FROM THE RADIO NEWS DEPARTMENT

Officials With Mountain States Health Alliance And Wellmont Health System Will Get A Chance Thursday To Provide The Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Board Of Control With Answers To The Board’s Questions Concerning Their Respective Proposals To Acquire The Hospital. Both Sides Will Be Allowed Time To Give Presentations On Their Revised Acquisition Proposals, Which Were Submitted To The Board Last Month. There Will Also Be A Question-And-Answer Session With Each System. The Meeting Will Take Place At Three O’clock This Afternoon In The Hospital Boardroom.

Sullivan County Has Cut It’s Free Monthly Day For County Residents To Drop Off Demolition Landfill Items. For Nearly 20 Years, The County Has Footed The Cost For County Residents To Take Their Trash Or Other Debris To The City Of Kingsport’s Demolition Landfill One Day Per Month. Lucian Lawson, The County’s Solid Waste Director Said He Just Didn’t Have The Funding To Do It Any Longer. Revenues Have Diminished Since The Opening Of A Commercial Landfill In Blountville.

Rogersville Leaders Had A Chance To Get A Look At The First Proposed Ordinances For Liquor By The Drink And Package Store Licenes. Both Proposals Were Drafted By City Attorney Bill Phillips. City Leaders Will Study Both Proposed Ordinances And Meet Again November 29th To Discuss Further Ideas For The Final Proposals.

A Discrimination Lawsuit Brought Against The City Of Bluff City By Its Mayor Has Been Dismissed. Mayor Irene Wells Who Is Black Filed The Lawsuit Claiming She Was Not Hired To Be City Manager Because Of Her Race. She Also Stated That Other Members Of The Board Of Alderman Made Racial Comments Toward Her. The Tennessee Human Rights Commission Found No Reasonable Cause To Believe That The City Engaged In Discriminatory Practices.

Johnson City Authorities Are Asking For The Public’s Help In Locating A Bandit Who Held Up A City Eatery. The Holdup Occurred At Little Caesar’s On South Roan Street. The Suspect Is 5-3 To 5-4, 115 To 120 Pounds, With Blonde Hair And Wearing Sneakers. The Robber Got Into A Light Blue Vehicle Being Driven By A White Male. Anyone With Any Information Is Asked To Call Johnson City Police At 423-434-6166 Or Crimestoppers.

Johnson City Schools Have Received A Prestigious Award. The School System’s Health Program Is One Of Eighteen Recipients To Earn The Healthier Schools Challenge Platinum Level Award. The School System Completed Eleven Of The Twelve Required Criteria To Win The Award. The Healthier Schools Challenge Is A Voluntary, Statewide Initiative Recognizing School Systems For Their Participation In Merging Health And Academics To Create Student Success.

A Johnson City Cancer Facility Has Closed Its Doors. Mcleod Cancer And Blood Center Shutdown Monday After Failing To Receive Financing Needed To Open Under A New Name. Officials Reportedly Said They Were Denied Loans To Start The New Facility. The Center’s Business Manager Recently Pled Guilty In Federal Court In Greeneville To Receiving Unapproved Drugs. Former Employees Are Now Making Sure That Patients Are Relocated To Other Treatment Clinics In Our Area.

A Johnson City Call Center Is Looking For About 200 Employees. Advanced Call Center Technologies Is Seeking To Fill Customer Service, Collections And Sales Positions At Its Boones Creek Location. Applicants Must Be Able To Type At Least 25 Words Per Minute, Use Computer Systems And Communicate Effectively With Clients. Employees Will Receive Benefits And Monthly Incentives. To Apply, Go Online To Acttoday.Com.

The Fbi Has Confirmed About A Dozen Of Its Agents Were At A Greeneville Home Collecting Evidence In The Back Yard Of A Residence On Rainbow Circle. Special Agent Kevin Keithly With The Johnson City Fbi Office Said The Investigation Involves A Civil Rights Matter Surrounding The Shooting Of A 15-Year Old Male. In June 2006, Four Males Reportedly Broke Into A Home On Jim Fox Road, Taped The Hands Of Two Men At The Home, And Physically Assaulted Them. Three Of The Suspects Fled To A Home On Rainbow Circle, Where The Fbi Paid A Visit. Keithly Said The Investigation Involves An Officer With The Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Thanks To Two New Contracts, Nuclear Fuel Services Will Continue Its Work With The U.S. Government. The Contracts, Worth Over 100-Million Dollars, Were Awarded By The U.S. Department Of Energy. In Addition To Making Nuclear Fuel For The U.S. Navy, NFS Also Downblends Highly Enriched Uranium Material. The Company Employs About 1-Thousand People Including Long-Term Contractors And Security Personnel.

Johnson City Police Have Arrested A Gray Tennessee Man In Connection With A Pharmacy Holdup. 26 Year Old Dustin Smith Is Charged With Attempted Robbery Of Gray Pharmacy On Suncrest St. Monday. Smith Allegedly Drove Up To The Drive Through Window And Demanded Narcotics In Exchange For No One Being Hurt. Employees Feared The Man Had A Weapon. Smith Was Taken Into Custody Yesterday While In General Sessions Court On An Unrelated Case. Smith Is Being Held On A 50-Thousand Dollars Bond And Will Be Arraigned Today.

A 13 Year Old Johnson City Boy Accused Of Brandishing A Knife At His Brother Is Being Held In The Regional Juvenile Detention Center. It Happened Monday At A Home On Lynn Road. The Unnamed Child Was Allegedly In An Argument With His Brother When He Displayed The Knife And Chased His Brother While Threatening To Use The Weapon. The Teen Will Appear In Juvenile Court Soon.