Angela Boehm Casting is hiring paid background extras, stand ins and photo doubles for the feature film "The Red Head," filming Nov. 2 through Dec. 12 in the Covington area. Applicants must work local. Pay is $120 per 8 hour day for background, $128 for stand ins and $136 for photo doubles. The project involves sensitive topics tied to WWII and the Holocaust. Submitting is not a booking; casting will contact those selected.
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Florence City Council holds a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Florence Government Center, 8100 Ewing Blvd. Police Chief Jeff Mallery will update council on Flock cameras, which the city suspended Sept. 10. Council also takes up first readings of three ordinances on sanitary sewer regulations, water service rules and utility fees, plus a closed session.
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CVG Airport hosts its second career fair of 2026 Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming in Florence. More than 30 employers attend, including Amazon, DHL Express, United Airlines, TSA and Fifth Third Bank. Roles span gate services, cargo handling, food service, security, aviation maintenance, parking and administrative work. Job seekers should bring multiple copies of their résumé.
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☀ Tuesday — 70° / 49° · Sunny
☀ Wednesday — 80° / 56° · Sunny
☀ Thursday — 78° / 51° · Sunny
📍 Source: weather.gov — Florence, KY 41042

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October 5 - October 11
Drop off unwanted debris at the Public Services Maintenance Facility at 7850 Tanners Lane, Florence, KY 41042
Mon - Fri…7am to 7pm
Sat - Sun…9am to 7pm

Hoxworth Blood Center is partnering with the City of Florence for a blood drive on Thursday, October 8, with two sessions: 11:00 a.m.–1:15 p.m. and 2:30–4:45 p.m. The donor bus will be parked at 8100 Ewing Blvd in Florence. Every donor receives a Hoxworth wearable blanket. Appointments encouraged — schedule online or call (513) 451-0910.
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Friday, October 9
Main Library, 7 p.m.
Kick off the 250th anniversary celebrations with a patriotic violin concert. Don’t miss the chance to win a copy of 1776 by David McCullough!

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site in Union is hosting its annual Salt Festival on October 16–18, with tickets now available for purchase online. The festival celebrates the site's natural and archaeological heritage through live demonstrations, guided tours, and educational programming at one of Kentucky's most significant Pleistocene fossil sites.
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Tuesday, October 6 — WITS: Interactive Brain Workout
Tuesday, October 6 — Stitch a Stocking for Adults
Wednesday, October 7 — Medicare Basics
Wednesday, October 7 — Hike the Trails
Wednesday, October 7 — Sleep Smarts: Getting Better ZZZs
Thursday, October 8 — Introduction to Watercolor
Thursday, October 8 — Create A... (afternoon session)
Thursday, October 8 — Create A... (evening sessions)
Thursday, October 8 — Introduction to Forest Gardening
Friday, October 9 — Callery Pear Bounty Program
Tuesday, October 13 — WITS: Interactive Brain Workout
Wednesday, October 14 — Hike the Trails
Wednesday, October 14 — Sleep Smarts: Getting Better ZZZs
Wednesday, October 14 — 4-H Floral Design Club: October 2026
Thursday, October 15 — Create A... (afternoon session)
Thursday, October 15 — Create A... (evening sessions)
Friday, October 16 — Visual Journaling Series
Monday, October 19 — Air-Dry Clay Ghosts
Tuesday, October 20 — Fall Color Walk
Tuesday, October 20 — Wildlife Critters October 2026
Tuesday, October 20 — Building Healthy Soils
Wednesday, October 21 — Hike the Trails
Wednesday, October 21 — Pokeberry Ink & Quill Pen Workshop
Wednesday, October 21 — Sleep Smarts: Getting Better ZZZs
Thursday, October 22 — Woody Plants & Landscape Symposium
Thursday, October 22 — Pokeberry Ink & Quill Pen Workshop
Thursday, October 22 — Adulting Academy
Friday, October 23 — Coffee, Tea, Caffeine, and Thee
Friday, October 23 — Air-Dry Clay Ghosts
Tuesday, October 27 — Healing Power of Connection
Tuesday, October 27 — Fall Tree and Wildflower Hike
Tuesday, October 27 — Intermediate Paper Mache
Wednesday, October 28 — Hike the Trails
Wednesday, October 28 — Intermediate Paper Mache
Wednesday, October 28 — Sleep Smarts: Getting Better ZZZs
Thursday, October 29 — Intermediate Paper Mache
Thursday, October 29 — Adulting Academy

Date: Every Saturday through Oct 31.
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: 1961 Burlington Pike, Burlington, KY 41005
Description: About 50 member farm families sell Northern Kentucky-grown produce, flowers and other items. Vendors may also set up on other days, and the market's Facebook page posts pop-ups.
More Info: Boone County Farmers Market

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⚽ 🏈 🏐 📣 BCHS Varsity Sports Schedule — Oct. 5 – Oct. 9

Florence Bowl is hosting the Judy's Crew doubles bowling tournament this October. Teams can enter on six dates: Saturday, October 10; Sunday, October 11; Saturday, October 17; Sunday, October 18; Saturday, October 24; and Sunday, October 25, 2026, with 10:00 AM and 12:15 PM start times available each day. Entry fee is $60 per team.

Location: Florence Bowl, 7500 Sussex Dr., Florence, KY 41042

Sign up: https://www.florencebowl.com/judyscrew

Let us know about your sport results. Send to [email protected]

The Ohio River was not a border to the people who lived along it. It was a road. For thousands of years before any European gave it that name, the river was the central artery of a trading world that stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, connecting peoples who may have lived hundreds of miles apart but whose goods found each other anyway.

The Fort Ancient people of Boone County understood this well. After A.D. 1400, their villages at Petersburg and along Gunpowder Creek and Mud Lick Creek show evidence of long-distance exchange: marine shell beads from coastal peoples far to the south, copper ornaments from the north, carved disk pipes from northern tribes. The Ohio made all of it possible. What moved along it was not just goods but relationships and information, the connective tissue of a world that European mapmakers would eventually draw over as if it had not existed.

The tributaries that fed the Ohio served as fingers reaching into the interior of the continent. The Licking River, flowing north to meet the Ohio just east of Boone County, was known to the native people of the region as the Nepernine. The Dry Ridge corridor running through the county had served as a transportation route since ancient times, connecting the river to the interior. Goods and people moved along these corridors for centuries before the first European canoe came downstream. Wednesday, we look at why the salt licks scattered across this landscape drew everyone who passed through.