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As you get to know COVertNKY, you can either blame or thank Hank Messick for its arrival.
Blame Hank Messick
As you get to know COVertNKY, you can either blame or thank Hank Messick for its arrival.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
As you get to know COVertNKY, you can either blame or thank Hank Messick for its arrival.
The largest urban redevelopment project in the Midwest is underway in Covington, Ky. The city is transforming an IRS processing facility built in the 1960s into a mixed-use development. I wonder if folks see the irony in the IRS locating there & the many IRS gambling busts, 1950-1980s? 🗃️
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The largest urban redevelopment project in the Midwest is underway in Covington, Ky. The city is transforming an IRS processing facility built in the 1960s into a mixed-use development. I wonder if folks see the irony in the IRS locating there & the many IRS gambling busts, 1950-1980s? 🗃️
Did you know that in 1950, Covington had the most (legal, sort of) slot machines in all of Kentucky? Starting in the 1940s, the IRS required gamblers to buy licenses for coin-operated vending machines that paid cash prizes or tokens redeemable for cash. Covington had more than Newport!
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Did you know that in 1950, Covington had the most (legal, sort of) slot machines in all of Kentucky? Starting in the 1940s, the IRS required gamblers to buy licenses for coin-operated vending machines that paid cash prizes or tokens redeemable for cash. Covington had more than Newport!