Jackie Kinnison, Orville Huffman and Nancy Dunn are six of the 15 children that were raised by parents Orville and Agnes Huffman in a five-bedroom house in Piqua.

The BIG name on the fall theater/dance season is Playhouse in the Park's much anticipated 'The Three Sisters,' which comes with Broadway wattage including Tony Award-winning director John Doyle .

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' the 1988 comedy starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine as a pair of con men working the same town on the French Mediterranean coast, screens at 7 p.m. today at the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington.

A quaint and starry sky looked upon Nick and Chelsea as they slept soundfully past their alarm clock.