Florence News

The staff members of Florence, KY's Mi Salon & Spa and Michael's College of Hair Design recently donated their time and talents to support I Have Wings, an organization that provides financial and emotional assistance to women and men who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

FLORENCE - City Coordinator Pat Wingo plans to retire in August after five and a half years with the city, she announced Tuesday.

Florence Police said that they are investigating three robberies, which occurred within a few hours at three different locations June 26.

Northern Kentucky will play host to several diverse events celebrating the nation's 233rd birthday Saturday, July 4. From Fort Thomas' "4th at the Fort" event to Florence's Car Cruise-In, NorthernKentucky will have a wide variety of events for people of all interests and ages.

Ladd Kitchel of Flora, Ind.., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division tournament on Tanners Creek Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 10 pounds, 1 ounce.

The Fourth of July is the pinnacle event in the summer, and this year is no exception.

Bruce Kiser, 60, of Florence, Kentucky was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison on eight counts of wire fraud and one count conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Boone County detectives have received surveillance photos from a Florence, Ky., retailer taken the day the man in the photos allegedly dressed like a police officer and robbed a woman.

FRANKFORT - The state will spend $57 million on public schools - including building a new $25 million middle school in or near Union in Boone County - under a casino-related budget bill that passed the House budget committee Monday afternoon.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Turfway Park President Bob Elliston said his Florence, Ky., track could close by the end of 2010 if Ohio adds slot machines at racetracks and Kentucky doesn't. Elliston's comments came as a Senate committee was expected to vote Monday, June 22 on a video lottery terminal plan for Kentucky tracks that passed the House 52-45 on ...

FRANKFORT - If a casino comes to Turfway Park, the city of Florence wants a piece of the action.

FLORENCE - On Tuesday, City Council unanimously approved a $53.5 million general fund budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It includes $19.5 million in budget reserves, $20.4 million in operating costs and $13.4 million in capital costs, plus transfers to other funds.

This deal just closed last week, and it was announced to the Florence Baptist members in a letter from the trustees of the church."After five years of being on the open market, we are pleased to announce the sale, and the money will now be applied to the cost of the construction of the Florence Baptist Church at Mount Zion campus," said the trustee ...

Police in Florence, Kentucky are searching for a suspect after a bank robbery Monday afternoon.

INDEPENDENCE - A career as a Christian recording group was the last thing five Northern Kentucky women expected when they started singing together to raise money for their church.

Should city taxpayers be allowed to see how the Kentucky League of Cities spends its money? Cities write annual checks from taxpayer funds totaling about $400,000 to the KLC in membership dues.

The Florence Police Department and Florence Fire Department will face off Sunday6/14 in the second annual "Guns 'n Hoses" charity softball game at Champion Window Field.

Mobarek Cheurfa, 42, of the 1200 block of Mount Zion Road near Florence, Ky., is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond on a 1st-degree rape charge after investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest.

The Connor Group continues to make acquisitions even with tighter credit markets and a tough national economy.

Two 18-year-old Florence men face charges in a string of car break-ins at two Boone County apartment complexes.