Monday, April 17th

From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Monday, April 17th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.

Our top story today…

The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office spent part of Sunday searching for Gary Lee Lipps, who was wanted for several outstanding felony warrants in Bradley and Polk Counties. Earlier in the day, Lipps had evaded law enforcement, and was believed to be in the area of Spring Place Road near the Tennessee/Georgia line. A search was made for Lipps in that area Sunday afternoon. On Sunday evening, Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Director of Public Relations James Bradford notified Mix 104-1 that late Sunday afternoon Lipps, who had evaded multiple law enforcement agencies, had been arrested along with four other subjects at a residence on Gatlin Road.

Also in news today…

On Saturday afternoon around 3:56PM, Bradley County 911 received a call regarding a toddler who was discovered in a swimming pool at a residence on Bancroft Road. Bradley County Sheriff’s Office deputies were first on the scene, and learned a two year old female was discovered in a swimming pool by a family member. Further investigation yielded the toddler was submerged in the swimming pool for approximately two minutes before being located by her father. The toddler was responsive and alert at the residence, and was transported to T.C. Thompson’s Childrens Hospital for evaluation.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

Cleveland State Community College will be hosting a Sexual Assault Awareness event on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the George R. Johnson Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium.

Attendees will have the opportunity to watch a video about sexual assault and take the “It’s On Us” pledge. This pledge is a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault — to promise not to be a bystander to the problem, but to be a part of the solution.

There will be three guest speakers — Mike Hodges, campus police chief; Tori Tucker, sexual assault program manager of the Family Violence Program; and Cleveland City Police Officer Jennifer Samples.

There will be a sexual assault and domestic violence resource table set up in the CSCC Library, and the Social Work Club will have a campus-wide display of teal ribbons (teal is the color for sexual assault awareness month) that will represent the local number of reported sexual assaults and the estimated unreported number of sexual assaults.

The community is invited to attend this event.

For more information on the upcoming sexual assault event, contact Juliann Mathis at (423) 473-2427.

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…

Bradley County officials are moving ahead with plans to reuse an old factory for an education, job training and retail site which some say is unlike anything in Tennessee.

Plans are to turn the 290,000-square-foot former American Uniform Co. plant off North Parker Street into a regional site where local companies can set up production to train workers, said Denise Rice, who directs the Tennessee Manufacturers Association.

Plans are to fix up the former plant and bring Bradley’s alternative high school to the location, said Kyle Page, the school’s principal and the project manager for the proposal.

Also, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) classes are slated to be offered, along with the industry training sites with an aim toward workforce development. In addition, there could be retail locations, such as a bank branch and restaurants, set up at the facility, according to officials.

Some of the space could be available to expand Cleveland’s small business incubator, which now has a waiting list. Cleveland State Community College also may be interested in having an off-campus location there.

Some of the more than a half-dozen business people at a walk-through of the old plant last week seemed interested.

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.