Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 11, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

VIOLENCE IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI EARLY THIS MORNING AS A POLICE SHOOTING LEFT ONE MAN DEAD. AROUND SIX THIS MORNING, MAUI POLICE, ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT ON A MAN IN MAKAWAO. THINGS TURNED VIOLENT, OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN THE ENCOUNTER AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A MALE INDIVISUAL WAS FOUND DECEASED IN A NEARBY VEHICLE. INCIDENT DETAILS ARE ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THERE WILL BE RANDOM ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTS FOR PUBLIC WORKERS. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DUKE AIONA AND DAYTON NAKANELUA OF THE UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS UNION SIGNED AN AGREEMNENT TODAY THAT CALLS FOR A - QUOTE - REASONABLE SUSPICION AND RANDOM DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR ALL BLUE-COLLAR, NON-SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES OF BARGAINING UNIT 1. THE AGREEMENT, WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE END OF THE CURRENT UNION CONTRACT IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, AFFECTS 23 HUNDRED STATE EMPLOYEES.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

ALOHA AUNTY NONA. BELOVED HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINER AND EDUCATOR WINONA "AUNTY NONA" BEAMER HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 84. FAMILY MEMBERS SAY SHE DIED YESTERDAY AT HER HOME IN LAHAINA AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF ILLNESS. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ISLAND ENTERTAINERS KEOLA AND KAPONO BEAMER. SHE WAS ALSO A TEACHER OF HAWAIIAN CULTURE, AS WELL AS A RECORDING ARTIST, SONGWRITER AND STORYTELLER WHO RECEIVED MANY AWARDS.

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A FATAL SHOOTING IN MAKAWAO THIS MORNING. AT SIX THIS MORNING, POLICE ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A VICE/NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT. THE SUSPECT FLED IN A VEHICLE, STRIKING AND INJURING THREE POLICE OFFICERS - WHO THEN FIRED ON THE SUSPECT. THAT 38 YEAR OLD MAN DIED FROM HIS INJURIES, AND A FEMALE JUVENILE SUSPECT - WHO WAS UNINJURED - WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

ISLAND WEATHER - SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT, LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

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