Cleveland City Schools released a statement yesterday about the passing of Barbara Ector, a dedicated educator who served for 36 years in the system. Read the statement here:‘Cleveland City Schools is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Barbara Ector, a beloved educator who devoted 36 years to serving the students, staff, and families of our community. Barbara had recently retired after a l...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: A Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy (SRD) was involved in a head-on collision in the 13600 block of Highway 58 in Meigs County on Thursday, August 15. The SRD was struck head-on when the driver of the other car crossed over into his lane, officials say.Both the SRD and other driver are believe to have had minor injuries, officials report. Th...  Read More

The Cleveland City Council met yesterday. Election Administrator, Fran Green spoke to the Council about the City School Board vacancy in the Second District. No one qualified to be on the ballot for the position. One candidate did qualify to be a write-in candidate but failed to receive enough votes to occupy the position according to state law. The Council voted to appoint current school board me...  Read More

The County Commission met for a work session yesterday. Mayor Gary Davis asked Assistant Adam Lewis to give a broadband update during the meeting. Lewis announced that the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Grant letters of intent are due by October 9th. Volunteer Electric will be applying and the grant is open to other providers as well. The Mayor also presented a resolution to amend and upda...  Read More

From Local 3 News: Collegedale Police say a young child was found dead in a car after the father, Timothy Paul Blackdeer, who allegedly left the child in his unattended car, asked for officers’ assistance to revive the infant. The investigation revealed that the infant had been left unattended in the Blackdeer’s SUV for most of the day while he was at work on a nearby construction site. First resp...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: TVA will relocate their operations systems and upgrades the technology within in about two years. The brain of TVA is relocating from Downtown Chattanooga to Georgetown, Tennessee. The new operations center will allow TVA to quick detect any disruptions across their 80,000 square foot mile system and get ahead of serve weather to keep your power on. When the oper...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: UPDATE: A body believed to be that of Shawn Jacobs was found in a wooded area in Coalmont Saturday night, according to Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. They also say that an autopsy will be performed to confirm the identity. PREVIOUS STORY: The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) says Shawn Jacobs’ vehicle was found Thursday morning. GCSO, the Tennessee Bureau o...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: A search warrant served last week at a home in Athens resulted in the arrest of one man, and the subsequent search of a storage unit yielded approximately 540 grams of methamphetamine, 41 firearms (four of which were reported stolen), three improvised explosive devices, over $40,000 in US currency, and several items of drug paraphernalia. Daniel Lance Buis was ar...  Read More

Bradley County Schools has announced that all students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2024-2025 school year. Picky eaters can also take advantage of the Lunch Packers program, where students can bring items from home they enjoy and finish their meal with other lunch components from the cafeteria.  Bradley County Schools also announced yesterday that the system has been awarded a...  Read More

The City of Cleveland has announced revised hours for the city’s public pools for the rest of the season. The Mosby Park Pool will be open Monday-Friday from 5pm-8pm, Saturday 11am-6pm, and will be closed on Sunday. The South Cleveland Community Center Pool will be closed Monday-Friday and open on Saturday 11am-6pm and on Sunday 1pm-6pm. Tinsley Pool is already closed for the season. ...  Read More

Cleveland authorities are searching for 17-year-old Gabriel Hutto, who has been missing since July 25th.  According to Cleveland Police, Hutto was last seen at Mosby Park on August 4th. He is 6 ‘ 1 and weighs 150 pounds. Police emphasize that Hutto left home without his essential daily medication, which is crucial for his self-care. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Br...  Read More

Bradley County Schools congratulated two educators of the system on social media yesterday for being nominated as a finalist finalists for the 2024-25 Tennessee Principal of the Year and Supervisor of the Year awards. The Tennessee Department of Education announced the finalists yesterday. Kirk Campbell, the Principal of Charleston Elementary Stem Academy is a finalist for Tennessee Principal of t...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: Folks in Polk County are concerned about a bridge across the Ocoee River. They say it looks like a pillar is deteriorating, but the Tennessee Department of Transportation says it’s safe. George Long says he’s seen the problem for at least a year. He says he walks across the bridge daily and is concerned if the problem isn’t fixed soon, it could cause harm to some...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: Tennessee is now the first state in the nation to provide families with free diapers if they use TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid program. Starting on Wednesday, August 7,  the program will provide 100 diapers per month for children under two. This new benefit is part of Governor Lee’s strong families initiative, aimed at helping families with practical needs and c...  Read More

From our partners at Local 3 News: An Ooltewah homeowner called 911 just before 2:00 A.M. Sunday reporting a fire. It happened in the 9300 block of Dexter Lane. Firefighters arrived to find head smoke coming from the single-story home. The operation also came with a challenge. Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department says crews had to shuttle water to the scene because the nearest hydrant was half ...  Read More

The Cleveland City School Board met yesterday. Director of Schools, Jeff Elliot announced to the board that CCS Received a $10,000 grant to create a reading bus, and CHS received a $17,000 Aeronautics education grant.  The Board was recognized for being named a TSBA Board of Distinction for the past year.  It was also announced that Board Member Krista McKay will be retiring from her seat at the e...  Read More

The County Commission met last night. Mayor Gary Davis presented a resolution to install new forward-facing cameras in ambulances. The County will be using a new vendor as the contract ended with the previous vendor. The new contract would be a multi-year lease for cameras and software. The cost will be $6,000 for the first year and $5,900 for years two and three. The mayor will explore any lease ...  Read More

It’s back-to-school time in our area! Starting today, Cleveland City Schools are holding reconnection days for students with last names beginning with A through K. Tomorrow, the system will host students with last names beginning with L through Z. School will begin for elementary schools at 8:30 AM and will dismiss at 3:30 PM. Cleveland Middle School and Cleveland High School will start at 7:30 AM...  Read More