Florence Kentucky Travel Guide

FLORENCE - The Florence City Council is considering a measure that will allow a tax increase this year without adding to the overall cost to residents.

Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Daniel Logsdon will be the keynote speaker at a dinner next week sponsored by the Boone County Democratic Women's Club.

A motorist was airlifted to University Hospital following a crash on northbound Interstate 71/75 early Friday, according to Boone County emergency communication reports.

Teamsters Local 513 in Florence, KY, says it plans to closely monitor the downsizing announced by Comair on Wednesday.

FLORENCE, Ky. - Fifth-grader Kennedi McIntosh made it sound so simple: "We planted the tomatoes and the peppers, and now we come back and we pick the tomatoes and the peppers." But she and her fourth- and fifth-grade classmates from Florence Elementary are harvesting the fruit of an educator's dream, integrating the classroom with the real world, ...

" The Workforce Solutions Division of Gateway Community and Technical College, in partnership with the Northern Kentucky Society of Human Resource Management, will offer a Human Resources Strategic Management and Communication Workshop in November.

The location of a new fire station is causing a heated debate. Florence Fire Chief Marc Muench presented his plans for a new fire station to City Council.

After hearing residents didn't want an increase in their property tax rates, Florence leaders had to look at their options.

The Florence Labor Day parade will be 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5. The parade will start at the Florence Government Center and go down Ky.

AA federal prison guard maimed by an Al Qaeda terrorist in a bizarre escape attempt 10 years ago will get another chance Tuesday to push for a life sentence for his attacker.

The Florence Rotary Club on Monday honored one of the true outstanding public servants in Boone County during its weekly luncheon at Hilton Cincinnati Airport in Florence.

No decision was made, but opponents of a rate increase got some comfort at the Florence property tax rate public hearing.

Assuming the role of ABA president-elect, kentucky lawyer Wm. T. Robinson III told the ABA's House of Delegates he sees "the current challenging situation as an opportunity" to grow ABA membership and programs.

When considering pet shelters in the Northern Kentucky area, most people include Pet Castle, a nonprofit, no-kill shelter.

Congressional candidate John Waltz will open a campaign office this week at 15 W Pike St.

FORT MITCHELL - Charlette M. Perry, 55, of Cincinnati, formerly of Fort Mitchell, died Aug.

"The Cordoba House could have been and still could be a powerful healing force for good, an educational tool, and a wonderful symbol of tolerance and inclusion of true American values.

" First Lady Jane Beshear announces more than $1 million in grants to local communities to develop and maintain recreational trails across Kentucky.

More than 200 residents on both sides of the argument spent nearly three hours Thursday night debating a property tax increase by Boone County Schools.

BURLINGTON, Ky. a ' Police were at the 8800 block of East Bend Road looking for marijuana when a man barricaded himself inside the house at about 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon.