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Sheriff: Eighteen arrested of 26 indicted on drug-related charges

Posted at 9:00 pm July 17, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Paul White

Paul White

Eighteen of the 26 people indicted on drug-related charges by an Anderson County grand jury in June and July have been arrested, Sheriff Paul White said Thursday. Four were arrested in June after the indictments were returned, and the other 14 have been arrested since Monday, the sheriff said in a press release.

The arrests are the result of long hours of hard work by investigators of the Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit, White said. The agencies that cooperated in the investigations were the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, the Clinton Police Department, the Oak Ridge Police Department, the Rocky Top (Lake City) Police Department, the 7th Judicial District Crime Task Force, and the District Attorney General’s Office.

“Our thanks for the teamwork from all the law enforcement agencies involved in these investigations,” which are ongoing, White said.

Here is the list of those arrested and their charges, as reported by the Sheriff’s Department: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 7th Judicial District Crime Task Force, Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Civitan Club of Clinton, District Attorney General’s Office, drug-related charges, grand jury, Oak Ridge Police Department, Paul White, Rocky Flats, Special Operations Unit

Udall, Alexander reintroduce plan for independent panel to help Cold War nuclear workers

Posted at 12:24 pm August 1, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

Mark Udall

Mark Udall

U.S. senators Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat, and Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan plan to create an independent advisory panel to help Cold War workers from Oak Ridge and other nuclear weapons facilities get the help they need to treat cancer and other illnesses they developed as a result of exposure to radiation, a press release said.

“The panel would oversee the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which has been plagued by procedural inconsistencies and delays, preventing former nuclear workers from accessing the benefits they are owed,” the release said.

It said about 600,000 workers were unknowingly exposed to radioactive and toxic substances while employed at U.S. atomic weapons program facilities during the Cold War era. Because of this exposure, thousands of Americans now have developed debilitating—and often terminal—diseases. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: advisory panel, Anderson County, atomic weapons, cancer, claims, Cold War, diseases, Ed Perlmutter, Ed Whitfield, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, illnesses, Jared Polis, Lamar Alexander, Mark Udall, nuclear weapons facilities, nuclear workers, radiation, Roane County, Rocky Flats, Toxic Substances and Worker Health Advisory Board Act

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