NYS Police/Warsaw/One car fatal collision in Bennington

PRESS RELEASE On January 15, 2021 at 2:41 P.M., Troopers out of SP Warsaw responded to Bullis Road in the town of Bennington for a one vehicle collision.  Further investigation revealed that a 2012 Jeep was traveling north bound on Bullis Road and exited the east side of the roadway …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Two deaths and 99 new positive cases reported

NYS-run Vaccination Sites: Updated 01/14/21 – The ‘Am I Eligible’ website has changed this afternoon to only show the NYS-run vaccination sites. The COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline is for scheduling vaccination appointments for eligible New Yorkers at the New York State-run vaccination sites only: 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829). Use their online tool to …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia man accused of smoking crack in Sheriff’s Office vestibule

Chad M. Johnston, 34, of Washington Ave., Batavia, is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 4th/stimulant, after he was observed by dispatchers on security camera inside the Sheriff’s Office vestibule, using a lighter in the corner on January 13, 2021 at 11:43pm. Upon further investigation, Johnston was found …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Supply of vaccine is not meeting the demand, residents asked to be patient

Press release Orleans County has been working diligently to distribute the limited supply of vaccine received in their continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the County, Orleans Community Health and Oak Orchard Health Center have been administering the vaccine mostly to Priority Group 1A. With the recent addition …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/One death and 88 new positive cases reported/Health Alert at Batavia’s Original

Data Update – 1/13/21/-Due to the volume and rapidly changing numbers we are no longer reporting mandatory quarantine data. o Genesee County received 49 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 3184 positive cases. § The new positive cases reside in the: · West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke) …

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