WYOMING COUNTY/Officers injured at Attica Correctional Facility

Inmate Faking Suicide Attempt Attacks Officers   Press Release   May 12, 2021 Attica , NY – Four officers went to an outside hospital for injuries sustained when an inmate attacked them after luring them into his cell with a fake suicide attempt at the maximum security prison.    On Wednesday, May 5, …

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GENESEE COUNTY/GLOW Women Rise invites the community to join us for our second annual Empowerment Forum

GLOW Women Rise invites the community to join us for our second annual EmpowermentForum, which will be held virtually on Saturday, June 5, 2021. The focus will be on theInternational Women’s Day theme #ChooseToChallenge. Discussions and workshops wereselected to motivate participants to challenge themselves and each other in the areas …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/69 new positive cases since last Friday

o Data Update– 5/11/21 New data format: We will be reporting the total number of positive cases, ages,number of active cases / mandatory isolation and on Friday’s we will include the NYS FatalityData. We will no longer be reporting by region, facility data, negative and recovered numbers.Hospitalizations and ages of …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Castile man facing felony predatory sexual assault and sexual abuse charges in indictment

Press release On Thursday, May 6, 2021, Roger L. Ballard, Jr, a 27 year old resident of Castile, New York was arraigned on an indictment issued by the Wyoming Grand Jury for the following charges: PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD (A FELONY) PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD (A …

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BATAVIA/Batavia Downs offers chance at front row season tickets to the “Rockin’ the Downs”concert series at vaccine clinic this Friday

Press release Facility is partnering with Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments BATAVIA – Officials from Batavia Downs today announced they will be partnering with the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments to host a COVID-19 Vaccination clinic Friday, May 14th from 3-7pm onsite at the Park Place Events Center. The clinic …

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