The city schools system has a new software tool to assess how each school is performing instead of waiting for the state's annual report cards.
Wacker Chemical is teaming with three area high schools to boost the studies of future chemists.
As many as 35 elected officials could come together here soon to share ideas about Bradley County and Cleveland school needs and how to fund them.
Asbestos has been removed from the tornado-stricken Blue Springs Elementary School building and now the Bradley County School Board will be seeking bids for demolition of the building.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Once upon a time, Elizabeth Rose told stories to rafters while she worked as an Ocoee River guide.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The annual cost per route to run a city school bus here is about $32,000 a year, but school board members would like it to be less and are paying for a study on the issue.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Like Dorothy's red shoes in "The Wizard of Oz," the mission of court appointed special advocates is to help children caught up in the court system find their way home.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Children at three Bradley County schools have an extra source of medical help -- a pediatric clinic on wheels. The pilot program is one of 44 Ronald McDonald Care Mobile clinics around the world.
The future veterans home here is not a nursing home, but rather a living center, donors and veterans say.
The district attorney handling the probe into a Bradley County Sessions Court judge said Thursday the FBI has asked for information in the case.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County General Sessions Court Judge Sheridan Randolph is the subject of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A section of Spring Place Road near the Georgia line will be closed beginning Tuesday for bridge replacements over the Conasauga River.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A preliminary plan to widen one of Cleveland's busiest intersections, North Ocoee at 25th streets, got its first public viewing Tuesday evening.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The long quest for a Southeast Tennessee veterans home here inched closer to reality after Gov. Bill Haslam included a key piece of funding for the facility in his budget.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Cleveland city school board and council members met over lunch Monday to decide on a new school location: Hardwick Field or Hardwick Farm.
Anyone on misdemeanor probation here but with an outstanding warrant for not paying fines is getting a chance to make it right without going back to jail.
Saturday was a big day for Autumn. It was her eighth birthday. The Tennessee Aquarium hosted her and her family -- brothers Koby and Ryan and parents Ryan and Sonya Duggan -- for the special day.
The city received a record amount of federal grant money in the 2010-11 fiscal year, according to the latest audit. Ken Lay from the accounting firm Arnett, Kirksey, Kimsey, Pierce and Lay presented the annual audit to the Cleveland City Council this week.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The perception that Cleveland and Bradley County governments don't get along is not the reality, members of the City Council and County Commission attending a luncheon together said Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — City school board members suffered a sticker shock Wednesday. The estimated cost to replace the aging heating and air system with a water source heat pump system for the older part of Cleveland High School, the east wing, is more than $1.3 million, according to Associated Architectural Services.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Some of East Tennessee's best high school jazz musicians will be teaming up with trumpet legend "Doc" Severinsen this weekend, and the public is invited.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Cleveland City Council approved three bond resolutions Monday to finance portions of airport construction, connector roads to a future industrial park and road work near the new Whirlpool site.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- There is still no nickname for Cleveland. When Mayor Tom Rowland spoke Monday to MainStreet Cleveland, he said "the name will be revealed this afternoon."
It soon will be time for community spring cleaning projects. According to those attending a recent Coalition for Community Improvement Committee meeting here, there is plenty of work to do.
In addition to their presidential preference, some Bradley County voters will choose a county commissioner in March's Super Tuesday primary.
Nancy Stanfield and Ricky Tallent sit in front of a computer at the Bradley County Juvenile Justice Center and study clusters of dots, each marking a troubled young life.
The future regional history center in Charleston now has a name, the Hiwassee River Heritage Center. The name was announced Sunday at the January meeting of the Charleston/Calhoun/Hiwassee Historical Society.
The Southeast Tennessee Veterans Home Council is waiting anxiously to hear the Veterans Administration’s new construction priority list for 2012.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland City Council members want the city to rally around its Sears store.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A 16-week intervention program is available for people convicted of a crime that can be tied to drug or alcohol abuse.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The local portion of some key transportation projects will be funded with bond debt, the Cleveland City Council agreed this week.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Picking a town nickname is tough. Just ask the Cleveland City Council. Six months ago Mayor Tom Rowland suggested a contest to find Cleveland's nickname.
The Charleston/Calhoun/Hiwassee Historical Society has bought an empty branch bank building that will become a heritage center and anchor a history and nature interpretative greenway through town to the Hiwassee River.
ETOWAH, Tenn. -- Merchants here are turning to a well-known favorite to attract visitors from neighboring counties to shop, dine and be entertained Saturday.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Chevy is coming back. General Motors officials Wednesday joined Don Ledford Automotive Center partner and general manager Debbie Melton to announce the return of the brand after a two-year absence.
General Motors officials joined Don Ledford Automotive Center general manager and partner Debbie Melton this afternoon to unveil a $1.7 million construction project and announce the return of Chevrolet to the Cleveland market.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A sunny, crisp day brought hikers and visitors to Red Clay State Historic Area on Monday to celebrate the new year.
The Cleveland and Bradley County school systems' 2012-2013 calendars each have some changes coming in the summer of 2012.
Big changes are coming to for area firefighters this year. When the 2012-13 fiscal year begins July 1, the $1.8 million annual payment Bradley County makes to Cleveland for urban area fire protection shrinks to $900,000. One year later the contract will end.
For anyone with business before the Cleveland City Council in 2012, a glance at the clock may be in order. The council has taken a step to change its meeting time.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- After decades of planning, public hearings and construction work, 2012 will bring the end of a project to widen a section of Dalton Pike south of Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A commemorative event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. will be keynoted this year by Nontombi Naomi Tutu, a daughter of Bishop Desmond Tutu.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Internal Revenue Service is asking larger employers in the Cleveland area to consider hosting Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites in 2012.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A group of citizens is donating the money for a survey of city-owned buildings downtown.
Recycling is a part of Christmas, too. The annual "Chipping of the Green" starts today and continues through Jan. 7 at the Bradley County Landfill.
A new city study suggests changes to give the east end of Inman Street a new look and make it a gateway into the downtown area.
The Cleveland City Council is considering a city website makeover for 2012. During a recent planning retreat, council members learned how a national Web design company could rework the city’s image and add site features such as messages on approaching storms, road closings and more.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Retiring Cleveland Police Department Assistant Chief Gary Hicks and Lt. Shelia Freeman together represent more than 65 years of police work.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A new company here hopes to help other businesses go green in 2012. Tennessee Automation Services already was moved in and ready for business Friday when the Energy Center opened. The center is a wing of the Cleveland/Bradley Business Incubator that is devoted to startup businesses focused on environmental and energy savings.
A new business incubator devoted to startup companies focused on energy efficiency and the environment opened here Friday.
