When it rained, water ran down the walls of the old Covington Police Department at the corner of East Pleasant and North Maple. Ceiling tiles bulged. Light covers browned beneath pooled rainwater. Upstairs in the evidence room, a detective held up mold-covered insulation with a broom. That was February 2017. On Friday, on the hill […]
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The day after the tornadoes hit in 2023, when Covington was still sorting through what it had lost, Dr. John Combs got on the phone with parents. Two schools were gone. A section of town was damaged. Someone had died. He told parents he’d work with them, that attendance during recovery wasn’t something anyone needed […]
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