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Chattanooga Update - February 10, 2015

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Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2015 · News & Politics

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Bradley County Schools plans to vote on ending its contract with superintendent Johnny McDaniel.

The school board says it and McDaniel have differing opinions about how the administration should operate.

It claims that McDaniel proposed it would be in the system’s best interest to buy out his contract.

McDaniel was named Tennessee Superintendent of the Year in 2013.

An online petition in his support has received more than 12 hundred signatures.

The meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. February 24th.
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Angela Garmley has pleaded guilty to distributing meth.

Garmley was the key witness in a case against former Murray County judge Bryant Cochran.

In December Garmley testified that Cochran sexually harassed her.

Her attorney, McCracken Poston, says he believes Garmley was targeted because of the trial.

However, the district attorney denies that’s the case.

Garmley has been sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and 10 years of probation.

Cochran is not yet in prison. His sentencing has been been delayed while a judge decides if he deserves a second trial.
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Alabama has become the 37th state where gays can legally be married.

Several counties began dispensing marriage licenses to gay couples on Monday.

However Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, demanded that state judges refuse licenses to same-sex couples.

Because of the confusion, many judges held back and some counties shut down their marriage operations altogether.
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The former CEO of North Georgia Medical Center is accused of stealing more than a million dollars from the hospital.

Gilmer County detectives arrested 48-year-old Jeffery Mark Dunn Friday night.

The sheriff’s office says the investigation has been going on for two years and still isn’t over.

Dunn is being held on a $500,000 dollar bond.
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A judge says a Chattanooga detective didn’t make a single effort in alcohol treatment.

Officer David Catchings Jr. was arrested on DUI charges in September. In January, he was arrested again on domestic assault charges.

He was ordered to complete an alcohol treatment program and attend a support group.

But on Monday Catchings told Judge Gary Starnes that his insurance program didn’t cover the costs.

However, Alcoholics Anonymous is completely free.
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A Chattanooga man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he attacked a woman with a knife.

DeJuan Stephens reportedly tried to kill Octavia Williams when she dropped their child off with him.

Police say they were arguing and Williams kicked Stephens’ car. Then he knocked her to the ground, cut her face and neck and put his hands around her throat.

He’s been booked into jail on a $125,000 dollar bond.
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After six months of falling prices, the cost of gas is going up again.

The average price in Chattanooga has risen more than six cents over the last week.

That’s the biggest weekly jump in more than a year and a half.
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Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam is putting aside close to $100 million dollars for teacher pay raises.

The salary increases are part of the state’s new budget that takes effect July 1st.

K through 12 teachers could see up to a 4 percent raise.

Employees at state colleges and universities may also see a 1.5 percent pay increase.
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Hamilton County Judge Rebecca Stern has made her retirement plans official.

Stern has been a judge for 18 years. She plans to retire to Puerto Rico.

Her last day on the bench will be June 1st.
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Finally, Senator Bob Corker says he will not run for president in 2016.

He says it’s apparent that other serious Republican candidates are stepping forward.

In a recent survey, only 11 percent of Tennesseans believed he should run for the Oval Office.

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