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A person has been sent to the hospital after a shooting in Bradley County Tuesday afternoon.
Bradley County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) spokesman Taylor Woodruff says deputies responded to the incident on Burris Lane NW off of Frontage Road around 1 p.m.
Woodruff says Bradley County EMS transported one person from the scene. He described the person’s injuries as minor, and said the victim was reported to have been conscious at the time.
According to Woodruff, BCSO deputies had identified the suspected shooter, and were in the process of locating them.
Woodruff says the suspect is not considered to be a danger to the public, however.
Deputies are actively investigating the incident.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
A Tennessee legislator says he’s both stunned and delighted by the response he’s getting in Tennessee, the U.S. and from all over the world in his effort to commission and place a statue of country music legend, actress, businesswoman and humanitarian Dolly Parton on the state Capitol’s grounds.
Rep. John Mark Windle, said Tuesday his bill to provide for a privately funded statue of the 75-year-old Sevier County native cleared the House Naming & Designating Committee that he chairs on a voice vote.
The Senate version has not yet been filed, but Sen. Paul Bailey, said in an interview he will “absolutely” introduce the upper chamber’s version prior to the Senate’s bill filing deadline this week.
Windle points to Parton’s work in areas such as her Imagination Library, a book gifting program that has mailed millions of free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school. The program includes not just Tennessee but the rest of the U.S. as well as several other countries.
Windle’s measure, House Bill 135, provides for the Parton statue to use private dollars from gifts, grants and other donations instead of public financing. The State Capitol Commission, which has oversight over monuments, statues and busts, will be required to develop and implement a plan for the commissioning of a statue on the south lawn of the Capitol facing the Ryman Auditorium.
From NewsChannel 9…
A controversial bill (HB0003) about transgender athletics in Tennessee middle and high schools is moving forward.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka), calls for the sex of student athletes to match their original birth certificate in order to participate in sports.
The subcommittee hearing turned passionate before the measure passed on to the next step. Rep. Cepicky said the intent of the bill is all about fairness, especially for girl’s sports and who they compete against.
But critics of the bill call it discriminatory and add it doesn’t put enough emphasis on science.
