After a 24-plus-hour search, the body of 9-year-old Jenny Dim was found in a pond near her Florence home on Saturday. When Dim was first reported missing at around 5 p.m. Friday, investigators’ first step was to issue an IAN Alert as they began their search. “It is triggered anytime there is a missing juvenile with autism […]
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NKY Young Professionals to host Perfetti Van Melle CFO at April lunchtime leader chat
Perfetti Van Melle Americas Chief Financial Officer Shannon Bobbert will be the featured speaker at an upcoming Northern Kentucky Young Professionals Lunchtime Leader Chat on Thursday, April 16. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Perfetti Van Melle’s U.S. headquarters on Van Melle Lane in Florence. Perfetti Van Melle is […]
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IKEA announces new ‘plan and order’ store in Florence
IKEA is opening a new store in Florence next year, but don’t expect the meatballs. The company announced plans for a Plan and Order location across from the Florence Mall. It will be a smaller store dedicated to planning home furnishing for kitchens, bedrooms and living rooms. Customers can plan and order multiple items for […]
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Florence apartments sustain holiday flooding
Written by Madeline Ottilie of WCPO It was a Christmas nightmare for some residents at a Florence apartment complex this week when water started rushing into their units. “The smell is the worst,” Constance Johnson said. She and her daughter had to spend Christmas night in a hotel and left wrapped presents behind. Property management […]
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Florence Police Department officer receives state honor
A Florence police officer received a state award for her work keeping the roads safe. During the Governor’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Awards hosted by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety in Lexington on Nov. 29, Officer Haley Ransler received a plaque for most impaired driving arrests within the Florence Police Department from Oct. […]
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Northern Kentucky NAACP branch hosts Freedom Fund Gala: ‘We have to do better’
With the concept of service before self serving as the backdrop, the Northern Kentucky branch of the NAACP celebrated its 23rd annual Freedom Fund Gala in Florence on Friday. Attendees gathered at the Hilton Cincinnati Airport Hotel to fellowship, dine and celebrate partnerships, with the overarching goal of focusing on ensuring all in the region […]
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Memorial in Florence dedicated to former slaves, Black veterans
Priscilla Chambers has been conducting family history research since she was a teen, so she was pleased to recently learn there was a descendant buried at the Florence Cemetery. Chambers was present on Thursday as the Boone County Public Library hosted a ceremony dedicating a memorial to the 127 Black people buried at the cemetery […]
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Florence Witness Tree event works to raise veteran suicide awareness
In the days leading up to Veterans Day, the City of Florence is partnering with a local church to raise veteran suicide awareness. The city has joined Florence Christian Church to conduct a Witness Tree ceremony at the Boone County Veterans Memorial on the Florence City Government Center campus. The 11-day, 15-minute ceremony starts daily […]
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Child abuse prevention leader named NKY nonprofit executive of the year
Jane Herms prefers to go unnoticed while leading a Northern Kentucky nonprofit seeking to end the cycle of child abuse. So the Family Nurturing Center President and CEO was stunned when she was recently named Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky Horizon Nonprofit Awards 2023 Executive of the Year. “It was a shock….I didn’t know that I […]
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Florence establishes veterans commission: ‘He felt there was more we could do’
The Florence City Council has established an advisory panel to provide input regarding veterans programs and related activities. Council member David Osborne initiated the Florence Veterans Commission concept, officials said during Tuesday’s special council meeting session. “Mr. Osborne served in the Army, very proud of his service and his community,” Florence Mayor Julie Aubuchon said […]