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Chattanooga Update - July 1, 2013

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Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics

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First of all, a 30-year-old man is in critical condition after he fell about 50 feet while hiking on Lookout Mountain.

He climbed about halfway up a 70 foot cliff at Sunset Rock before he fell onto a ledge. It took rescue crews several hours to get him off the trail and fly him to Erlanger.
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Veterinarians say local cat owners need to be aware of a new disease that can't be treated, is almost 100 percent fatal and might be becoming more common in the area.
Cats can get the disease, called Cytauxzoonosis, from ticks that have fed on a bobcat. The cats then develop fevers up to 106 degrees before dying.

In the past the disease has been considered pretty rare but local vets believe they've seen an increase over the past two years.
Now the disease won't spread from one infected cat to another, but they say the only way to protect pets is by keeping them indoors. Once the tick is on your cat, it's usually always too late.
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Chattanooga's 80-year-old Joel W. Solomon Federal Building is in drastic need of being replaced.

Officials say ceilings leak, the basement floods, rats are rampant, there aren't enough courtrooms to meet federal standards, and the ones there are are too small to begin with. Add to that a number of security problems, and it's no wonder officials are asking for a new building.
Judges and court officials are meeting this week with Rep. Chuck Fleischmann to make their case for a new courthouse here.
But Fleischmann has been reluctant to push for major building projects, and President Obama's budget for next year doesn't include any funding for new courthouses.
Records show Chattanooga was put on a five-year plan for a new courthouse back in 1999. Even now, Chattanooga is 11th in line for a new federal courthouse, which could cost nearly $150 million dollars.
It will be at least four years before any money could be available even to identify a building site.
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TVA is now offering buyouts to staff in an attempt to cut expenses.

The utility has nearly 10,000 staff and contractor workers in the Chattanooga area, and it's offering thousands of its employees the option to voluntarily retire or resign over the next several months.
Many employees are being offered one week's pay in severance for every year of employment.
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Guards at Hays State Prison in Trion, Georgia, are resigning at a rate not seen since inmates attacked two guards 18 months ago.
The latest exodus began in June, around the time the Department of Corrections announced that Scott Crickmar would replace Rick Jacobs as warden. 
We're told there have been questions among guards about whether Crickmar has enough experience for Hays Prison. Walker State, the prison he comes from, is just over half the size of Hays, and the worst offenders aren't even housed there.
In the past three weeks, 16 officers gave their notices, quit or were transferred to another facility.
Some guards say they fear the worst when the partial lockdown at the prison is finally lifted.
Even though guards now have stab-proof vests and have gone through pepper spray training, they say inmates are making threats and that administrators aren't concerned enough about guards' safety.
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A Chattanooga police officer shot a man he said tried to run him over on Saturday.
Police say 24-year-old Lebron Brown was shot in the arm when he tried to run over Officer Nathan Rogers on Elmwood Drive. 
Rogers, who was uninjured, has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
Brown drove himself to the hospital, where he was arrested on a charge of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
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About 300 fake IDs were used to get unauthorized workers jobs at a furniture maker in Cleveland.

245 employees at Jackson Furniture Industries in Bradley County lost their jobs after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flagged their paperwork.
And yet most were not arrested or deported. In fact, many of the workers who used fake documents will be able to continue to live and work in the United States, despite being identified by the government as unauthorized.
Now days, unless you're an illegal alien with a violent criminal history or you represent a national security threat, officials say the odds of being deported are basically zero.

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A 23-year-old Cleveland woman was ticketed after she tried to swim an inlet in New Jersey.

Authorities say Amy Sartor was 200 yards off the jetty by the time Coast Guard rescuers reached her.

The ticket carries a fine of up to $500 dollars. Sartor says she plans to fight the ticket in court.

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And the celebrity guest for this year's She Expo has been announced.

Duck Dynasty's Miss Kay is coming to Chattanooga July 27th for the expo.

Tickets are $12 online and $15 dollars at the door. And we're told more celebrity guests will be announced soon.

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