Here is your Cleveland, Tenn. | Bradley County, Tenn. news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: In news today… All Cleveland City Sch
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In news today…
All Cleveland City Schools are closed today due to the potential for hazardous travel conditions from freezing precipitation last night. There will be no in person or virtual classes today, and all school activities are canceled unless approved by the school principal. Twelve-month employees may work remotely today, however. Likewise, all Bradley County Schools are also closed today, due to the same potential for hazardous travel conditions caused by freezing precipitation during the overnight hours last night. Stay tuned to Mix 104-1 on-air and on our social media outlets for up-to-date information on school closures.
In another anti-abortion push by Republican lawmakers, lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow a person to stop a woman who is pregnant with their unborn child from receiving an abortion.
The legislation — introduced in both the Tennessee House and Senate last week — would allow a person to petition the court to keep a pregnant person from getting an abortion.
The bill requires that the petitioner prove they are the biological father of the unborn child, but does not require them to provide DNA evidence — only a “voluntary acknowledgment of paternity,” which is acceptable without the signature of the pregnant parent, the bill states.
The bill also does not make exceptions for rape or incest. If someone is found to have gone against the injunction, they may be held in civil or criminal contempt, according to the bill.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
The eyes of Tennessee’s high school football fans could soon be turning toward the Scenic City.
Chattanooga Sports, a division of Chattanooga Tourism Co., in conjunction with numerous other community partners, is teeing up a plan to bid for the right to host the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl.
Tennessee Tech University has served as the host site for the state’s football championship games since 2009, including all nine games (six classifications for public schools and three for private schools) last fall at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville. TSSAA assistant director Matthew Gillespie said Cookeville is the only city besides Chattanooga that has notified the state’s prep sports governing body that it intends to submit a bid.
The bids, which are due by Feb. 26, will be for the right to host the title games for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Chattanooga’s bid would include Finley Stadium (20,412 capacity) — which hosts both University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football games and professional soccer matches for the Chattanooga Football Club — as the game site. The winning bid will be chosen when the TSSAA Board of Control meets on March 16.
From WRCBTV
Officials are investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed the housing authority and educational facility in Athens, Tennessee on Tuesday night. Firefighters kept a massive fire from spreading to people’s homes and battled the blaze in freezing weather. Residents say they’re appreciative. The Fire Chief said the residential part of the building was saved but the Housing Authority Office and the McMinn County Educational and Community Foundation are a complete loss. The Athens Housing Authority Building caught fire around 9pm Tuesday Night.
From The Times Free Press:
The Rhea County Justice Center is finally complete. After half a decade of work, the public can tour the new facility during an open house Friday and Saturday, according to Sheriff Mike Neal, who issued the invitation on social media. The new jail is certified to hold 250 men and 92 women and, that’s 342 total,” Neal said. “They gave us more beds than we expected. We gained 18 beds or so.
