Wednesday, May 31st

From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Wednesday, May 31st, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.

Topping our news today…

Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance with solving a vehicle theft that occurred in Charleston. On May 30th, a joint investigation between the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office and Charleston Police Department resulted in the recovery of a vehicle on Water Street inside the city of Charleston that had been reported stolen in McMinn County. Video surveillance of the area showed a male subject park that vehicle and steal a Ford F-150 blue four-door truck from a business. The surveillance video also portrayed a white female passenger who accompanied the male.

Anybody who may know the identity of the male pictured here is asked to call the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip Line at 728-7336. 

From the Chattanoogan…

Special equipment was used to locate a fire inside a WRCB TV transmitter on Walden’s Ridge on Tuesday morning. At 6 a.m,, an automatic fire alarm notified the 911 Center of a possible fire at 2306 Fairmount Pike. Walden’s Ridge Emergency Services responded and arrived on the scene reporting no visible signs of smoke or fire showing. Since there was a heavy smell of burning wires, firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to find a small fire in an exterior wall between the sheetrock and insulation. Fire Chief Jimmy Hillis said the building is not manned and no injuries were reported. Fire officials said the cause of the fire was electrical with minimal damage to the building. WRCB Channel 3 was off the air for a short time due to the incident.

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…

Memorial Day travelers enjoyed the cheapest gas prices in Chattanooga in 12 years over the weekend with the average price of gas in Chattanooga at the start of this week priced 13.7 cents per gallon less than a year ago and $1.42 a gallon below the peak levels reached three years ago, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 170 gas outlets in Chattanooga.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas this week in Chattanooga was unchanged from the previous week at $2 a gallon. Local gas prices average 36  cents per gallon below the U.S. average and were 10 cents per gallon less than the statewide average across all of Tennessee.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on May 30 in Chattanooga have ranged widely over the last five years: $2.14/g in 2016, $2.47/g in 2015, $3.42/g in 2014, $3.20/g in 2013 and $3.24/g in 2012.

From the Daily Post Athenian…

A $240,000 Tennessee Cash jackpot was won Monday, May 29, in Etowah by an as-yet-unknown lucky player, according to the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation. This is the 80th time the jackpot for this in-state drawing-style game has been won since its launch on Oct. 3, 2010. No additional details about the winner are available until the prize is claimed.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

Dean Watson, manager of Electric Division Operations for Cleveland Utilities, provided updates to the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities during its recent session at the Tom Wheeler Training Center.

Watson was filling in for Electric Division Vice President Bart Borden who was unable to attend the May session.

Watson discussed the division’s plans to repair or replace an old, damaged transformer at the East Cleveland substation, then skipped on to a number of other projects challenging the public utility.

One of those projects is the Harrison Road/Spring Branch Industrial Park transmission line. This work order is on hold, awaiting the delivery of steel poles.

There has been some scrambling for the Cleveland State Community College switchgear and metering project.

The outage for the project had been scheduled for May 20, but was changed. This was to install the new electrical facilities, but postponed by Massey Electric, the college’s electrical contractor. This delay was also due to material-delivery issues.

The outage has been tentatively rescheduled for early June, pending a firm material delivery.

There was a brief discussion of traffic sequence changes at Keith Street and Stuart Road for Sunday morning traffic.

Timing changes were programmed and initiated by the utility’s traffic coordinator at the intersection. The changes primarily affect the westbound traffic after the conclusion of the middle and late services at First Baptist Church.

Westbound traffic maximum times now approach 60 seconds during these two peak times, allowing for better traffic flow without negatively affecting the other three traffic movements.

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.