Mayor charged with burglary
CALHOUN, Tenn. - The mayor of Calhoun was arrested Saturday night on charges of aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000. Mayor John Walker turned himself in after a grand-jury indictment Friday, a McMinn County dispatcher confirmed.
Shooting leads to lockdown
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - A person died Sunday after being fatally shot in Cleveland early Sunday morning, according to a news release.
The person's name is being withheld pending notification of family members.
The shooting happened in the area of Georgetown Road. A motorist waved down a Bradley County Sheriff's officer at the intersection of 25th Street and Peerless Road and told the officer a gunshot victim was inside the car.
The officer followed the car to SkyRidge Medical Center. A disturbance after several people arrived following the victim sent the hospital into lockdown mode.
The victim was transported via Life Force to Erlanger Medical Center and later died.
The Bradley County Criminal Investigation Division is investigating.
In regard to the incident at the hospital, Cleveland Police also responded to the scene and charged one person with disturbing the peace.
More affordable housing on way
ATLANTA - State officials have unveiled a list of 30 projects that will receive $22.4 million in federal housing tax credits to build or rehab affordable housing properties across the state.
Gretchen Corbin, who heads the Department of Community Affairs, said last week the funds will increase the number of affordable housing units available to Georgia's neediest citizens.
Officials say the housing tax credit is the state's main tool to create and preserve affordable housing and virtually all affordable apartments built each year are financed through the program. The current funds will add nearly 2,300 units to the state's affordable housing inventory.
Officials say the program has financed development of almost 144,000 homes in Georgia, supported 162,700 jobs, and generated $15.51 billion in local income and $6.11 billion in tax revenues.
USM group to study Gulf
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - A research consortium led by the University of Southern Mississippi will use $11 million in funding to study the impact of oil, dispersed oil and dispersant on the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem and public health.
The funds came from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. The research will be conducted from 2015-17. Eleven other research consortia also got money. The GMRI gave out $140 million to the 12 groups.
Monty Graham, chairman of USM's Department of Marine Science, says the group will work on the near-shore waters in the Gulf of Mexico.