🌱 False Shooting Threats + Cincinnati Collecting Remembrance Objects

Hello, everybody! It's me, Sean Peek, your host of the Cincinnati Daily. Follow along for the most important things happening around town.

But first, today's weather:

Increasing amounts of sun. High: 73 Low: 60.

Here are the top three stories today in Cincinnati:

1. On Friday, agencies across Ohio — including Cincinnati — responded to false reports of a shooting threat. Princeton High School was put on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter that was found to be a hoax, according to Sharonville police. The school has since been given the all-clear and students were dismissed for the day. (WLWT Cincinnati)
2. Cincinnati is participating in a nationwide gun violence memorial. To participate, the city is collecting "remembrance objects" from families who have lost someone to gun violence; the objects will be placed in a glass memorial at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. Objects are being collected today, Sep. 24, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hirsh Recreation Complex. (WCPO 9 Cincinnati)
3. Cincinnati's Terrace Plaza Hotel building was sold to new owners recently. This week, the previously vacant building in downtown Cincinnati was sold to Cincinnati Development III LLC, according to the Hamilton County Auditor's website. While the building was once celebrated around the country as a work of art and historic landmark, it had more recently been named one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Plans for the building are not yet known. (WLWT Cincinnati)

Today in Cincinnati:

• Native Plant Sale Presented By Klosterman Baking Co., At Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (9:00 AM)
• September Community Work Day, At Westwood Community Garden (10:00 AM)
• Walking Tour: Abolitionists & African Americans of Walnut Hills, At Harriet Beecher Stowe House (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Want to meet Fritz the hippo in person? You have until Sep. 30 to enter to win the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Ultimate Hippo Getaway! (Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• Car Free Day 2022 was a success! Cincinnati Metro would like to thank everyone who came out to Fountain Square to hang out. (Cincinnati Metro via Facebook)
• Cincinnati Health Department has reported that there are currently multiple patients who have reported eating mushrooms foraged from a public area in the SW Ohio region whose symptoms and medical evaluation are consistent with having eaten highly toxic mushrooms. Never eat wild mushrooms. If someone has eaten a wild mushroom and has any symptoms immediately contact the Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222. (Cincinnati Health Department via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday off right. I'll be in your inbox Monday morning with your next update!

— Sean Peek

About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.