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🌱 Patch AM: Why Amir Jordan’s family is still pressing Cincinnati for answers.
Make time for Candlelight: Tribute to Queen on the Cincinnati Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- Why Amir Jordan's family is still pressing Cincinnati for answers.
- How Tim McGraw turned a Cincinnati stage spill into fan gold
Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Hot with sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 94, low: 68.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 95 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Family holds vigil for man hit, killed by police cruiser 2 years ago (local12.com) — Family and friends gathered outside Cincinnati City Hall to remember Amir Jordan, killed two years ago when a police cruiser responding to a reported shooting struck him in Spring Grove Village. His relatives are pushing for changes to how Code Red calls are handled and are suing the city and its Emergency Communications Center while seeking acknowledgment of their loss.
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• Tim McGraw Pokes Fun After Another Stage Tumble In Cincinnati (theblast.com) — Tim McGraw's latest tour stop in Cincinnati included a minor onstage tumble that he quickly laughed off, delighting fans who packed the show. He later posted a humorous Instagram recap praising the Cincinnati crowd and assuring everyone he was fine, while reminiscing about past falls and reflecting on his long career and marriage to Faith Hill.
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📸 Around Cincinnati
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cincinnati
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- MAJOR MUSICAL - Read Through
SCPA—School for Creative and Performing Arts Vocal Music Classroom
4:00 pm - Woodford Football →
Woodford Paideia Academy Cincinnati, OH 45213
4:00 pm - Naturalization Ceremony
League of Women Voters Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Wy, Cincinnati, OH 45
5:55 pm - Sisters of SCPA - Application Deadline
SCPA—School for Creative and Performing Arts SCPA
6:00 am - Candlelight: Tribute to Queen →
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati
6:00 pm - Candlelight: Tribute to Michael Jackson →
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati
8:30 pm - Hofbrauhaus Newport Brewery & Restaurant →
Hofbräuhaus - Newport, 200 3rd St, Newport
5:00 pm - Blick Art Materials Kenwood Grand Reopening! →
8118 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati
10:00 am - The Thorn at the Aronoff Center for the Arts →
Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati
7:00 pm - I'm From Jamaica Ohio →
Woodward Theatre, 1404 Main St, Cincinnati
7:00 pm - BLAIR SOCCI presented by Commonwealth Comedy Club →
Commonwealth Comedy Club, 522 5th Ave, Dayton
7:30 pm - Golden Harvest Half Marathon & 5k/10k - Cincinnati →
Fairfield Youth Football Fields, 4875 Groh Ln, Fairfield
8:00 am
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Friday September 4
Tuesday September 8
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Granny's New Garden: What's blooming in my garden?
Burgundy cotton. Among my favorite plants. It actually produces cotton. The flower looks like a gardenia. The hard ball-looking green pods are where… (Nextdoor Sharonville) - German Shepherd Friday!
Maximus says "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Enjoy the weekend. (Nextdoor Bridgetown North)
- Meridian Bioscience, Inc posted a job opening for Shipping Clerk I in Cincinnati. Apply here.
- White Castle posted a job opening for Quality Assurance Manager in Cincinnati. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cincinnati here.
🗞 Nearby News
Norwood
- Former UC Bearcats RB Corey Kiner traded from Arizona to New England (dispatch.com)
Wyoming
- Joe Burrow tells CBS he tries to treat every day like it's his last (cincinnati.com)
- SNAP junk-food bans begin Aug. 31 in South Carolina and Sept. 1 in North Dakota - See other states with bans (fox5ny.com)
- $1 million Villa Hills home sale among the week's top property transfers (dispatch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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