Morning News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on October 17, 2023
A 16-year-old boy is in the hospital following an overnight shooting on Rochester’s north side. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation and a 911 report of a male being shot on Clifford and Joseph avenues around 1:30 Monday morning. When police arrived, they found evidence of a shooting but were unable to locate a victim. Shortly after, they received a report of a gunshot victim arriving at Rochester General Hospital via private vehicle. Police said the boy has non-life-threatening injuries. There are no suspects in custody.
Rochester Police are looking for suspects after a vehicle with a toddler inside was stolen outside a store on the city’s northwest side Tuesday night. Around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of Dewey Avenue for the report of a stolen vehicle and abduction. Once there, officers found a woman who said she had gone into a store, leaving her 2-year-old child in her car, when a suspect got into the car and sped off with the boy inside. Moments later, police said a citizen called 911 after finding the child walking alone on Electric Avenue. Officers reportedly found the young boy there, and took him to the hospital after finding he sustained a non-life threatening injury to his upper body.
The chain of pharmacy stores Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy. In that filing, the company said it expected its losses would increase significantly in the past quarter. It has lost about three quarters of a billion dollars between March 2022 and March 2023 — and another $307 million between March and May this year. Over the past six years, Rite Aid has tallied nearly $3 billion in losses. At the beginning of June Rite Aid had just $135.5 million of cash on hand -— and $3.3 billion in long-term debt, which exceeded the value of the company’s assets by nearly $1 billion. No word yet on which stores will be closing and which areas will be affected by the bankruptcy filing.
The website Stacker has released a list of the counties in New York with the worst unemployment numbers. While Genesee county and 11 other counties have low enough unemployment to not make the top 50, Livingston, Wyoming and Orleans county didn’t fare as well. Wyoming county came in at 50th in the state with 3.2 percent unemployment or 577 people out of work. Livingston came in at 47th place with 3.2 percent and 976 people without jobs. Orleans county came in 10th in the state with 4 percent of residents unemployed and it being up .5 percent in the last month. Number 1 for worst unemployment is the Bronx with 7.3 percent of people out of work.
Bills QB Josh Allen is getting daily x Rays on his throwing shoulder after the game on Sunday against the Giants. He may have injured it when he got involved in a fight towards the end of the 3rd quarter. Latavius Murray ran for 3 yards to collect the first down and, as the play ended, Dexter Lawrence shoved Bills offensive tackle Spencer Brown to the ground. As the two continued to go at it, Williams and Okereke came over and Williams knocked Brown back to the turf. That’s when Allen sped over and threw his right — and throwing — shoulder into Okereke, while briefly making contact with an unfazed Williams. In addition to the X-rays, Allen was checked for a concussion during the game but was cleared to return.
It’s time to bring out the ghosts, ghouls, and goblins from storage as “spooky season” has approached, and everyone is getting ready to celebrate. Everyone always has a favorite costume each year, and this year, it’s all things “Barbie.” People couldn’t get “kenough” of “Barbie,” the movie that topped the box office this past summer. So much so that Spirit Halloween created a wide selection of Barbie costumes, with replicas of the iconic movie outfits. According to Spirit Halloween, Barbie costumes are the most purchased costumes of the year. Skeletons are the most popular outdoor decorations. And Bluey is the most popular kids costume.