Monday News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on October 7, 2024
High School Football Weekend Wrap-up
This past weekend all 6 of Genesee County’s varsity high school football teams were in action with a varying degree of success.
In the biggest game of the week, the Batavia Blue Devils made a strong statement beating previously undefeated HFL by a score of 32-16. Bronx Bucholz led the Blue Devils with 3 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown. Le Roy/Cal-Mum got back on track with a dominant 40-0 victory over Livonia moving their record to 2-3 on the year. Notre Dame/Byron-Bergen traveled to Avon where they lost 62-7 to the #4 state-ranked Riverhawks. York/Pavilion hosted Canisteo-Greenwood and were defeated 13-0. The OAE Aggies defeated Attica 27-19 to move to 3-2 on the season. Finally, the Alexander Trojans dominated previously undefeated Geneseo winning 38-0 moving their record to 4-1 on the year.
This upcoming weekend has another entertaining slate of games so stay tuned to find out what games we will cover.
100 Gallons of Diesel Fuel Poured into Ditch from a Le Roy Accident
Video News Service reports, that Saturday afternoon a accident in Le Roy resulted in 100 gallons of diesel fuel ending up in a ditch.
Around 2 pm Saturday, the Leroy and Bergen Fire Departments responded to an accident on Route 19 near Parmelee Road. The accident involved a car, a tractor-trailer, and a farm vehicle that was traveling on the road. Fortunately, no injuries were reported as a result of the accident, but the damage required the road to be shut down for several hours. Hydraulic fluid covered a 300-foot area of the road and 100 gallons diesel fuel poured into a ditch.
The DEC was contacted and is doing an investigation to see how bad the contamination is.
Senator George Borrello Asks for Answers on Electric Bus Mandates
Over the weekend New York Senator George Borrello asked Governor Kathy Hochul to clarify her plan for electric bus mandates.
The concerns from Borrello stem from voters in Chautauqua County voting against electric buses in their local school districts. Borrello wants Hochul to clarify how she plans on addressing the public resistance to the electric buses. Borrello believes voters are rightfully concerned about the cost of the buses, their vulnerability to cold weather, and how they will handle long field trips.
Senator Borrello said, “My question to the Hochul administration is, ‘Where do we go from here’? The school officials are trapped between the state mandate and their district taxpayers. The voters obviously don’t want this forced on them by the state, at least not now. This is one more example of how Albany’s haste to push through a radical law, without due diligence and stakeholder input, has backfired.”
