🌱 Batteries Linked To Rumpke Fires + Local Band To Open For The Who

Cincinnati OH

13 May, 2022

6:19 PM

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Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locallytoday. First, today's weather: A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 83 Low: 63. 🏡 Are you a local real estate agent? Let us help you generate leads, build your brand in Cincinnati and stand apart from the competition. Click here to learn more. Here are the top three stories today in Cincinnati: Rumpke has experienced more than 60 fire incidents in facilities and trucks due to batteries and other flammable items put in trash and recycling containers. This week alone Rumpke's Cincinnati Recycling facility had nine small fires caused by batteries. Safeguards inside the plant detected the fires preventing major damage. (WLWT Cincinnati)A 14-year-old boy was arrested for firing shots in Over-the-Rhine near 13th and Vine streets on Apr. 27. The teen is facing one charge of discharging a firearm on or near a public road or highway. Surveillance video footage captured a male suspect firing a gun and running from the scene. (FOX19)Local band Safe Passage will open for The Who this Sunday, May 15 at TQL Stadium. Forty years ago Mike Simkin, drummer of the band, and lead singer, Walt Medlock, were both in the crowd at the last Who concert in Cincinnati where 11 people were killed. Both band members were friends with three other Finneytown High School students who were killed in the tragedy. (WLWT 5) Today in Cincinnati: Free Family Mini Photo Sessions At 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville! (9:00 AM) Walking Tour: Abolitionists & African Americans of Walnut Hills At Harriet Beecher Stowe House (10:00 AM) Tech N9ne's Asin9ne Tour 2022 At Bogart's (6:30 PM) Bluegrass At Hamilton's Urban Backyard (7:00 PM) From my notebook: Find out which houses sold for the most in the Cincinnati area last April. View a slide show that lists the prices and addresses of these luxury homes. (The Business Journals)View the 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse this Sunday, May 15, beginning at 9:32 p.m. The total lunar eclipse will last until the morning of May 16. (Cincinnati CityBeat)Tears for Fears will open their new tour at Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center on May 20. The band recently released its first new studio album, The Tipping Point. (Cincinnati CityBeat) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Taxes in Retirement Seminar (May 24) Add your event Gigs & services: 513-202-4240 Residential Cincinnati Locksmiths Near Me (Details) Add your gig or service Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll be back in your inbox Monday with a new update! — Carla Varner