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Chattanooga Update - August 7, 2013

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

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Consumer reports has released its first nationwide review of surgical care at hospitals.

And Chattanooga hospitals are urging a second opinion.

None of the city's three major hospitals ranked highly in the review.
Erlanger and Memorial both received the lowest-possible "Poor" rating. And Parkridge Medical Center only scored in the middle of the chart with a 'good' ranking, halfway between better and worse.
Consumer Reports analyzed Medicare billing information to determine how patients fared during and after surgeries.
Still, local hospitals say billing data isn't completely indicative of a hospital's performance. And they pointed out that many high-performing hospitals with world-class reputations received low ratings in the review.
Plus, they say ratings may not be the best way to measure something as complex as modern healthcare.
Still, Consumer Reports maintains that the ratings are the best available on the market.
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Two people are dead and one other injured after a wreck early this morning on Interstate 24 in Marion County.

The Highway Patrol says two people were ejected from the car. One was found dead on the scene and the other later died at a hospital.
Investigators say the accident appears to be alcohol-related and the two people ejected might not have been wearing seatbelts.

The wreck happened around 1:30 a.m. The survivor is still being treated at Erlanger.
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Roper is spending $88 million dollars to expand its LaFayette appliance plant.

The factory is adding a production line there, which will bring new jobs to a plant that was forced to cut 300 workers during the recession.

Roper eventually brought most of those jobs back, and now it could be adding dozens more.

Both Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Sen. Johnny Isakson plan to speak to the plant's 15 hundred workers on Friday. More details about the project are expected to be announced then.
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A Lee University student was found dead in a car on campus Monday morning.
The body of 21-year-old Johnathon Earl Messer was found in a car parked outside the school's married student apartments.
Messer graduated from Bradley Central High School in 2010. He was a junior psychology major at Lee.
Investigators don't yet know why Messer died. His body has been taken to Knoxville for an autopsy.
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A Soddy Daisy police officer is on leave after authorities say a road rage incident resulted in his following a woman home at 3 a.m.

Police say Officer Ryan Patterson followed 31-year-old Melissa Twiner to her home after she reportedly tailgated his vehicle.

It was there that Twiner's husband pulled a gun on the off duty policeman and ordered him to the ground before firing warning shots.

Patterson, who was accompanied by two women, had been drinking, according to the report, but tests showed he wasn't too intoxicated to drive.
No charges were pressed in the incident.
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Senator Bob Corker is welcoming President Obama's move to eventually replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Corker says he believes the pieces may be coming together for action before the political season begins in January.
The U.S. Senator is also seeking to downplay political gridlock in the nation's capitol. Take a look:
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And if you have an interest in history, a decade-long project to digitize Hamilton County marriage records is almost done.
For 10 years, Bill Knowles' clerks have been cataloging marriage records in their free time.
And starting this week, just about every marriage recorded in Hamilton County back to 1857 can be searched online at the county clerk's website.
But if you're looking for anything before 1857, you won't find it. Those records are believed to have been destroyed during the Civil War.
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Finally, Taco Bell is testing a new breakfast menu at its locations in Chattanooga.

The fast food chain's experimental menu includes a new creation called a waffle taco.

The waffle taco includes scrambled eggs, sausage and a side of syrup. Executives say if it does well in Chattanooga and two other cities, it may be added to the national menu.

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