From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here are your news headlines for Tuesday, February 28th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. Our
From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here are your news headlines for Tuesday, February 28th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.
Our top story today, from the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
The driver of a 1998 Nissan Sentra that collided with a school bus in Bradley County on Monday is facing charges.
There were 33 students on the bus. Two were taken to the hospital with “minor injuries” from the wreck, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman John Harmon.
Bradley County Director of Schools Linda Cash said in an earlier news release that three were taken to the hospital for “precautionary measures.”
The bus was coming from Black Fox Elementary School after school.
It was on Old Chattanooga Pike, near Blackbox Road, when Anthony Webb, 33, crossed into the path of the bus while negotiating a curve, according to preliminary information from the Highway Patrol.
Webb has been charged with violating the Due Care Law and failing to maintain his lane.
From the Chattanoogan…
Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville), Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown), Senate Health and Welfare Committee Chairman Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City), Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga), Rep. Kevin Brooks (R-Cleveland) and Rep. Dale Carr (R-Sevierville) Monday announced comprehensive legislation to address abuse of elderly or vulnerable adults in Tennessee. These bills would expand systemic protection for victims of physical, mental or financial abuse and impose severe penalties on those who commit them.
The bills come from the Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Task Force. The proposals build on a new law, sponsored by Senator Norris and Rep. Keisling and passed by the General Assembly last year, which set up Vulnerable Adult Protective Investigative Teams in each judicial district in Tennessee to foster cooperation and information sharing between different government agencies whose purpose is to protect elderly and vulnerable adults.
Studies show that over the past decade, reported cases of assault and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults has increased by 20 percent or more. It is estimated that as many as one in 23 cases of elder abuse are unreported. It has also been estimated that 41.4 percent of the offenses were committed by a family member and another 13.3 percent of victims were described by law enforcement as having close relationships with the perpetrator.
The 2010 census documents the portion of the United States population over age 65 is 13.4 percent of the total population and that the fastest growing segment is those aged 85 and older.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Gov. Bill Haslam told the members of the first class of Tennessee Promise students at Cleveland State he would return in two years for their graduation.
Haslam will now keep his own “Tennessee Promise,” as he returns to CSCC for their graduation exercises on May 6.
CSCC President Dr. Bill Seymour made the official announcement yesterday.
During his 2015 visit, the governor said it was “like Christmas morning” seeing the students who were in the first class taking advantage of a scholarship program that allows students to receive last-dollar scholarship funds to attend a community college or Tennessee College of Applied Technology at no cost.
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.
