Tuesday, October 17th

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

In news today…

The Cleveland Police Department assisted US Marshals in arresting a fugitive out of Mississippi who is wanted for first-degree murder. The suspect was taken into custody at a home on 20th Street.

Also in news today…

Bradley County Schools had three schools that were affected by the recent scoring error announced by the Tennessee Department of Education. The schools affected were Bradley Central High School, Walker Valley High School, and Bradley County Virtual School. The only subject affected was Integrated Math 2. The scoring error involved 402 students, but only 55 students had corrections that changed their performance levels. Nine teachers were impacted by the recent events, and we are awaiting their revised TVAAS scores to see if the changes were significant enough to make a change in their individual growth score. The district will also be reviewing revised accountability data at the teacher, school, and district level for growth and achievement.

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…

“It’s the flights, stupid.”

That’s David Crockett’s mantra when it comes to the long-sought bullet train between Chattanooga and Atlanta, an idea now at a key juncture with the completion of a lengthy federal study.

Crockett, a high-speed-train advocate and former Chattanooga city councilman, said attracting fliers from the North Atlanta suburbs to Lovell Field and relieving busy Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport still makes the project viable after the decade-long study.

The federal environmental study sets a preferred train route that’s aligned with Interstate 75 between the cities. It calls for building eight rail stations along the 120 miles of I-75, starting at the Atlanta airport and ending at Lovell Field and downtown Chattanooga. Travel time is 88 minutes from the first to the last station.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement released with the report that the project would mean more efficient transportation for both cities along with rail access to rural communities between them.

The federal report said that future study would determine maximum operating train speeds, station locations and the exact alignment “if additional funding is secured.”

The train would provide some relief to the crush of travelers at Atlanta’s airport, which sees 100 million passengers annually.

Crockett said Lovell Field would need to increase its capacity from the current 50 or so flights a day to 150 a day.

He called for magnetic levitation, or magleve, technology used in China and Japan or even something faster if that’s available. He supports having some direct trains that don’t stop at every station along the way.

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said last year that if an infrastructure bill comes before Congress, the city will work with Georgia on identifying opportunities if they are funded.

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.