Monday News Brief

FROM THE GENESEE COUNTYI SHERRIFF’S OFFICE: 75-year-old Joseph Eyer of Piffard, New York is charged with grand larceny following an investigation last month. He allegedly stole a purse that contained a cell phone and multiple credit cards at 4300 Veteran’s Memorial Drive. Eyer was released on an appearance ticket for Town of Batavia Court next week. ALSO: 31-year-old Montaya Kyles of Macon, Georgia is charged with bail jumping after failing to appear in Batavia Town Court. This followed her being released on a felony grand larceny charged and failing to appear at her re-appearance date. Kyles was extradited back to Genesee County, arraigned in CAP Court and held on $10,000 bail. ALSO: 41-year-old Sarah Malone of Bethany has been arrested. She’s charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment after allegedly punching a person and choking them while in the presence of a juvenile. Malone was transported to Genesee County Jail and held pending a CAP Court arraignment. ALSO: 34-year-old Katherine Goff of Byron is charged with criminal contempt following an incident where she allegedly violated an order of protection. Goff was issued an appearance ticket for Bergen Town Court.

 

Farmer’s Market Coupons will be distributed courtesy of the Genesee County Office for the Aging starting this Thursday. The coupons provide eligible older adults with an opportunity to access fresh, locally grown produce at participating farmers’ markets in the county. Stop by the Office for the Aging at 2 Bank Street on Thursday from 10:00am to noon. Additional distribution dates include two upcoming Monday, July 17th from 2:00pm until 4:00pm and July 24th from 10:00am until noon. Farmer’s Market Coupons will also be available at the following locations and times:

The Goose in Oakfield – July 10 from 10:00am until 11:00am
Genesee Country Farmers’ Market – Every Friday in July from 10:00am until noon
LeRoy Farmers’ Market – July 22, 29 & Aug. 5 from 9:30am to 11:30am.

Senior Housing locations will also offer coupon distribution, and flyers with the date and time details will be posted at these sites.

To find a complete calendar of Farmer’s Market Coupon distribution dates, interested individuals can refer to the Gene-Senior newsletter, visit the Genesee County Office for the Aging’s Facebook page, or visit the Genesee County Office for the Aging website:  https://www.co.genesee.ny.us/departments/office_for_the_aging/index.php   

Alternatively, individuals can contact the office directly at 585-343-1611 for more information.

 

Former Western New York Congressman Chris Collins is planning to run for a seat on Capitol Hill again. According to WGRZ-TV, Collins is putting together a team in the hope that he can represent a district that covers locations in the Sunshine State including Cape Coral and Fort Myers. Collins resigned from Congress before pleading guilty to federal insider trading charges. He spent time in prison but was later pardoned by former President Donald Trump.

 

An investigation is now underway into what caused a crash involving a Buffalo Department of Public Works vehicle. The truck was traveling on Niagara Street yesterday when it narrowly avoided hitting a child on the sidewalk. It then continued on and struck several cars before slamming into a building. The driver of the DPW vehicle was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

 

A lot of people are going to be using their grills in the next couple of days, and the National Fire Protection Association has issued some tips to prevent fires and injuries. It’s recommended that people make sure their grills are both clean and free of grease before starting them. Also, keep grills away from flammable things such as deck railings and branches and never leave a grill unattended while it’s in use. July is the peak month for grill fires and data shows roughly half of all injuries involve burns.

 

The Batavia Muckdogs won their match up against the Queen City on Saturday night with a final score of 7 to 6. They are back in action at home tonight against Erie-Buffalo. Players take the field at 6:35 and fireworks take the air after the game. Tomorrow the ‘Dogs travel for a game against the Niagara Power.

 

 

 

 

13WHAM Weather Authority Forecast from Meteorologist Mark McLean…

Today: Occasional showers and thunderstorms through the middle of the afternoon. Locally heavy downpours; not a washout but a few showers may sneak through. Mostly cloudy and very humid with a few more breaks of sun return by the end of the day. Highs in the upper 70’s with winds out of the southeast/northeast at 3 – 8 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunder possible. Rain risk decreases overnight but it will remain very humid. Low’s in the mid-60’s. Wind: WNW 3-8 mph

Tomorrow: Hazy sun, very warm, and feeling humid with highs in the mid-80’s. Wind: NW 7-15 mph

Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy to mainly clear with lows in the mid-60’s. Wind: NW/SW 3-8 mph

Wednesday: Hazy, hot and humid with highs in the upper 80’s.

 

ELSEWHERE…

 

A joint operation is underway in Florida to determine what is the long, green tubular object that was found by someone snorkeling last week. The discovery was made in nearly ten feet of water in the ocean off Palm Beach. Local officials and the U.S Navy believe it was a military non-explosive training missile, but that has not been confirmed. It was later removed and disposed of.

 

A new poll shows a slight majority of Americans agree with the Supreme Court decision to remove race as a factor in college admissions. The new ABC News/LPSOS poll found 52% in favor of the decision while 32% disapprove of the court’s ruling. Thirteen percent were undecided.

 

 

Americans are being told to reconsider traveling to China. The State Department says there’s a risk of wrongful detention and U.S. citizens could be detained without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime. The advisory comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.

 

Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey is breaking his silence on the social media platform’s problems and new owner Elon Musk’s response to them. Dorsey tweeted on Saturday, “Running Twitter is hard.” Dorsey said it’s easy to critique decisions “from afar” and that he’s guilty of doing that.

 

 

 

Indiana Jones is back on top at box offices across the U.S. and Canada. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” opened this weekend with $60,000,000 (million) in ticket sales at North America’s theaters. The 5th film in the long-running adventure franchise beat “Spider-Man — Across the Spider-Verse” which made $11,500,000 in its fifth week of release.

 

 

 

 

 

Apple is officially the most valuable company in history. On Friday, Apple closed with a record-breaking $3,000,000,000,000 (trillion) market value, up more than 2% from Thursday. The company hit the $1,000,000,000,000 mark in 2018, and became the first ever to cross $2,000,000,000,000 in 2020.

 

 

 

For the second time this year, the Powerball jackpot has surpassed the $500,000,000 (million) mark. The top prize up for grabs for this evening’s drawing is at least $522,000,000. No one has correctly selected all six winning Powerball numbers since April 19th when an over 252 million dollar jackpot was claimed. The drawing will be streamed live online. Please play responsibly.

 

Today is Monday, July 3rd, the 184th day of the year.

 

July 3 in history…

…In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ended as the Northern troops forced Confederate soldiers to retreat.

 

 

 

…In 1939, “Blondie” was heard for the first time on CBS Radio. Pictured in a promotional ad here from October 30, 1939, are the stars of the show Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1965, animal star Trigger, Roy Rogers’ famous horse, died at the age of 33. Rogers had Trigger mounted and put on display at the Roy Rogers Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1969, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowned in his pool. He was 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1971, the Doors lead singer Jim Morrison died in Paris at the age of 27.