Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: Topping our news today, from the Cleveland Daily Banner… A storm with high
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
Topping our news today, from the Cleveland Daily Banner…
A storm with high winds and heavy rain swept through the Bradley County area between 2 and 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon, and was violent at times.
One of the are hardest hit areas was Southeast Cleveland, in the Spring Place Road community.
One home was completely destroyed by an uprooted tree. There were reports of other homes being damaged, and tree limbs grounded throughout the area.
Probably the most severe damage was to a frame home on the south side of Spring Place Road. The property is owned by the Rev. Edwin Lipsey, the pastor at South Cleveland Church of God.
Lipsey said it appeared the home is a completely loss.
Cleveland Utilities Electric Division Supervisor Bart Borden said at the peak, 8,497 customers were without power. Only 1,065 were without power three hours later. He said the majority of customers were restored by 5:38PM.
From WRCB Channel 3…
Eight people were rescued after their boat began sinking in Chickamauga Lake Sunday.
The winds started picking up as the boat was headed back to the dock. Water began filling the boat causing it to begin sinking.
The boaters were rescued in a towboat and taken to shore.
All eight people are OK.
The Cleveland Daily Banner reports…
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office will host a community cookout on Thursday, July 12, to recognize the department setting new records in 2017.
Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson said the event will be at the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, located at 2290 Blythe Ave. This event will start promptly at 11 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. Hamburgers and all the fixings will be the featured menu.
This celebration promotes the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office high solvability rate in crimes and the most arrests in the department’s history. The crime rate and arrests were released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations in the 2017 “Crime in Tennessee Report.”
Also from The Banner…
Starting in October, Cleveland Utilities customers will see a $2 fee on their electric bills.
The utility made the announcement during its regularly scheduled meeting Friday at the Tom Wheeler Training Center in Cleveland.
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors approved the fee, designated a grid access charge (GAC), on May 10. In addition, the Cleveland Board of Utilities on Friday approved the implementation of the fee to its customers.
Beginning in October, there will be a $2 per month fee for residential customers. In addition, GSA 1 customers – small commercial businesses or customers who have power service to a barn or a detached garage, for example – will also be charged the access fee. However, CU officials said the charges will be offset by a reduction in the kilowatt rate. In short, the new charge will be revenue neutral for most customers.
