Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: Topping our news today… The Bradley County Primary Election is taking place
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
Topping our news today…
The Bradley County Primary Election is taking place today. Polls will be open from 8AM until 8PM. If you did not vote early, today is your last opportunity to vote in this primary election.
Just a reminder, you must vote at your assigned precinct, which can be found on your voter registration card, or by calling the Bradley County Election Commission office at 423-728-7115.
Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz will provide LIVE election night coverage this evening, both on-air and on-line via our Facebook page, Mix 104-1 WCLE. Our live coverage begins at 7PM and is presented by Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory.
From NewsChannel 9…
Preparing for the worst. That’s what the Bradley County Sheriff’s office wants churches all over the area to do. And that’s why they hosted a hands-on, active church security training Monday night.
The Sheriff’s office says mass shootings and casualties across the country, which have happened at schools and churches, prompted them to create this demonstration. People representing different churches across the county attended and were broken up into groups to rotate through three different simulations.
Some attending the demonstration hate that it’s something needing to be talked about.
Sheriff Watson hopes people who attended will take what they learned and take it back to their churches. Those people say the demonstrations were valuable.
The Sheriff’s office has had about four training sessions this year; Monday night’s was the most hands on. Sheriff Watson says two weeks ago, the department held a similar demonstration for Bradley County and Cleveland city schools.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Two Lake Forest Middle School students are preparing to represent Tennessee in a national competition with a history documentary they researched, filmed and edited themselves.
Eighth-graders Amanda Ledford and Jessie Henderson placed second in the Junior Group Documentary category of this year’s Tennessee History Day competition, earning them the chance to compete in the National History Day competition in June at the University of Maryland, College Park. They had previously also won first place in the Southeast Region contest for Tennessee.
Their documentary short film, “The Battle of Athens: Conflict in the Friendly City,” follows the story from a conflict which arose in 1946, after corrupt government officials allegedly tried to influence the results of an election.
According to the Tennessee Historical Commission, local officials locked themselves in the town jail with the filled ballot boxes on the evening of the Aug. 1, 1946, election. Believing the officials planned to unfairly influence the election, a group of former GIs began firing on the jail, and their fire was returned.
Those who had holed themselves up in the jail ultimately surrendered, and the government was re-formed.
The LFMS students documentary clocks in at just about 10 minutes. However, several months of work — all of it done outside of regular school hours — went into the project.
The students say they are continuing to edit and add to the film as they prepare to take it to the national competition, and they and their mentors hope the finished product will tell the story well.
