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Wayfair outlet is offi cially opening, with a discount Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
After two months of waiting, Wayfair's retail outlet store in Florence will be permanently open for business. The store will offi cially open at 10 a.m. Feb. 15. The retail outlet had a soft opening on Dec. 7 and has been open on occasional weekends since. To celebrate, customers will receive 20 percent off throughout the outlet during the three-day opening event. According to the company, the store will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outlet is located in the same building as one of Wayfair’s warehouses off of Houston Road. The 20,000 square-foot space sells Wayfair items that have been returned but are in good condition, as well as other discounted goods, the company said. Items for sale include furniture, décor, home improvement and housewares. The store is located at 5101 Renegade Way in Florence. Wayfair is also hiring for warehousing jobs at its Hebron, Erlanger, and Florence locations. Text WayfairKY to 40458 to apply. For more information on Wayfair, click or tap here. Wayfair is opening an outlet store at 5101 Renegade Way in Florence. PROVIDED/ WAYFAIR
KY man accused of killing Arizona woman pleads not guilty Chris Mayhew
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The accused killer of a 26-year-old Arizona woman was freed from Kentucky's prison system custody two days before her death, according to court records. Jesse A. James pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Feb. 6 in Boone Circuit Court to a murder charge in the killing of Amanda Dakota Webster. James previously confessed to police to killing Webster. The traveling construction worker's body was found hours after she left work Dec. 1 in Florence extended stay hotel room rented by James, police said. The mother of three was a resident of the Navajo reservation town of Cameron, Arizona. She told her best friend Keevana Dan she was walking to a fi repit at the Home2 Suite Hilton in Florence after they worked a 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. mechanical work night shift at General Electric. according to a Dec. 6 Enquirer article. American Indian Movement of Indi-
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Jesse James left prison two days before the killing. FLORENCE POLICE DEPT.
ana and Kentucky chapter members were in court in Boone County Wednesday, Feb. 6 on behalf of Webster's family. Melinda Pennell said she will keep driving to James' court appearances because missing and murdered indigenous women is a national problem. Many cases of Native American deaths receive scant attention, Pennell said. "It's a colonialism issue because it
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started with Pocahontas," she said. James is a 33-year-old Burlington resident. He received mental health treatment in 2018 for a felony methamphetamine possession conviction. He was in custody from July until a Sept. 12, 2018, release, according to court records. A reported Oct. 26 Northern Kentucky Mental Health Court violation put James back in jail until Nov. 28. James faces additional charges of tampering with physical evidence, identity theft and second-degree persistent felony off ender in the murder case. Violence is part of James' criminal record. James pleaded guilty in May 2017 to a misdemeanor charge of harassment. James struck a four-year-old child in the face, according to the police report. Police had responded to his Burlington address for a 911 hangup. The child called the police, according to the police report. Police said they had numerous prior calls to the address, according to court records.
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Amanda Dakota Webster of Cameron, Arizona, was murdered in a Florence hotel Dec. 1. She was the mother of three children. KEEVANA DAN/PROVIDED
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