Writing Radio News Stories

9.1

Drinking Bill
A new drinking bill was just passed by the State Legislature earlier today// The bill will raise the current drinking age from 19 to 21//   The bill is sponsored by Representative Tom Harley// The Senate discussed the bill during a 30 hour period in a marathon debate and passed the bill with 18 votes to 12//  The House discussed the bill the same amount of time and passed it 55 votes to 40///

Honor Society
The University of Virginia will be announcing the honor society inductions next Friday// Alpha Alpha is the university honor society who will be naming 35 students that received honor society status//  The names of the students will be kept secret until the night of the event // The ceremony will be held at the student center at 10 in the morning///

9.2

Theft Investigation
The Liberty Police Department are continuing the investigation into auto theft ring// Police Chief, Clayton Wheat announced the investigation at a press conference this morning// The auto theft ring is responsible for over 200 auto thefts last year alone// Most of the cars found showed signs of being dissembled and sold as individual part// A further investigation for the crime has been expanded into surrounding counties// Any information on the subject can be reported anonymously to the LUPD at 555-555-5555///

Industry Returning
A new machine tool plant was announced this morning and will be locally coming soon// A Local group of investors from First Trust Bank led by bank president Joe E. Jamison are planning on buying the abandoned Lochs Papermill to make the new plant quicker// This group of investors teamed up with Textron Corp//  Refurbishing the plant will take about one year but when it is finished/ it will employ over 200 people///

9.3

House Fire
A photographer is in the hospital this morning after falling timbers from a burning house fell on him// Photographer, Don Kerlinger (ker-LYN-ger) is recovering from minor burns and bruises after burning timber fell on him while he was trying to take pictures of the scene// The house was located on Woodland Lake and took three fire engines to fight the fire for more than an hour// The fire consumed the house worth over 150 thousand dollars but no one else was in the house at that time///

Historic Document
Another piece of history was found this morning in the attic of a local woman's house// Mattie Harrington was going through some papers in a trunk when she stumbled across an old letter written by Robert E. Lee dating back to August 17, 1863// She says the letter was written to her great- grandfather after the battle of Gettysburg// In the letter Lee talked about the battle and admitted many mistakes he make during that time while expressing optimism about the outcome of the war// The document is now being  checked for authenticity and is in the custody of Virginia University's history department///