The Bradley County School Board met last night. During the meeting, Judge Andrew Morgan administered the oath of office for school board members recently elected in the August General Election. Nancy Casson, Teddy Bryson, Rhacael Goins, and Jeff Lovinggood, all incumbents, were sworn in for a four-year term. The school board also elected their officers for the next year. Vicki Beaty was elected as...  Read More

From Local 3 News: Police in Nashville are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to a woman’s aid on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday night.According to a statement posted to the Nashville Metro Police Department’s X page on Wednesday, the musician “helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety.”“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,...  Read More

Cleveland City Schools recognized educators, Jordan Wagers and Lindsey Scott, for their exceptional contributions to education and their positive impact on the students of Cleveland High School and Cleveland Middle School.Jordan Wagers, who teaches Algebra 2 at Cleveland High School, has recently been named among the top ten finalists for the Novice Teacher of the Year Award from the Tennessee Dep...  Read More

From Local 3 News: While the 2024-2025 school year has just begun, law enforcement officers have been busy responding to several school threats.There have been 15 arrests for school threats in the Tennessee Valley in the first month of the school year. August 8: The first threat of the school year came at Ooltewah Middle School. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department says a student indicated the...  Read More

From Cleveland State: Cleveland State Community College recently launched a new Department of Labor (DOL) Mechatronics Technician apprenticeship program with Starplex Scientific Corporation in Cleveland. Two maintenance technicians at Starplex are the first apprentices in the program.Over the three-year commitment, the students will have a minimum of 5760 hours of on-the-job learning at Starplex a...  Read More

From the U.S. Department of Energy:  In a landmark decision announced last week, Orano USA has selected Oak Ridge for the site of a new multibillion dollar uranium enrichment facility, representing the single largest investment in Tennessee’s history.Gov. Bill Lee announced the news during a press conference at the Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center. He was joined by city, state and...  Read More

From Local 3 News: On Tuesday, September 10, there were three separate threats of mass violence by students in Hamilton County Schools.The first was at Hixson Middle School in which a student said he was going to "shoot the gym up."The second incident happened at Red Bank Middle School, where a student claimed that he had a bomb in his backpack.The third threat was at Soddy Daisy Middle School, wh...  Read More

From Cleveland Police Department: On Sunday, September 8, 2024, the Cleveland Police Department responded to 315 Northcrest Circle on a report of a missing person. Investigators were called to the scene and a search warrant for the residence was executed. Investigators searched the residence and located the missing female inside the residence. The female victim, identified Dayana Garcia, H/F age 2...  Read More

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