Although Texas A&M officials adamantly denied Wednesday that a decision has been made to terminate the link between Scott and White Memorial Hospital and the Texas A&M College of Medicine, talks are ongoing to change the working relationship.Texas A&M College of Medicine and Health Science Center representatives confirmed Wednesday that they have submitted four alternatives to Scott and White and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System. The stated goal is to improve the medical education facilities in Temple.The VA has found three acceptable, but Scott and White has rejected all four.Dr. Alfred Knight, chief executive officer of Scott and White Memorial Hospital/Foundation and Scott and White Health Plan, said, "To me the question is why do we have to talk about the relationship when we have been successful for 23 years and the new models that have been proposed are different from what has been successful for 23 years?"

The Temple City Council will consider an extension in the time period given to Westward Ltd. Cinemark of Utah to build a theater that is part of a tax abatement granted to the company by the council in 1999 at a 5 p.m. meeting today in the municipal building.The increase is requested by the Temple Economic Development Corporation

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The epic saga of Temple's new movie theater continues at 5 p.m. today with the scene being a Temple City Council meeting in the municipal building.The group will consider whether to modify a tax abatement it granted to Westward Ltd. Cinemark of Utah in December 1999 for the construction of a new 10-screen theater with stadium seating at 4103 S. 31st St. after the current Cinema 5 on the plot is torn down.The firm bought the Cinema 5 and Cinema 6 properties in November 1999.Cinemark requested the proposed change which would extend the time on the abatement.John Prickette Jr., president of the Temple Economic Development Corporation

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High school football on the radio has long been a staple enjoyed by Central Texas fans. However, a national media conglomerate's recent acquisition of four stations

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