CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A recently promoted Bradley County Fire and Rescue battalion chief has completed a two-day suspension resulting from inappropriate conduct involving the texting of a photograph of "a sexual nature" to a female fire department volunteer.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A U.S. Department of Education program to help increase student awareness and preparation for professional training and college has had its local kickoff.

A Bradley County Battalion Chief is suspended for reportedly making sexual advances toward a female co-worker.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Cleveland has scored well in recent environmentally-friendly initiatives intended to protect and restore the city's natural surroundings.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The first 24 hours of operations at the Cleveland Regional Jetport buzzed with activity with the arrival of 13 aircraft and an estimated 600 visitors, airport officials said Friday.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County commissioners want to send a message to state and federal legislators that they support the right to bear arms as provided by the Constitution and state law.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland has elected to opt out of its current garbage disposal contract and put the service up for bid.

CHARLESTON, Tenn. — A historian today will speak about Charleston's African-American families as they made the transition from slavery to freedom after the Civil War.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Aviation officials announced Friday that the Cleveland Regional Jetport is nearing operational status.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland's spirit and economic positioning have made it a natural leader among communities in Tennessee and the Southeast, Mayor Tom Rowland said Thursday.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Lee University's Festival Choir gave local listeners a taste of its planned Inauguration Day performance for President Barack Obama as part of its official sendoff to the U.S. Capitol.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Cleveland Fire Department is requesting hundreds of thousands of dollars to better protect its firefighters, keep its vehicles running and improve response times.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland leaders say they are keen to rejuvenate Inman Street, the eastern gateway to the city.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland Utilities has access to a new labor-saving tool in its efforts to measure and improve traffic flows throughout the city.

CHARLESTON, Tenn. — A public hearing on the proposed annexation of 135 acres southwest of Charleston is set for Feb. 12 at the municipal building, city leaders announced.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland officials will spend Monday morning reviewing the city's strategic objectives of accommodating growth and improving quality of life for its residents.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County has managed to do well during the nation's economic downturn and will do even better once the country recovers.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland education officials have expressed ambivalence toward proposed legislation — championed by Rep. Eric Watson, R-Cleveland — that would give Tennessee school districts the option to allow eligible educators to carry concealed weapons on school grounds.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Sing for President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day at the U.S. Capitol? No pressure.

ATHENS, Tenn. — Athens and McMinn County recently received grant funding to improve the sustainability of their infrastructures.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Cleveland Utilities Board officially has bid farewell to 41-year service veteran Rick Lawson, who served as the utility's manager of administrative services for the last 20 years.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — State auditors have given Bradley County good marks for handling its financial affairs in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Lee University's expansion plans have gotten a boost in gifts of property and funding from the Allan Jones Foundation.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Commission recently created a committee to explore setting up a workhouse program as alternative sentencing for misdemeanor offenders.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Careful planning and work has gone into selecting, preparing and delivering Lee University's Festival Choir, composed of 200 students, to its appointed task in January: performing at the presidential inaugur

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A long-term Cleveland Utilities project to reduce the number and severity of wastewater overflows is well under way early in its second year of operations.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland Utilities, in partnership with United Way of Bradley County, will roll out a new customer-funded community assistance program at the end of December.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The proposed Spring Branch Industrial Park will receive a major boost with the expected acquisition of a 330-acre piece of land in southern Bradley County by year's end.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland's Municipal Airport Authority expects the city's new airport quickly to assume operational status and receive its first flights before the end of January.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County education officials this week publicly addressed concerns about the school system's security procedures in light of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., last Friday.

CLEVELAND — Bradley County commissioners voted 12-0 Monday to establish a Health, Wellness and Quality of Life Fund.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County commissioners are set to vote today on funding for the county's Healthy Community Initiative general fund's 2012 grant cycle.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County Sheriff Jim Ruth and county commissioners again are discussing staffing levels for the Corrections Department.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lee University on Saturday before giving the commencement address to the winter 2012 graduating class.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lee University on Saturday, before giving the commencement address to the winter 2012 graduating class.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Three new fire stations that will serve double duty as storm shelters are expected to cost Bradley County more than anticipated. On Wednesday, the county's Finance Committee voted 5-0 to approve funding for

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A Norfolk Southern proposal to close the railroad crossing on Old Weatherly Switch Road, on the rail line between Cleveland and Cohutta, Ga., is losing support among Bradley County commissioners.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Bradley County Commission Vice Chairman Jeff Yarber's recent arrest on a DUI charge will remain "a private matter" unless he is found guilty, the panel's chairman said.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Cleveland has accepted payment terms offered by Bradley County Schools in regard to $1.42 million in disputed sales tax revenue.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County commissioners will continue today their review of a Norfolk Southern proposal to close a railroad crossing at Old Weatherly Switch Road on the rail line between Cleveland and Cohutta, Ga.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Friday is the deadline to apply for a 2012 grant from Bradley County's Healthy Community Initiative, a program supporting efforts to improve residents' health care and quality of life.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County leaders are reviewing the feasibility of a workhouse program as an alternative sentencing tool for misdemeanor offenders.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County Schools has agreed to guarantee payment of $1.4 million of disputed sales tax revenue to Cleveland in an effort to end recent litigation between the city and county by the year's end.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Bradley County has committed to partly fund the purchase of 330 acres of property for an industrial park development located near Interstate 75's exit 20.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Cleveland Municipal Airport Authority has decided to retain the services of Crystal Air for the city's new jetport, which is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County commissioners will vote today on a $2 million commitment to develop an industrial park in southern Bradley County and whether to maintain public training records of the county's constables.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland City Schools officials expect to have another bus for special-needs students on the road by January.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Road Committee narrowly approved a Norfolk Southern proposal to close its railroad crossing on Old Weatherly Switch Road, on the rail line between here and Cohutta, Ga. The committee vote

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Education officials reviewed a 19-acre Georgetown Pike property as a possible site for the city's next elementary school.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- City officials are grappling with how to rehabilitate dilapidated and abandoned homes in East Cleveland.