The Cleveland City Council met yesterday.Four Council members were sworn in, including two who will serve in the capacity for the first time. Travis Henry, with the Bradley County Election Commission, presented certificates of election to District 4 Councilman David May, Jr., and newcomers District 5 Councilman Duane Goff, and At-Large Councilman Dan Moore. Judge Mike Sharp administered the oaths ...  Read More

The Bradley County Commission met yesterday for a work session. During the meeting, County Mayor Gary Davis presented a resolution for renewing an agreement with Cintas for county fire department uniforms. The resolution will be placed on the next voting session’s agenda. Davis also discussed the purchase of eight brand-new chest compression systems from a grant received by Bradley County EMS. The...  Read More

Christopher Schroll, the former teacher and coach convicted of placing video cameras in a girls locker room at Cleveland Middle School, has been sentenced to four years on each account, to run consecutively. He will serve 5 months in jail, 90 days on an ankle monitor once released, followed by probation for the remainder of the time. He was sentenced Monday in Bradley County Criminal Court. Schrol...  Read More

From Local 3 News: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recalled more than 90,700 Ford vehicles for an engine issue that could result in an engine failure.The affected vehicles have Ford's 2.7L or 3.0L Nano EcoBoost engine. On these motors, the intake valves could break and fail, which could be catastrophic to the engine.The engine failure could also lead to a crash.Affected vehi...  Read More

From TWRA: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is happy to report, that for the third consecutive year, there were no boating-related fatalities over the Labor Day holiday period from Aug. 31-Sept. 2.There were two separate minor injury incidents which occurred on Chickamauga Lake and Dale Hollow Lake in TWRA Region III and a single property damage incident. Boating officers made five boating ...  Read More

From TVA: The Tennessee Valley Authority’s power system remained reliable and resilient during the latest heat wave that saw temperatures as high as 100 degrees in some locations across TVA’s seven-state region. The heat drove power demand on the system to the highest levels this summer, 31,096 megawatts at 3 p.m. CT on Thursday, because more electricity was needed to cool homes and operate busine...  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: A 17-year-old male is being charged in connection to alleged shots fired near a school bus in Dade County. He is being charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, and discharging a firearm within 50 yards of a roadway.Additionally, an 18-year-old male and a 16-year-old female, who lived at the residence that was searched, were arrested with numerous drug charge...  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: Chattanooga police are investigating a crash on I-75 Tuesday morning that killed two people and seriously hurt a child.It happened shortly after 2:00am on the northbound side of the interstate near Shallowford Road.Police say 37-year-old Kalyn Theobald was driving the wrong way on the northbound side in a Nissan Sentra, when she hit a Honda Accord head-on.The collision c...  Read More

Builtwell Bancorp, Inc. and Bradley County Financial Corp. announced today that an agreement has been reached for Builtwell Bancorp, Inc. to acquire Bradley County Financial Corp., the holding company for Bank of Cleveland, a community bank headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee, with four banking locations and a home loan center in Bradley County. The transaction has been approved by the Board of ...  Read More

Hello Fri-yay! Fall is finally HERE this weekend! With temperatures ranging from the upper 80s to the lower 50s, it's beginning to be the season where we break out the sweaters. We have only one local football game on Friday night which is the Walker Valley and Cleveland High faceoff at Raider Field at 7:00 PM. Saturday through Sunday, the hustle and bustle slows down with a Fall Market on the Gre...  Read More

From Local 3 News: More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said.The teen has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee Hi...  Read More

Kevin Kinser of Cleveland, TN, will appear in the bright lights of Times Square on Saturday, September 7, as part of the annual National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) Times Square Video presentation. The one-hour video of 500+ photographs includes children, teens, and adults with Down syndrome from all 50 states and 14 countries. These collective images highlight individuals with Down syndrome in t...  Read More

From Local 3 News: A former student was arrested for posting several images of schematics for an explosive device, armor-piercing bullets, and requested help in getting a map of the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences.The HCSO School Resource Deputy was alerted by a school administrator about a group of text messages between students and a former student involving a threat to the school.T...  Read More

The Bradley County Commission met on Tuesday, covering several items of business.During the meeting, Tom Crye was re-elected as chairman unanimously, 14-0. Bill Winters was re-elected vice-chair with nine votes. Cindy Slater had five votes. Other various reappointments took place with Ethics Committee, Library Board, and the Archives Committee. Councilman Blake announced that the library has an up...  Read More

The Cleveland City School Board met on Tuesday, covering several items of business.Director of Schools Jeff Elliott reported that the first administrative meeting held at the educational support center was on August 21st. Elliott also reported Cleveland City Schools received a $325,000 grant for after-school programs at Arnold and Blythe-Bower. Arnold principal Mike Chai called this the year of th...  Read More

Secretary of State Tre Hargett, State Sen. Adam Lowe, State Rep. Dan Howell, and State Rep. Kevin D. Raper on Tuesday announced a Technology Grant totaling $7,581 for the Cleveland Public Library. These funds will help cover the cost of desktops, a children's workstation, and transaction registers.Technology grants are administered by the Tennessee State Library & Archives, a division of the Secre...  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: Chattanooga police have released the charges that a East Hamilton middle schooler will face after bringing a firearm to school. "One of the backpacks contained a Beretta 9mm semi-automatic pistol with no magazine and a loaded 9mm magazine for a Glock semi-automatic pistol."The student was arrested and charged with the following: Carrying Weapons on School PropertyUnlawfu...  Read More

UPDATE: Chattanooga police are investigating a crash on I-75 Tuesday morning that killed two people and seriously hurt a child.It happened shortly after 2:00am on the northbound side of the interstate near Shallowford Road.Police say a 37-year-old woman was driving the wrong way on the northbound side in a Nissan Sentra, when she hit a Honda Accord head-on.The collision caused the Honda to spin ou...  Read More

From Local 3 News: An accident on I-75 near Shallowford road has shut down the interstate, according to officials.Traffic is being rerouted around the crash, and this is expected to impact morning rush hour traffic.The collision involved a car and a tractor trailer, and there are multiple unknown injuries.Stay with the Local 3 News app for updates to this story....  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Ooltewah-Georgetown Road around 1:30 P.M. Saturday.Crews arrived to find and RV, outbuilding, and ATV on fire behind a home.The fire department says there weren't any hydrants in the area, so water had to be shuttled to the scene.One person recieved minor burns before crews arrived. EMS checked ...  Read More

From Cleveland State Community College: Cleveland State Community College nursing and adult education programs have partnered to provide a free class to prepare potential nursing students for the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) exam which is required for admission to the nursing program.The class will be offered Monday, Sept. 9 – Thursday, Sept. 12, 5:30-8:30 p.m. on the Cleveland State m...  Read More

From Local 3 News: US Senator for Tennessee Marsha Blackburn has issued a letter to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Patrick Lechleitner looking for answers as to why they have lost track of at least 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children (UCs).Work on the bill started three years ago after evi...  Read More

The Hamilton County Sheriff's office says deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop on a black Ford F-150 on Highway 153 Thursday night.The truck attempted to flee, leading deputies on a chase.The driver of the vehicle, whom HCSO identified as Randy E. Harris, began to shoot at deputies while driving. One patrol car was struck by the gunfire.The pursuit continued onto Hixson Avenue, where the s...  Read More

From Local 3 News: UPDATE: Chattanooga police say they received multiple calls about a potential gunman on Chatt State campus on Thursday morning."The caller demanded payment and threatened to harm students if payment wasn't received."During a press conference, police said there are some similarities between this incident and the hoax active shooter call at Brainerd High School in 2023.The lockdow...  Read More