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MONDAY 162nd YEAr • No. 228 JANUArY 23, 2017 CLEvELANd, TN 16 pAGES • 50¢ Man indicted in shooting turns himself in to TBI By BRIAN GRAVES ring that day at the Bradley County Landfill Meigs County Sheriff Jack Melton reported day regarding a shooting that had taken Banner Staff Writer at 282 Natures Trail in McDonald. Jeremy the pursuit which began in that county even- place at the local landfill, operated by Santek Headley, 24, was found dead as the result of tually moved into Hamilton County, where Waste Services Inc. Once patrol deputies An Alabama man turned himself into a shooting. During the course of the investi- the sheriff’s department there had a vehicle arrived on the scene, Headley’s body was agents of the Tennessee Bureau of gation, agents developed information that led struck in the incident. The chase ended in located on the property. Investigation early Sunday morning following them to Treuchet as the individual responsi- Bradley County. Some media outlets reported the shooter an indictment of first-degree murder. ble for the death of Headley. The driver of that vehicle was identified as was an employee of Santek, but that turned The Bradley County Grand Jury on Crump could not comment on the evidence Daniel Warren, 32, who was taken into cus- out to be inaccurate. Wednesday returned the true bill against presented to the grand jury, but did say he tody on Bancroft Road. The passenger was Treuchet was an employee of Wright Mark Steven Treuchet, 53, of Columbiana, felt the panel "got it absolutely right." identified as Headley, who reportedly fled Brothers Contracting Inc. The company did Ala. in the case of a shooting at the Bradley The incident involved a multiagency chase after which the Bradley County Sheriff’s not identify him at the time, but acknowl- County Landfill on Sept. 8. which began in Meigs County, and ended on Office assisted in searching for him. edged it was their employee involved in the At the request of 10th District Attorney Bancroft Road in Bradley County, with the A call was received by the shooting. General Steve Crump, TBI special agents driver of the pickup truck involved being Cleveland/Bradley County 911 began investigating a shooting death occur- arrested by Hamilton County officials. Communications Center at 4:48 p.m. that See SHOOTING, Page 13 Treuchet Inside Today Utility’s MY FIRST INAUGURATION revenue Banner reporter remains relives history: strong good and bad headed By BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer into cold WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was a crowd on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Friday to watch the inauguration of November numbers Super Falcons! Donald Trump as 45th president of the United States. That is not an evaluation of photographs. That is from Atlanta Falcons quarterback up in all 3 divisions someone who was there, and receiver Julio Jones picked stood in the lines, pushed By RICK NORTON apart the Green Bay defense A PERSPECTIVE and shoved forward, and Associate Editor Sunday to reach the Super Bowl stood awestruck at this against the New England Patriots. Despite sliding slowly into the county’s peaceful transition of power. ESPN will be on the campus of cooler and wetter weather condi- I was there and these are my observations and true stories Lee University Thursday to broad- tions of November, revenue in all on what it is like to attend this every four-year ritual of cast the basketball game three major divisions at democracy. between the Flames and Union Cleveland Utilities outperformed This is my chance to share with Cleveland Daily Banner University. The CSCC Cougars budgeted forecasts. readers what you may not have seen or heard as you dropped two games to Walters According to a monthly finan- watched the event on television. State. See Sports, Pages 9-11. cial report by Marshall Stinnett, My journey started in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday vice president and chief operat- morning, boarding a bus with its sights set on the nation’s ing officer at CU, revenue Getting to know capital. exceeded expectations in the Some nine hours later, we hit the streets of Washington, Electric, Water and Wastewater those ‘devices’ D.C. and it became obvious this was not going to be like my divisions during the month of As technology, and the accompa- last journey there 37 years ago with my high school band. November. Stinnett’s update Let’s talk traffic. Lanes and lanes and lanes of vehicles of nying world of information, continue came during a recent gathering all types filled the criss-crossing streets. of the Cleveland Board of Public to evolve, more and more Movement was inch-by-inch in some sections, especially Americans are becoming even more Utilities. adjacent to the White House and the presidential parade As part of his monthly briefing, infatuated with their “devices.” Read reviewing stand. Stinnett also pointed out CU will about one in the guest “Viewpoint” Traffic was also hindered by the several intersections that Banner photo, LITA ESQUINANCE see a rate decrease of 1.26 per- published on Page 12 of today’s were