Tuesday, November 25 2014
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It’s the Holidays: Drink up, Cincinnati
A slew of booze-related updates were announced this week to help Cincinnatians cope with the Holidays. This Friday marks the opening of Molly Wellman’s Myrtle’s Punch House in East Walnut Hills. If punch isn’t your thing, you might want to hold out until Dec. 2 when The Growler House, opens in East Walnut Hills as a one-stop shop for craft beer. Not to be outdone, the East End’s Blank Slate Brewing opened its taproom last week and can seat about 45 people. And finally, WCPO has an update on the construction Over-the-Rhine’s newest brewpub, Taft’s Ale House.
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Heartbeat Bill Passes Ohio House Panel
A bill passed a panel in the Ohio House this week prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Since a heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks, some pregnant women who might seek an abortion could not even know they are pregnant before their window has lapsed. The American Civil Liberties Union said they will challenge the bill in court if it were to make it into law.
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African-American Arrested More than Other Races in Cincinnati’s Suburbs
African-Americans are 12 times more likely to be arrested than people of other races in Sharonville, according to an analysis by The Cincinnati Enquirer. Sharonville unfortunately doesn’t stand alone in how police treat African-Americans in Cincinnati’s suburbs. In the aggregate, African-Americans are two and a half times more likely to be arrested than other races by suburban police officers.
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Stolen Sasquatch Sours Thanksgiving
Bigfoot hunters wanted: A 400lb Sasquatch statue was stolen from Delhi Township family’s house. The owners of the statue, Ralph Spence and his wife, used to dress up the statue for holidays and said they wouldn’t file charges against whoever stole the statue if they will bring it back unharmed.
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Spill at Duke’s Beckjord Station Contained
For the second time since August, HAZMAT crews were called to Duke’s Beckjord Station for a chemical spill. Two ounces of hydrazine was spilled from the plant, which is slated to close in January 2015. The Pierce Township Fire Department said they cleared the spill immediately and was nowhere close in size to the 9,000 gallons of fuel that were spilled into the Ohio River in August.
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