Press Release In light of the current pandemic, the City of Batavia Fire Department has embraced the advice of the Genesee County Health Department and implemented a number of significant changes to our operational model and service delivery. It is our intent and a concerted effort to assist in reducing …
Press release A State of Emergency is hereby declared in the City of Batavia, New York for a period of time beginning at 4:30 p.m. on March 17, 2020 and continuing in effect for a period not to exceed five (5) days. The State of Emergency has been declared due …
Press release/Saturday March 14, 2020/1:45p.m. “There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Genesee and Orleans counties,” stated Paul Pettit, Director of Genesee & Orleans Counties Departments of Health. “While the risk of community transmission is currently low, things are rapidly evolving with this outbreak. In response, our departments …
On March 6, 2020, State Police Warsaw Troopers arrested Kyle Z. Acker, 25, of Eden, NY, for DWAI/drugs after a traffic stop on Rt. 246 in the Town of Perry. Troopers determined Acker had been allegedly operating a vehicle while in an impaired condition. During the interview, Acker made admissions …
Press release Sheriff Christopher Bourke will be temporarily suspending visitation with Orleans County Jail inmates effective March 13, 2020. This policy has been put in place to help protect inmates and Jail staff from the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. This action is a precautionary measure only. At this time, …
For the most updated information on the Coronavirus please visit the Genesee County Department of Health website: https://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ Press release The City of Batavia is taking all reasonable precautions to keep City employees and residents safe from contracting and spreading the flu and coronavirus. The City will continue to clean …
Two people spoke out against the budget in the public comments section of Monday night’s City Council Business meeting before council voted 6-2 to override the tax cap and then voted 6-2 to raise taxes by 7.5 % to make ends meet. After NYS advised many communities in WNY they …
PRESS RELEASE On December 21, 1979, the grandmother of James Dean Knox reported him missing. She reported she last saw him at her home in South Warsaw on December 9, 1979. Further investigation by the New York State Police revealed Knox had been seen by friends, associates and local …
Malik Ayala, 27, was sanctioned by Judge Charles Zambito on Friday afternoon after he missed several appointments with Horizon since October. Ayala was accepted into a Judicial Diversion Program that could last seven months or more after a County court appearance last month. While in the seven month program, he …
Press release Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) announced today that he will join Assemblyman Jake Ashby (R,C,I,Ref-Castleton), local veterans and members of the Assembly Minority Conference tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Cottreall-Warner Post 942, 818 Ridge Rd., in Webster, NY, for the first of several …