WNY/Rochester Regional Health Updates Visitation Policy

New Visitation Guidelines go into effect January 11, 2022 Press release Rochester, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health is reinstating an enhanced hospital visitation policy, effective Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Also, going into effect that day is a new masking policy for visitors. With the rapid transmission of the omicron variant and dramatic rise of …

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WNY/Family hoping to raise funds to assist their sister in getting a double lung transplant after COVID leaves her on a ventilator

34-year-old Ashley Ellis tested positive for COVID-19 in early November and was isolating at home in Filmore. When her symptoms started to get worse, and she was struggling to breath, she called her doctor who advised her to go to the hospital. After much persuasion she went to WCCH in …

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WNY/Former Dansville substitute teacher arrested on multiple child pornography charges, investigators looking for the public’s assistance in the investigation

Press release Investigators Looking for Assistance from the Public ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Derek Hagen, 29, of Batavia, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing, receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison …

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NYS POLICE/Pursuit involving multiple agencies results in arrests in Batavia

Press release On September 2, 2021, Troopers out of SP Newstead arrested Anthony T. Drake, 25, of Hornell, NY for Reckless Endangerment 1st degree (D Felony), Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degree and multiple traffic tickets.  The passenger in the vehicle, Brittany N. Howland, …

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