BATAVIA/Friends and family welcome Olivia home after lung transplant in Cleveland

Video by Julie Carasone Olivia Maniace, 20, of Batavia returned home to Batavia this afternoon after she underwent a lung transplant on October 30th at the Cleveland Clinic. She was greeted by friends and family at the truck parking lot at the Batavia exit on the thruway. Engine 11 with …

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BATAVIA/Town of Batavia Fire gives Board update on new firehouse after fire protection agreement renewal

A public hearing in regards to fire protection services was held before the regular Batavia Town Board meeting on Wednesday night. A group of volunteers with the Town of Batavia Fire Department attended the public hearing and also updated the Town Board on the progress of a new Station 2 …

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BATAVIA POLICE REPORT/East Main street woman facing charges after incident with live-in boyfriend

Katty L. Jackson, 23, of East Main St., Batavia, is charged with harassment 2nd, criminal mischief 4th, strangulation 2nd and unlawful imprisonment 2nd following an investigation in to a physical domestic incident with her live-in boyfriend on East Main street on December 7, 2019. Jackson was arraigned in City Court …

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STATE POLICE/Cold Case Tuesday: New York State Police in Batavia continue to investigate the 1983 homicide of a Florida woman found in Orleans County

PRESS RELEASE Cold Case Tuesday:  New York State Police in Batavia continue to investigate the 1983 homicide of a Florida woman found in Orleans County. On October 29, 1983, a body was found by a hunter off of State Route 63 in the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, in the town …

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