Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: In news today... 500 healthcare workers and people 75 and over were vaccina
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
In news today…
500 healthcare workers and people 75 and over were vaccinated Saturday at First Baptist Church in Cleveland. The event, held by the Bradley County Health Department, saw thousands of cars line up. The vaccination event garnered national attention, as CBS News carried video shot by a local person on their Saturday night broadcast. Our news partners at Channel 3 reported that Bob Burris was first in line at 3 PM on Friday afternoon, for the first vaccination Saturday at 8 AM. Cleveland/Bradley Emergency Management Agency Director Troy Spence told Mix 104.1 on Saturday that the vaccine had been exhausted by 1 PM. The Bradley County Health Department will announce future vaccinations in the local community.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Tim Siniard reports: For those wanting some good news for 2021, here it is:
As of Jan. 1, Tennessee officially became an income tax-free state, when the Hall Income Tax, which for almost a century imposed a 6% tax on interest received from interest and stock dividends, was fully repealed at the stroke of midnight New Year’s Day.
Enacted in 1929, the tax was named for the senator who sponsored the legislation, Frank S. Hall.
Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks, who represented Tennessee’s 24th District in the House of Representatives for 12 years before his mayoral election in 2018, said working to end the Hall Income Tax began in his earliest days serving in the legislature.
Under legislation passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in 2016, the Hall income tax was reduced from 6% to 5%, beginning on Jan. 6, 2016, with the tax decreasing by 1% annually each year.
The legislation required full repeal of the Hall tax for tax years beginning Jan, 1, 2022.
In news today…
All Bradley County schools are scheduled to resume Wednesday, January 6th. All elementary schools will resume their normal schedule. Secondary students (Lake Forest Middle, Ocoee Middle, Bradley Central and Walker Valley High) will resume school on a staggered A/B schedule from January 6th through January 15th. Secondary students will resume their normal schedule on Tuesday, January 19th.
Cleveland City Schools will begin with a traditional, in-person format starting on Tuesday, January 5th, with Reconnection Week. Students will attend a full day of school on one of the first four days according to their family’s last name. Students with family last names beginning with A-D will attend on Tuesday, January 5th. Last names beginning with E-L will attend on Wednesday, January 6th; M-Q will attend on Thursday, January 7th, and last names beginning with R-Z will attend on Friday, January 8th.
Further information can be obtained from the respective school system’s website.
In news today…
The new year brings a mass launch of intercollegiate athletics at Cleveland State Community College. January will see the long-awaited start of Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Men’s Baseball and Golf, and Women’s Softball and Volleyball.
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the NJCAA championship intercollegiate-athletic offerings at Cleveland State. With all of the college’s major sports program, minus Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, starting during the spring semester, there is a lot on the line in 2021.
The fifth weekend of January will be a Cougar Homecoming, of sorts. Men’s Baseball, as well as Men’s and Women’s Basketball, will host home-openers on the Cleveland State Community College main campus in Cleveland, Tennessee.
At this time, fans will not be in attendance for the first basketball games and volleyball matches of the season. The Tennessee Board of Regents would make a decision in the near future if fans will be allowed for any portion of the intercollegiate athletic seasons. As of yet, no decision has been made on fans attending baseball and softball games this spring.
As 2021 gets underway, the one noticeable difference is that there will be no out-of-state travel for games or matches at this time.
Currently, 126 student-athletes will be competing in the college’s eight different athletic offerings at Cleveland State. The Cougar and Lady Cougar athletic programs compete in the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) and are members of the NJCAA.
From the Chattanoogan…
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Congressman Chuck Fleischmann announced Saturday they will oppose the Electoral College certification of the presidential election.
Rep. Fleischmann said, “The 2020 Presidential Election was rife with irregularities in many states. After speaking with constituents across the third district of Tennessee, I will object to the certification of the Electoral College on Wednesday. We must protect the integrity of our elections by ensuring only legal votes are counted, and illegal ones are not. I continue to stand with President Trump and support his efforts to bring transparency to our election system.
Senator Marsha Blackburn and Senator-elect Bill Hagerty said, “Tennesseans elected us as their United States Senators to represent their views and values in Washington and to always fight for them, which is why we have concluded without any reservation that we will stand against tainted electoral results from the recent Presidential election. We know that our elections, built around the Electoral College which is a fundamental element, are the envy of the world. Protecting their integrity and ensuring the results are free and fair are critical to maintaining the trust of our own citizens.
TNDP Chair Mary Mancini said, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election. As of today, Donald Trump has lost 60 out of 61 lawsuits contesting the results, and countless state election officials – both Republican and Democrat – have demonstrated the integrity of the November election. There is simply no proof that the results are anything but the legitimate will of the American people. The decision by Senators Blackburn and Hagerty to refuse to accept the results of this fair and free election undermines the electoral process we have relied on for more than two centuries That they would bend their conscience and character to please one man, Donald Trump, is un-American, a betrayal of the oath they took to defend and protect the constitution, and a slap in the face of the Tennesseans they swore to serve.”