blocked on purpose for obvious security reasons. Seeing BANNEr STAff wrITEr BrIAN GrAvES is seen on the cent from TVA during January. edition. a group of National Guardsmen and their tan trucks became grounds of the U.S. Capitol following the inauguration ceremonies of The rate change is driven by President Donald Trump on Friday. TVA’s Fuel Cost Adjustment. See INAUGURATION, Page 4 “This brings us to a rate of Forecast 9.509 per kWh,” Stinnett explained. “For the month of Showers are probable today, but December, we saw a rate of 9.630 most of those were expected per kWh.” before 8 a.m. High near 54. In the Electric Division, CU’s Northwest wind around 15 mph, cost of purchased power from with gusts as high as 25 mph. TVA as a percentage of retail Chance of precipitation is 80 per- sales in November was 77.4 per- cent. New precipitation amounts cent, as compared to the same between a tenth and quarter of an month a year ago. Year to date, inch possible. CU’s purchased power costs from TVA stand at 80.5 percent, Tonight, a 20 percent chance of compared to budgeted forecasts showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 80.9 percent for fiscal year around 39. West wind around 10 2017. mph. Purchased power costs as a Tuesday, sunny skies with a high percentage of retail sales repre- near 57. Northwest wind around 5 sent CU’s total payment to TVA mph becoming south in the after- for electricity at wholesale pric- noon. Tuesday night, skies will be ing, as compared to the local partly cloudy with a low around 43. utility’s electric-service revenue from local customers (both resi- dential and commercial) at retail Index pricing. “The results for November are Classified......................................15 electric sales revenue for the Comics...........................................6 month of $7,298,411, which was offset by purchased power of Editorials......................................12 $5,648,166,” Stinnett said. “This Horoscope......................................6 resulted in an operating margin MINI Page......................................5 of $1,650,245. This is compared Obituaries.......................................2 to a budgeted margin of Sports........................................9-11 Banner photo, BrIAN GrAvES $1,377,409 for the month of TV Schedule..................................7 vENdorS wErE pLENTIfUL throughout Washington, D.C., selling their Trump memorabilia. Weather..........................................8 See REVENUE, Page 13 Around Town Jen Madden sending a huge CU board approves audits, hears operation reports blanket “thank you” to a group of new friends in Tennessee who By RICK NORTON the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. CU traffic lighting crews provided instal- December. she’ll be helping in months to Associate Editor Voting in support of the audit results lation at six of the junctions and a In another development during the ses- come ... Van Marosek excited to were Aubrey Ector, board chairman; Tennessee Department of Transportation sion, CU board members approved a talk again with a friend by tele- Acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2016 Eddie Cartwright, board vice chairman; contractor installed the other four. change authorization with Jacobs phone who she hopes to meet audit, updates on a string of Electric and board members Joe Cate, Chari Borden said an additional side street Engineeers in the amount of $21,750 for some day in person ... Tom Division projects and progress updates Buckner and Mayor Tom Rowland, the approach was added to the project at the engineering services for preparing an SRF on two traffic lighting initiatives high- Rowland providing some informa- latter of whom represents the Cleveland Third Street and Grove Avenue location. (State Revolving Fund) Facilities Plan and tion about a special visitor to lighted a recent formal gathering of the bidding services for the Georgetown Road Cleveland Board of Public Utilities. City Council on the CU board. He said the utility company’s traffic sig- Cleveland ... Steve Hartline being The two traffic lighting reports were nal coordinator — Tad Bacon — complet- Water Storage Tank and Water Booster congratulated on the 60th The audit, which included no major Pump Station project. findings, was uanimously approved on a provided by Bart Borden, vice president ed the radar programming, and other anniversary of his radio station. of CU’s Electric Division. tasks associated with the installation. Tim Henderson, president and CEO at 5-0 vote by board members. Cleveland Utilities, explained the project. They included: n The new traffic signals at APD-40 The utility governing body heard a “On Oct. 27, 2011, the board approved n detailed report on the audit during a Installation of Wavetronix radar and the 20th Street ramp, as well as at a contract with Jacobs Engineers in the December session by Mark Lay of the detection equipment was completed at all King Street, were placed into flashing amount of $77,300 for design and bid- auditing firm of Arnett, Kirksey, Kimsey, of the 10 intersections affected by the operation in November.

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