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Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: From the Cleveland Daily Banner… A man accused in the murder of a Cleveland

Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

A man accused in the murder of a Cleveland man has received a 25-year sentence.

Sean Scott Hale, 27, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday in a Bradley County Criminal Court in connection with the March 2017, death of Thomas Creek Jr., 34, whose body was found in a remote area of Cherokee National Forest in Polk County.

According to a story previously published in the Cleveland Daily Banner, Hale had picked up Creek at Tennova-Cleveland, where the victim was being checked for an undisclosed ailment. Hale was identified by police as an assailant and a search began for the suspect. He was later located in Fort Payne, Ala. on March 29, 2017.

The suspect was returned to Cleveland, where he later admitted to police of his involvement in Creek’s death. He was charged with first-degree murder, misdemeanor probation violation and misdemeanor failure to appear.

Hale was also handed a six-year sentence on one count of tampering with evidence to run concurrently with the murder sentence.

Also from The Banner…

In what was his first major speech since he was sworn in one week ago, Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks said Whirlpool is ready to raze its former downtown plants to help make way for the city’s revitalization plan.

The speech took place during the MainStreet Cleveland membership meeting held Monday at Elks Lodge No. 1944. The mayor was accompanied by his wife, First Lady Kim Brooks.

He said the city has been awaiting a decision from Whirlpool.

The next step, Brooks said, will be a meeting between him, the Cleveland-Bradley County Chamber of Commerce and Whirlpool officials.

Whirlpool relocated from its century-old plant to its new state-of-the-art LEED-certified facility in 2012. According to Whirlpool, the Cleveland plant employs 1,500 workers at its “premium cooking facility, which is the largest in the United States.”

The Cleveland Daily Banner reports…

Cleveland residents attending a public meeting regarding a sidewalk construction project in the Dalton Pike/Wildwood Avenue area expressed frustration with city officials that the city was not doing more to improve their neighborhoods.

The construction projects consist of new sidewalk construction along Dalton Pike between 20th Street and McGrady Avenue and sidewalk rehabilitation along Wildwood Avenue between Ninth Street and 14th Street. The meeting was held to discuss the project, as well as right-of-way and easement issues within the project area. The project will also involve the construction of two bus shelters.

Several residents complained that the city was not doing enough to ease crime, as well as storm water and flooding problems.

A former business owner, John England, said the franchise company his family had been affiliated for more than 55 years — Kentucky Fried Chicken — had forced him to close a restaurant on Wildwood Avenue because of drug activity in the area.

Mayor Kevin Brooks empathized with the residents, many of whom had lived in the Wildwood area for decades despite growing crime and blight.