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From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, May 5th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. Our top story today, fr

From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, May 5th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.

Our top story today, from the Cleveland Daily Banner…

Allegations that Jody Hughes tried to get another person to lie about his alleged shooting of Tyler Worth in October 2015 were presented in the second day of the first-degree murder trial.

Wednesday morning included testimony from four people, including an emotional time on the stand by Worth’s father, Denny. The afternoon was when two men were brought before the jury as state’s witnesses, to detail the crime as they alleged it occurred.

The first to testify Wednesday was Nick Parker, an acquaintance of Hughes’ he had met through mutual friends.

Parker admitted he had been in jail in the past, and was presently incarcerated at the Bradley County Correctional Facility. When asked if he had a job in 2015 when the homicide reportedly occurred, he said he made money through selling narcotics.

He said that he purchased a gun from co-defendant Gus Hawkins — a 9 mm pistol and a 40-caliber pistol. He said that the 9 mm firearm was owned by Hughes, and that the defendant said that his gun had been stolen, and he wanted it back. He came to a motel room where Parker was staying and took both guns at two different times, Parker said.

The 9 mm firearm was reported to be the gun that fired the shots that killed Worth.Parker said that Hughes told him he would get him $10,000 if he would say that R.L. Jerger, also a co-defendant in the conspiracy, actually took the gun. He said that Hughes did not indicate how he would get the $10,000 or if he had that amount of money to give him, but Parker did say that he never believed he would see that money.

The jury returned to hear more testimony Thursday morning. Donaghy had said that court would possibly go through 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. before ending for the day. However, one of the jurors had a family member pass away, and visitation for the family was set for 6 to 8 p.m., so the judge said that court would end by 5 p.m.

 

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…

Rep. JoAnne Favors on Thursday took her mandatory school bus seat legislation off notice for further consideration this year.

She said the bill will remain parked in the Finance Subcommittee until next year when she will resume her fight which was spurred by the Nov. 21 crash of a Hamilton County School bus in Chattanooga in which six children died and more than two dozen others were injured.

Favors’ bill had been placed with a number of bills “behind the budget,” meaning House and Senate Finance Committees will only consider them after the state’s annual spending plan gets passed.

The Cleveland Daily Banner reports…

The dedication of the new Tom Rowland Interchange on APD 40, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed until next Friday, May 12th at 10:30 a.m.

 

The threat of bad weather forced the delay of ceremonies inaugurating the new roadway, which will be the main avenue leading toward the new Spring Branch Industrial Park.

Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer is expected to be in attendance along with other local and state dignitaries.

Also from The Banner…

Several emergency vehicles were sighted in the Charleston area Wednesday, but all were participating in a mock disaster drill at the Wacker Chemie plant there.

Bill Toth, Wacker Chemical Corporate Communications and Compliance director, said Wednesday that the drill was merely to test the plant’s emergency response plan, and to work with local first responders on administering that plan should the need ever arise.

The drill began around 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to Lindsay Hathcock, assistant to Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis and public information officer for the Cleveland Bradley County Emergency Management Agency. He said that several agencies from the Charleston, Cleveland and Bradley County area participated in the exercise.

The mock disaster drill included an explosion and fire which was quickly “extinguished.”

Wacker Chemie performs emergency drills throughout the year, both internally and with local first responders.

This has been your local and state news. You can get news anytime by visiting our website, mymix1041.com, powered by Pioneer Credit. From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, this is Jeremy Gault reporting.

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