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Chattanooga Update - June 20, 2013

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

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Hello Chattanooga. Here's a quick look at today's top stories.

First of all, UTC students may have to pay 6 percent more for tuition this fall.

The board of trustees will vote on the tuition hike today, which applies to all students, whether they come from Tennessee or out of state.

Students may have to pay about $300 more for tuition a year.

The hike would generate about $3.4 million dollars for UTC, which would help support a pay raise for employees and allow the university to hire new faculty.
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Next up, a chilling 911 recording reveals the last minutes of a man's life before he was brutally run over by a pick up truck.

Horace Morgan died six minutes after placing the call on June 10.

Police say the incident happened after an argument broke out at a Whitfield County McDonalds.

Frank Bozzie has been charged with murder, aggravated assault and battery in the crime.
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Also, a local pastor was shot while trying to stop an armed robbery in Chattanooga.

Santos Morales was shot in the side Monday night when he says four men tried to rob his friend.

Police arrested 23-year-old Travis Martin and three juveniles for the crime. Two of the suspects are just 13-years-old.

All four now face attempted murder charges.
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And in a story out of Rockwood, Tennessee, a toddler was found playing alone on railroad tracks yesterday. The two year-old boy was wearing only a diaper, when a witness saw the child and removed him shortly before a train came through.

The child's parents have been charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect. 
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The so-called whiskey law may have passed, allowing distilleries to open in Hamilton County -- but it turns out, not everyone in the county will be included. Commissioners voted yesterday to exempt unincorporated parts of the county from the new law. That means it won't be legal to distill liquor there unless residents pass a referendum.
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Rhea County is striking a business deal with the mayor of Dayton to purchase land for a new jail.

Commissioners have voted to pay Gary LouAllen $350,000 dollars for land that he owns.

It's a move that some are criticizing as a misuse of taxpayer money.

Only two commissioners, Grover Parks and Ron Masterson, voted against the purchase.
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Also, TVA is facing a $70,000 dollar fine for violations at its Watts Bar nuclear plant.

Federal regulators say the utility didn't adequately verify the quality of safety equipment installed at the reactor.
TVA isn't contesting the penalty. Instead, they say they've taken steps to make sure it won't happen again.
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In state politics, Governor Haslam's top deputy, Claud Ramsey, will step down this August.
Ramsey is a former mayor of Hamilton County. He's 70 years old, and says he wants to spend more time with his family. 
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Finally, Cee Lo Green is apologizing for his performance at this year's Riverbend Festival.

Green arrived 45 minutes late for his show, which reportedly included profanity, drinking on stage, and mooning the audience.

After Riverbend organizers were flooded with complaints, executive director Chip Baker told reporters Cee Lo wouldn't be invited back.

Now Green says he's asking for forgiveness and that he meant no harm.

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