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Pete Zehler

June 12, 2026

Friday News Brief

VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE GENESEE VALLEY BOCES CAPITAL PROJECT Voters across Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties have overwhelmingly approved a $42.9 million capital project for Genesee Valley BOCES. The proposal passed by a vote of 884 to 224 and marks the first BOCES capital project since 2005 and only the second...

Pete Zehler

June 11, 2026

Thursday News Brief

BATAVIA POLICE TAKING PATROLS ELECTRIC The Batavia Police Department is embracing new technology with the use of electric bikes for downtown patrols. Patrol Officer Chance Hutson says the e-bikes provide a faster, more visible, and more approachable presence than traditional patrol vehicles. The department received the bikes through a state...

Pete Zehler

June 10, 2026

Wednesday News Brief

OPEN MEETINGS LAW DISPUTE RETURNS TO BATAVIA CITY COUNCIL Questions about executive sessions and New York's Open Meetings Law were back before Batavia City Council Monday night. Batavian publisher Howard Owens again challenged the city's handling of executive sessions, arguing that council may have violated state law by improperly entering...

Pete Zehler

June 9, 2026

Tuesday News Brief

CONTRACTOR INJURED IN ATTICA SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT A contractor was seriously injured Monday morning in a construction accident at Attica Middle and High School. School officials say the incident occurred at the site of a new maintenance building when pre-fabricated roof trusses tipped over and fell onto a worker below....

Pete Zehler

June 8, 2026

Monday News Brief

TWO CHARGED IN OAKFIELD CALF THEFT CASE Two Lockport residents are facing felony charges after investigators say they stole 17 Holstein heifer calves from Lamb Farms in the Town of Oakfield. Twenty-five-year-old Torrence Schmitt and 26-year-old Kerisa Schmitt were arrested June 3 in Jamestown with assistance from the Chautauqua County...

Pete Zehler

June 5, 2026

Friday News Brief

JUVENILES IDENTIFIED IN LE ROY CEMETERY VANDALISM CASE Le Roy Police say they have identified the juveniles responsible for a vandalism spree that damaged numerous gravesites at local cemeteries. Police were initially called to a cemetery on Exchange Street after reports of damaged military flags, memorial plaques, flowers, statues, and...