🌱 How a downtown Cleveland workshop is quietly changing women’s futures

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In today's newsletter:

• How a downtown Cleveland workshop is quietly changing women’s futures
• Bradley County man held on $1 million bond in child case

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A blend of sun and clouds, temps: high: 89, low: 68.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Free 2 Fly inspires hand-sewn success (clevelandbanner.com) — A Cleveland-based nonprofit called Free 2 Fly is helping local women rebuild their lives through paid sewing work, financial coaching, and long-term mentoring in a downtown workshop. Participants spend 12 to 18 months gaining job skills, securing housing and transportation, and setting education or career goals, all while supported by counselors and a tight-knit community focused on lasting stability.
   

• Bradley County man faces child rape, solicitation of minor charges (clevelandbanner.com) — Local authorities in Bradley County have charged a 22-year-old man with child rape and solicitation of a minor, and he is being held in the county jail on a $1 million bond. The case, documented in a sheriff’s affidavit obtained by the Cleveland Daily Banner, centers on alleged online communications and a reported sexual relationship discovered by the victim’s family.
   

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📸 Around Cleveland

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cleveland

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Friday August 7

• First Day of School- Abbreviated School Day
  Bradley County Cleveland, TN 37311
• First Full Day for Students
  Cleveland , TN 37312
• CHS- Senior Sunrise →
  Cleveland High School Cleveland, TN 37312
  6:30 am
• CHS- First Full Day of School →
  Cleveland High School Cleveland, TN 37312
  7:30 am

Saturday August 8

• CHS- VIP Parking Paint Day →
  Cleveland High School Cleveland, TN 37312
  8:00 am
• 2026 Cherokee Cultural Celebration
  Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce Red Clay State Historic Park at 1140 Red Clay Park RD. SW Cleveland, TN 37311
  10:00 am
• Imagining Future Stories
  Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce Museum & Cultural Center at 5ive Points 200 Inman St E, Cleveland, Tn
  1:30 pm
• AD- The Paranormal Enthusiast Club
  Cleveland Bradley County Public Library 795 Church Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Small Business Basics
  Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce TSBDC Cleveland
  12:00 pm
• AD - Exercise Class (YMCA led)
  Cleveland Bradley County Public Library 795 Church Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311
  1:00 pm
• AD - Creative Adult Art Class
  Cleveland Bradley County Public Library 795 Church Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311
  3:00 pm
• TZ - Teen RPG
  Cleveland Bradley County Public Library 795 Church Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My name is Josh Bosken and I coach wrestling at Cleveland High School.
  Our athletes have won 36 State Championships and currently have 19 kids wrestling in college getting their education. (Nextdoor Northwest Acres)
• If you woke up this morning.
  Let's praise God, many didn't. Another day in paradise. (Nextdoor Farmingdale)

• Mars, Incorporated posted a job opening for Machine Operator/Team Member- 12 Hour Night Shift in Cleveland. Apply here.
• Eaton Corporation posted a job opening for Entry Level Assembly - 2nd shift in Cleveland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cleveland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ooltewah

• TVA to fund school STEM projects through award program (local3news.com)
• ICE officers rescue 2-year-old found wandering alone in Tennessee: federal authorities (newschannel9.com)
• Blackburn, Rose hold dueling Hamilton County rallies in race for governor (timesfreepress.com)

Harrison

• Clarence S. Rachal (freepressnewspapers.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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