HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL/Batavia knocks off Attica in last game at Van Detta Stadium

90 years ago, on September 29, 1928, the Batavia Blue Devils played their first football game at Woodward field against Medina and won 31-0. This evening the 2018 Blue Devils played their last game at Van Detta Stadium against the Attica Blue Devils and won 49-6. The stadium, field and …

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BATAVIA/Police find 6 year old who had wandered away from Jackson school

Police received a call regarding a child seen near the intersection of Ellicott and Main Streets at approximately 10:45a.m. on September 27, 2018 Officers responded and located a 6 year old child that had wandered from the Jackson Primary School. Officers transported the child back to the school and met …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Former NYDOCCS employee sentenced after sexual contact with a male inmate

On Monday, September 24, 2018, the Honorable Julie Perry of Attica Town Court sentenced former New York Division of Community and Correctional Services (NYDOCCS) employee Joann Thompson, 53, of Wyoming, to one year of interim probation for her conviction on a official misconduct  charge, a class A misdemeanor. Thompson was …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Bergen/Sheriff’s Office investigating a burglary/larceny at a shooting range/retail gun store, 14 firearms were stolen

The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary/grand larceny that occurred at the Firing Pin shooting range and retail shop at 8240 Buffalo road in Bergen that occurred sometime on September 26, 2018 just before 11:00p.m. According to investigators, the building was forcibly entered at 10:58p.m. and 14 firearms …

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