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CLEVELAND, Tenn.

Property tax deadline looms

The deadline to pay property taxes falls on Sunday this year.

Bradley County Trustee Mike Smith said his office at the courthouse will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon for last-minute taxpayers. The trustee's office also will have a satellite collection location at Bradley Square Mall, near the mall fountain.

Any payment mailed with a postmark of Feb. 27 will be receipted as a payment without penalty, regardless of when it is received in the office, Mr. Smith said.

Courthouse offices are closed Sunday. Property taxes paid after Sunday will carry a late penalty.

RINGGOLD, Ga.

German-language classes extended

The Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce will extend its weekly German classes for six weeks starting March 3. Classes will build on lessons from earlier sessions, with some review.

Classes will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. through April 14 at the Colonnade Civic Center. Class will not meet April 7 because of spring break.

The cost is $100 for Chamber members, $200 for nonmembers.

Registration and payment are required in advance. Register online at www.catoosachamberofcommerce.com or call 706-965-5201, ext 10.

COPPERHILL, TENN.

Airfield gets $43,000 grant

Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced a $43,200 grant for Martin Campbell Field Airport in Polk County.

"Local airports are vital to the economy and travel system of Tennessee," the governor said Wednesday in a news release. "Investing in our airports helps them stay competitive and efficient at meeting the needs of businesses and travelers."

The grant, made available through the Tennessee Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division, will be used to make improvements at touchdown points on two runways.

ATLANTA

Grandmother indicted in death

The grandmother accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson while on vacation in Florida has been indicted in the boy's death.

Court data shows a Franklin County, Fla., grand jury has indicted 71-year-old Marianne Bordt on charges of premeditated murder and aggravated child abuse.

Bordt, a German national, was arrested on Jan. 4 after she told police she didn't want her grandson to grow up in a divorced home.

The boy's parents had joint custody of Camden after they divorced in 2006, but he lived mostly with his mother in an Atlanta suburb.

Bordt is accused of drowning Camden Hiers, of Roswell, in the bathtub of a rental condo while her husband went to a store in St. George Island, Fla.

Staff and Wire Reports

A court date has not yet been set.

Staff and Wire Reports