There will be no Cleveland Municipal Court on Thursday because of funeral services for Officer Justin Maples, City Manager Janice Casteel announced this afternoon.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The theft of a car from a Dollar General parking lot appears to have led to the death of a city police officer, authorities said.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Republican Party has approved a resolution opposing passage of a $32 wheel tax in an Aug. 2 referendum.

The Cleveland police officer killed Sunday night in a single-car crash was on his way to help another officer pursue a stolen vehicle, authorities said at a news conference this morning.

Myra Inman's original diaries are stored at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The second time proved to be the charm for more than 100 adults in Bradley County who this year earned high school diplomas or GED certificates.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Cleveland Regional Jetport now has its three-letter identifier from the Federal Aviation Administration.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Some top officials with the national Save the Children program toured Bradley County schools Wednesday to get an up-close look at Tennessee's Coordinated School Health program.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Construction cost for a renovated Betsy Vines Theater at Cleveland High School and a new traffic configuration for the front of Cleveland Middle School were reviewed Tuesday by the Cleveland Board of Education.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Cleveland City Council on Monday rejected a resolution that would have ended the sales tax lawsuit between Cleveland and Bradley County.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A Cleveland High School student compares helping others recover from tornado devastation to taking a mission trip to help someone somewhere else.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- For some school athletic teams, next fall promises to be a lot brighter.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Summer cycling safety ruled Friday at Blythe-Bower Elementary School's parking lot.

A city school is getting an iPad Learning Laboratory with money contributed by a local banker.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Now is the time for the Bradley County school board to begin a savings account for a future science wing at Bradley Central High School, according to board member Troy Weathers.

Jasmine Martin is a rising Cleveland High School senior, and she will be the student liaison, a nonvoting member of the board for a year, beginning in August.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bavarians and East Tennesseans get another a chance to introduce themselves to each other later this month.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Tennessee motorists soon may be able to show their support on the road for new veterans nursing homes.

ATHENS, Tenn. -- They are cemetery detectives. For two years, a history-minded group of volunteers has been digging up facts, sometimes literally, about men who once were deadly enemies.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The garden has the fruits, vegetables and flowers any garden would have.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a $68.7 million general purpose school budget.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland school board members voted unanimously Tuesday to support the proposed countywide $32 wheel tax, set to be on the August ballot.

The Cleveland Board of Education went on record today in support of the $32 wheel tax referendum that will be on the Bradley County August ballot.

New city police cars will have a more muscular look. They will be Dodge Chargers, and the city will buy at least six of them as police pursuit cars this year. "They will still be black and white, but with the body style they will look a little different," city purchasing agent Melinda Carroll said.

The Bob Lee family has been listening to the sounds of demolition at the Blue Springs Elementary School echoing across the valley to their home for several days.

The Cleveland Board of Education announced Friday a special meeting Tuesday to vote on whether to support the Bradley County resolution calling for a $32 wheel tax referendum in August.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A developer has discussed with the Cleveland city school board making an offer of $750,000 for 15 acres at Hardwick Farms as a city school site.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Board of Education voted Tuesday to forward a $1.2 million grant request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an eight-classroom addition to Walker Valley High School.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Changes within the American Red Cross mean more volunteers can get to disaster scenes anywhere in East Tennessee more quickly.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- City Councilman Richard Banks wants his colleagues to reconsider their decision over a court ruling that upholds an agreement splitting local sales tax revenue between Cleveland and Bradley County.

Saturday was a day for people who live in Bradley County to celebrate their differences. Cleveland State Community College capped off its Multicultural Week with a fair that began with a parade of flags and spotlighted foods and information about the new residents' home countries.

Spring cleaning continued here Saturday with another Great American Cleanup event coordinated by Keep America Beautiful. The focus was Mouse Creek and the greenway that winds through Cleveland.

A Chattanooga construction company was awarded a $2.4 million contract Friday to build a terminal building. The terminal is for the new airport expected to open late this year in the Tasso community.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — As a city landscaping crew planted trees Tuesday along the newest section of the Cleveland/Bradley Greenway, some city officials were meeting alongside the trail to talk about what comes next.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A downtown landmark, built in 1915 to showcase Model T Fords, is being converted into loft apartments.

CALHOUN, Tenn. -- Their grave markers read like an American history book with some of the pages missing.

Fake pot can be deadly, but it is legally available. That was one of the messages to organizations that offer second chances to teens with drug and alcohol problems and other family issues.

Her autism may attract attention first, but her art keeps the eyes focused. Grace Walker Goad, a Nashville 17-year-old, has artwork widely exhibited in the permanent collections of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and the Tennessee State Museum.

City and county workers have a new set of policies covering many kinds of threats they may face. The threats covered by the new, multipage policies include active shooter or someone armed inside a city building; bomb threats or attacks either by telephone, email or mail; severe or winter weather, bio-terrorist incidents or attacks and fires or explosions.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The city government staff was asked Monday to study possible incentives for businesses that use porous asphalt in their paving projects.

Garages and basements in Bradley County should have more storage space this morning. Hundreds of households took part Saturday in the annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at Tri-State Exhibition Center, organized by Keep America Beautiful Cleveland/Bradley County and Santek Environmental.

Some Cleveland High School teachers plan to build a sensory garden as a learning place for special-needs students. About half the estimated $8,000 needed has been raised by appeals to the community. Now the teachers will be asking fellow educators directly for contributions.

Hundreds of people stood in line Friday to preview today's big gun auction. More than 400 guns, plus some crossbows, go on auction this morning, compliments of the McMinn County Sheriff's Department.

Local voters now know who their candidates are for the August elections for Cleveland and Bradley County school boards, Cleveland City Council and Charleston City Commission. The deadline for qualifying as a candidate for the local, non-partisan races was Thursday at noon.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Amy Hicks and Daryl brought their new book to Blythe-Bower Elementary School on Wednesday to share what they learned from surviving tornadoes and other tough storms in life.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The athletic fields at Cleveland Middle School will be getting lights. The middle school opened in 2000 with football, track and baseball fields unlighted as a cost-saving measure.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The children at Arnold Memorial Elementary School have made defeating cystic fibrosis one of their goals. "Some boys and girls have trouble just being able to breathe," said fifth-grader Norance Berry.

Century-old foundations swept bare of all but moss hint at the history of the rural Tennessee village on the bank of the Ocoee River. Countless such communities have come and gone throughout the South. But Caney Creek was not like the others.

Saturday is one of Bradley County's biggest spring cleaning events of the year: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day. Last year, 792 households took part, collecting thousands of pounds of plastic, aluminum, newsprint and mixed paper, tires, batteries, glass, electronics, waste oil, unused lawn-care products and household cleaning supplies.

The city will add 2-foot shoulders on each side of Michigan Avenue Road to address safety concerns, officials said. Residents are worried about traffic safety now that Whirlpool is moving into the neighborhood.