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🌱 How Florence’s new $106.9M budget could change your streets and taxes

Florence, Kentucky Patch AM: a 4 min read

What's up Florence! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Florence’s new $106.9M budget could change your streets and taxes
  • Why Florence crews are still watching a contained fire at Turfway Park
  • How a former Golden Gloves boxer became a longtime Florence veterinarian

Also on today's calendar: Schoolyard Winery's Farmers Market.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 84, low: 66.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 77 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Florence to focus on infrastructure, financial oversight amid FBI probe (linknky.com) — Florence has approved a $106.9 million budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27, prioritizing infrastructure, public safety, and stronger financial controls that could affect local services and taxes. City leaders are tightening oversight after uncovering past revenue diversions and commissioning an outside audit, while pledging to release findings once an ongoing FBI investigation concludes.
   

2. Florence Fire/EMS continue to monitor ‘compostable material' fire on backside of Turfway Park (nkytribune.com) — Florence Fire/EMS crews are still on scene at Turfway Park, closely monitoring a contained fire involving compostable organic material that’s been smoldering since Tuesday morning. You may continue to see smoke and smell odors, but officials say air quality tests show no toxic substances and no current threat to the public as they work through remaining hot spots.
   

3. Dan Weber's Just Sayin': When Covington Latin produced a big hitter, but not in baseball (nkytribune.com) — Northern Kentucky native Dr. Jim Noll, a standout Covington Latin graduate and former amateur boxer, ultimately built his veterinary career in Florence after Navy service and veterinary school. His story traces an unconventional path from boxing rings and airport work accidents to daily Mass and a long professional life that quietly touched many local families and their pets.
   

4. Boone County rejects Corporex apartment proposal near Mineola Pike (linknky.com) — Boone County Fiscal Court has rejected a 190-unit apartment proposal near Mineola Pike, a decision that shapes future growth just outside Florence’s borders. While some leaders argued the project would boost workforce housing near CVG, others said it conflicted with the county’s Plan 2040 vision for business and industrial uses in that corridor.
   

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  • Jabil, Inc. posted a job opening for ASN Material Handler III 402 Shift Conversion in Florence. Apply here.
  • AA2IT posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Florence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Florence here.

Ok Florence! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Florence

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Florence

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.