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🌱 Ohio's Sales Tax Holiday + Vet Travels Through Cincinnati On Horse

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Hello all. I'm back with your new edition of the Cincinnati Daily. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening in town today.

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Now, today's weather:

Humid with a thunderstorm or two. High: 79 Low: 70.

Here are the top three stories today in Cincinnati:

  1. Beginning today, Cincinnati residents can take advantage of Ohio's annual sales tax holiday. School supplies that are $20 or less per item and clothing items that are $75 or less per item qualify for sales tax breaks. The holiday will run all weekend long. The tax break applies to online shopping as well. (WCPO 9 Cincinnati)
  2. The father of a Cincinnati Children's Hospital patient has been charged for threatening to shoot security officers. According to a criminal complaint, Billy Lewis threatened to get a gun and shoot security officers while he was at the Liberty Campus of Cincinnati Children's with his daughter on Aug. 2. His bond is set at $2,500 with an order that Lewis can have no weapons on his person. He's set to be back in court on Aug. 10. (WLWT Cincinnati)
  3. A veteran who is crossing the U.S. on horseback to raise money traveled through Cincinnati yesterday. Matt Perella, a Marine Corps veteran, entered Cincinnati on Thursday morning in hopes to raise money for veterans with PTSD and people in need. Throughout his 4,000-mile journey with his horse, Buck, and dog, Raffe, Perella hopes to raise $10 million for The Righteous Life Rescue Ranch, which will be built in Asheville, North Carolina. (FOX19)

Today in Cincinnati:

  • Live At Lunch @ Short Vine, At Clifton Cultural Arts Center (11:30 AM)
  • Playhouse In The Park, At Black Box Performance Event (1:00 PM)
  • Tab Benoit With Lightnin' Malcolm, At Taft Theatre (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Preparing for back-to-school? Here's when students around Cincinnati start classes. (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Bibi at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden gave birth around 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday and all seems to be going well for Mom and baby so far. The hippos will remain off habitat for about two weeks to bond. (Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden via Facebook)
  • Cincinnati Art Museum wished Charley Harper a happy 100th birthday yesterday! The Cincinnati-based artist was born on Aug. 4, 1922.⁠ (Cincinnati Art Museum via Instagram)

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— Carla Varner

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