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Here is your Cleveland, Tenn. | Bradley County, Tenn. news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: In news today… Cleveland High Sch

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In news today…

Cleveland High School proudly recognized their 2021-2022 Graduates of Distinction. The Graduates of Distinction program was created to honor Cleveland High School seniors who are graduating as a Raider Scholar Honor graduate while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. This program also signals the start of the graduation season of events.

Congratulations to the Graduates of Distinction:

Alexandra Carroll, Caroline Clark, Gavin Davis, Maddox Earnest, Hannah Elkins, Lane Estrada, Ethan Gallaher, William Harden, Leah Hargis, Stephanie Lakatosh, Grace Longley, Ryan Lovelace, Tate O’Bryan, Danielle Payne, Victoria Price, Gabriel Randolph, Rishi Soni, Anna Stewart, and Paige Wenger.

From NewsChannel 9…

Nearly a year after Tennessee Republicans banned transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, GOP lawmakers are attempting to pass harsh penalties against public schools that violate the newly enacted measure.

According to the proposed legislation, Tennessee’s Department of Education would withhold a portion of a state funds from local school districts that fail to determine a student’s gender for participation in middle or high school sports. The measure does not specify exactly how much money should be withheld by the state.

The bill has easily advanced out of legislative hearings in both the House and Senate this year, but it must still clear both full chambers before it can head to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.

Civil rights advocates have since sued the state, arguing the law is illegal. However, the law is currently in effect as the lawsuit makes it way through court. A trial has been tentatively set for March 2023.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

Tim Siniard reports: Cleveland Utilities’ fiscal 2023 budget will contain no residential rate increases for its electric division  but 8.5% and 7% hikes in water and sewer rates, respectively.

Marshall Stinnett, CU’s vice president and chief financial officer, told the board of directors Friday the decision not to raise electric rates honored the utility’s “commitment to holding rates at the same level until June 2023.”

Stinnett said power rates will reflect any fluctuations in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s fuel cost adjustments, which are based on the cost of raw materials — uranium, coal, oil and natural gas, for example —  needed to generate power at the federally owned corporation’s fleet of power-generating facilities.

But rates for water and sewer services will increase by 8.5% and 7%, respectively.

Stinnett said chemicals used for water treatment have increased in costs 20% to 40% and that CU is not immune to inflationary price hikes that also are affecting fuel and food prices.

As a result, monthly bills will reflect an average increase of $2.26 per month for water customers and a $2.96  for sewer customers.