Evening News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on June 28, 2021
A heat advisory has been issued for WNY through 8 p.m. tomorrow. Genesee, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, and Yates Counties are included in the advisory. A heat advisory is issued when the combination of air temperature and relative humidity make the apparent air temperature ‘feel like’ 95 to 99 degrees.
Activists in New York want the state to adopt the National Ashanti Alert Network. Much like the silver alert network which sends out an alert if a senior citizen goes mission, and the Amber alert network which sends an alert if a child is missing, the Ashanti Network would send an alert for a person over the age of 17 but under the age of 65. It is named after Ashanti Billie, a 19 year old who was abducted and killed in Virginia in 2017. The network does not take notices from the public but is tied in with law enforcement to send out the alarms. The Ashanti Network is not in full effect throughout the country, yet. States must opt into the network’s pilot program.
A mass shooting at a Rochester Walmart claimed the life of an 18 year old man this morning at 12:50. Police say a fight broke out in the parking lot of the Walmart on Hudson Ave in Rochester well after the store had closed for the night and shots soon rang out. 4 people were taken to Rochester General Hospital by private vehicle including a 15 year old girl, a 43 year old man, and a 23 year old man. Over 200 vehicles were in the parking lot at the time of the shooting and fights.
According to the AAA this coming July 4th weekend is going to be a busy travel weekend. Record breaking in fact. 48 million Americans are expected to be traveling. 43 million by car and the remaining 5 million by air or bus or train. Previously 2019 had been record breaking and this year is expected to raise that by 5 percent.
Genesee County Office for the Aging will be handing out Senior Farmers’ Market Coupons every Thursday in July from 2-4pm at our outdoor patio location on 2 Bank St, every Friday in July from 10am-12pm at the Genesee Country Farmers’ Market in the old JC Penney’s lot and every Saturday in July from 9am-12pm at the LeRoy Farmers’ Market on Trigon Park. Stop by and get your coupons.
The Richmond Memorial Library closed today at 1pm and will remain closed tomorrow due to a broken air conditioning system in most of the library. Temperatures have reached 86 degrees in staff areas and no air flow is available. Wednesday through Saturday the library will try to resume morning hours, 9am to 1pm. Wednesday’s family program scheduled for noon will proceed as planned, and Friday’s afternoon program has been rescheduled. Air conditioning is expected to be back by the 6th of July. Online resources can be accessed anytime.
Today the average price of gas in Batavia is 3.10 which is up 10 cents from last month and 90 cents up from last year. The New York state average is 3.15 for a gallon of regular. The price is expected to go up as we head into the July 4th weekend. Higher demand and lower supply has pushed crude oil prices up above 73 dollars a barrel.
