Bill GlascockMayor Glascock resigns, moving
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. – Lookout Mountain, Ga., Mayor Bill Glascock resigned Thursday night because he and his wife are moving to North Chattanooga, City Clerk Cindy Roberts said Friday.
Vice Mayor Sandy Gothard immediately was sworn in as mayor, she said.
Glascock, whose initiatives included building new sidewalks, couldn’t be reached for comment Friday.
Airport gets runway grant
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – The Tullahoma Regional Airport in Coffee County is among seven airports across the state to receive aeronautics grants totaling more than $316,000, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced.
The airport’s $15,000 grant, including $14,250 in state funds and $750 in local money, will be used to clear trees for runway 6/24, a news release states.
The grants are made through the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division.
Special Olympics today canceled
CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Cleveland Civitan Club “with great reluctance” has canceled the Special Olympics event scheduled today at Cleveland High School, a news release states.
“We know our athletes will be disappointed, but we cannot take a chance on the projected weather,” the release from the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce states.
Turkey numbers holding steady
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says reports on the spring turkey hunt show the wild turkey population in Tennessee is stable.
With reports still coming in from the hunt that ended May 12, the harvest has surpassed 30,000 birds for the 11th straight year.
TWRA turkey program coordinator Chris Hunter said the agency expects small fluctuations from year to year. The state record of more than 37,000 turkeys came in 2010.
Escaped inmate sought in Etowah
GADSDEN, Ala. – Sheriff’s officials in Etowah County are searching for an inmate after they say he escaped from the county detention center.
Authorities say the inmate was a kitchen worker who slipped away from the Etowah County Detention Center shortly after 4 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff’s office said in a statement that 30-year-old Justin Wade Hopkins, of Collinsville, was last seen running toward Tuscaloosa Avenue. He’s described as white, 6 feet tall, about 220 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. He was wearing tan jail pants and a T-shirt.
Hopkins was being held on a burglary charge.