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Chattanooga Update - July 3, 2013

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

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Update on March 19, 2015: Charges against Shanae Kirksey have been dismissed.

First of all, A nursing assistant is accused of slapping a patient at NHC HealthCare of Chattanooga.
27-year-old Shanae Kirksey is accused of slapping the patient on the butt while cleaning her.
Another staff member witnessed the act and said that Kirksey yelled at the patient when she wouldn't move.
Kirksey denied to police that she struck the woman, and administrators say she hasn't worked at the facility since the incident happened last year.
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Several cities have already cancelled their fireworks shows because of the weather this year.
In fact, the rain is projected to be so heavy that forecasters say it could be one of the wettest Independence Days Chattanooga has ever seen.
Fireworks have been cancelled in Collegedale, Fort Oglethorpe, and Soddy Daisy.
Collegedale rescheduled for September 1 and Soddy Daisy rescheduled for October 5.
Nevertheless, one of the biggest celebrations, tonight's Pops on the River, is scheduled to go on as planned.
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Chattanooga is one step closer to allowing urban chickens, but you may have to run it past your neighbors first.

The city council has voted to require citizens to get written approval from neighbors before putting up henhouses.

Still, some say they don't want the issue to ruffle any feathers.

Councilman Larry Grohn says the rule could end up pitting neighbor against neighbor and put people in uncomfortable positions.

The council will vote again on the ordinance next week.
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A new report says Representative Chuck Fleischmann gave to President Obama's inauguration.

The Ooltewah Republican and his wife contributed a combined $605 dollars for an official inauguration event.

The donations seem a little unusual considering Fleischmann supported Mitt Romney, and he was the only Tennesseean in Congress, democrat or republican, who gave recorded contributions to the inauguration.
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Dozens of people have been arrested and nine meth labs have been shut down after a two-month investigation in Grundy County.

Authorities used data from cold medicine sales at local pharmacies to connect the cases.

Meth labs were found in the woods, in run-down campers, and even in some nice homes.

One of the meth cooks arrested said he was more addicted to the process of making the drug than the actual drug itself.
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And supporters are trying to raise $8,000 dollars to save a piece of Red Bank history.

Red Bank Middle School will be demolished in a few weeks, but many in the community want to save a brick mosaic outside the auditorium.

Organizers hope to reassemble the sculpture on the high school campus. So far, the project's only raised about $1,000 dollars.

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