WYOMING COUNTY/A thank you to people and businesses for helping out

Press release On behalf of the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), I would like to thank the many individuals, agencies, businesses, and organizations who have stepped up and offered assistance and/or donations during this difficult time as we, as a community, attempt to combat …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/35 more positive cases reported, second death in Orleans

Press release The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments have received 35 more COVID-19 cases. Orleans has 5 new cases and Genesee has 30. Contact tracing has been initiated. Of the total new positive cases for Genesee County, 29 non-community spread cases were confirmed at the Batavia ICE Facility. The …

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BATAVIA POLICE REPORT/Highland Park resident charged after threatening a person with a knife

OV Murphy, 61, of Highland Park, Batavia, is charged with burglary 2nd, attempted assault 2nd, menacing 2nd and criminal possession of a weapon 3rd, following an investigation into an incident that occurred in a residence on Highland Park on April 10, 2020 at 9:35p.m. Murphy allegedly entered another persons room …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/8 new cases reported in Orleans county and 5 in Genesee

SITUATIONAL UPDATE New Cases · As of 2:00 p.m. today: 4.17.2020 o Genesee County received 5 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 92 positive cases § Four positive cases reside in Batavia and one resides in Pembroke. § One individual is in their 20’s, one individual is …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Office of Emergency Management/Use cloth face coverings to help slow the spread

Press release In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, all New Yorkers are required to wear a face covering in public when social distancing isn’t possible. In addition, Executive Order 202.6, requiring essential businesses to issue face masks or protective covering to all employees who interact with the …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Daily press releases by Wyoming County Emergency Operation Center to be discontinued, statistics will be available on the Wyoming County homepage

PRESS RELEASE April 17, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m. Chairman of the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, Jerry L. Davis, reports: As of earlier today, Friday, April 17, the Wyoming County Health Department reports forty-four(44) lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 among Wyoming County residents. This is unchanged from Thursday, April 16. …

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