An Endangered Child Alert has been issued for five children from Athens, Tennessee, Wednesday morning by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.The TBI says the children are believed to be with their noncustodial parents. The children's ages range from 2 to 11 years old.They are believed to be in a white 2018 GMC Acadia SUV, with TN tag 521-BMMM.If you have seen them or have any information, you ar...  Read More

From Local 3 News: The International Paper Company in Cleveland, Tennessee, will close permanently in mid-December 2024, affecting 115 workers.The company stated in the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's WARN notice that "The plan is that the machines and associated operations will permanently shut down by the middle of December 2024." The company, on Blue Springs Road in Cl...  Read More

From TN.gov: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said following a successful lawsuit by the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was forced to produce previously undisclosed information about the agency’s release of thousands of detained migrants. According to Skrmetti, the hundreds of pages of documents shed light on federal authori...  Read More

The Bradley County Sheriff's Office released a statement yesterday on social media about recent scams in our area. The scam involves someone posing on the phone as either a relative, a member of a law enforcement or a court agency, a bail bonding company, or a bank representative. The scheme is to talk victims into giving cash to a “courier” that will come to their home to retrieve it. The victims...  Read More

Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks announced on social media yesterday that Inman Street is now open. The new paving and sidewalks have been praised by Main Street Cleveland and many businesses in the area. Mayor Brooks also praised the City of Cleveland Staff and construction crews that worked on the project. ...  Read More

The Bradley County Commission met yesterday. Commissioners voted to cancel the November 25th and December 23rd work sessions to allow commissioners to travel for holidays.Third District Commissioner and Finance Committee Chairman, Milan Blake, told commissioners that the HCI Committee met and determined that $730,000 will be available to award this year. The committee is now accepting letters of i...  Read More

From Local 3 News: The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call at the Cambridge Square Homeowners Association on Travistock Way in Ooltewah.The caller was an "alert passerby" who heard an active alarm and saw smoke inside the building around 2:30pm. They called 911, preventing what would have been a major fire. The small fire originated on a stove and was beginning to spread to...  Read More

From News Channel 9: A Cleveland man, Paul Swafford, was arrested after threatening to blow up North Cleveland Church of God if he wasn’t given money and a car. According to police, Swafford called the church early last week, demanding cash and a vehicle, claiming that bombs were already on the way. Swafford provided his name during the call which allowed police to locate Swafford and arrest him o...  Read More

The Cleveland Police Department is investigating a social media threat directed at Cleveland High School. The threat was reported around 8 p.m. on Thursday. In a statement released Friday afternoon, authorities said they were taking the threat seriously and working with District Attorney Stephen Hatchett and the Tennessee Office of Safety and Homeland Security to identify any suspects. In response...  Read More

From Local 3 News: A grand jury indicted both a father and son on murder charges Thursday in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia.A Barrow County grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray on a total of 55 counts, including murder in the deaths of four people and 25 counts of aggravated assault. Grand jurors formally charged his father, Colin Gray, with 29 counts, including t...  Read More

Fourteen inmates completed two Culinary Bootcamps at the Polk County Justice Center, earning the ServSafe Food Handler certification.The inmates completed the certification training through the Cleveland State Community College Workforce Development Department.The program was supported by the Evidence-Based Funding grant awarded to Polk County through the State of Tennessee's Office of Criminal Ju...  Read More

From TN.gov: Tennessee’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month but is still nearly 1 full percentage point below the national rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.2% in September, up one-tenth of a percentage point over the previous month. The state saw a record-low rate of 3% in...  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating a fatal crash on I-75 in which a pedestrian was killed. The call came in around 7:00am on Thursday, October 17. When police arrived, the pedestrian, a 25-year-old man, was dead. The three-car crash occurred near the Bonny Oaks Drive exit. It was one of these vehicles that hit the pedestrian, according to the press releas...  Read More

Good morning and hello Thursday! Welcome back to another week of school students and a great start to the Fall Season!Let's talk about that cold snap! We went from t-shirts to full on sweaters in the matter of a couple of days this week with temperatures dropping into the mid 30s. This weekend,  temperatures will continue to stay relatively low in between the mid 30s & the lower 60s.As Halloween c...  Read More

UPDATE: 19-year-old Conner Shannon was booked Saturday with two charges:Carrying weapons on school propertyReckless endangermentIt's unclear if he was a student at either school. PREVIOUS STORY: Shots were fired during a fight at the Tyner vs. McMinn Central football game, played at Ooltewah High School.Around 9:40pm on Friday, October 11, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department responded to the ...  Read More

Cleveland City Schools announced yesterday that Hal Taylor, Director of Operations, has been awarded the 2024 Educator of the Year Award by the Tennessee Environmental Health Association (TEHA). A statement released by the system read in part… “This honor is a testament to Hal’s extraordinary efforts to improve environmental health across our district, ensuring that our schools are safer and healt...  Read More

Early Voting began yesterday and voting locations were busy. Bradley County Election Administrator Fran Green reported to WCLE that a total of 3292 ballots were cast in Bradley County. Of that total, 2,936 were in-person votes and 356 were by mail. OCI was the busiest location with 906 ballots cast. If you compare in-person votes with the first day of early voting in the Presidential Election of 2...  Read More

From Local 3 News: An unidentified African American female with serious injuries was found by troopers along I-40 at the 341-mile maker in Roane County on October 13.The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is seeking any assistance that will lead to the identification of the woman.If you have any information about this incident or who the woman could be, contact THP Knoxville District Dispatch Center a...  Read More