Tuesday Afternoon News Brief

Written by on February 4, 2025

An investigation is underway into what caused a fire in Corfu that left a firefighter injured. The blaze happened yesterday on Main Street. Crews worked quickly to try and contain the smoke and flames and the firefighter suffered an ankle injury after falling off a six-foot ladder. No one was inside the house at the time of the fire.

 

Governor Hochul speaks with a Rochester Police Officer.

The Rochester Police Department is trying out new technology aimed at stopping the growing number of car break-ins. Leaders say license plate readers will trigger a response for any report of a vehicle that’s stolen by reporting it to officers. The vehicle models targeted most in recent months are KIAs and Hyundais because their security systems make them easier to take.   These crimes been prominent in lower income neighborhoods such as the Park Avenue and South Wedge areas.

 

Inside the American Rock Salt salt barn. (13WHAM photo)

There’s still a few weeks left to go in winter, and American Rock Salt is dealing with a shortage of the salt used to keep motorists safe. The company is opening up its reserve stockpiles and purchasing new equipment to boost mining efforts. Several towns in the region and across New York are running low on salt, and American Rock Salt says that’s due to high demand. Some communities have had to cut back on using road salt or tapped into their emergency supplies.

 

Hadi Matar in court today as his trial begins. (NBC News photo)

A Fairview, New Jersey man is set to go on trial today for the attempted murder of an author during a live event.   Back in 2022, author Salman Rushdie was set to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when prosecutors allege Hadi Matar charged him with a knife, stabbing him numerous times. Matar told the New York post in a jailhouse interview after the attack he doesn’t think Rushdie is a very good person and says he is someone who attacked Islam. Rushdie spent years in hiding after the leader of Iran put a bounty on his head in 1989 with Iran’s leader calling a novel of his an insult to Islam.

 

There’s a new law in New York State to help further protect doctors from legal trouble for prescribing abortion medication out of state.   Governor Hochul signed legislation today that allows doctors to request pharmacies to put their health practice on the prescription label rather than the doctor’s name when prescribing FDA-approved abortion medication. This builds upon previous passed legislation that helps protect New York doctors from states with strict abortion laws that may attempt to impose criminal penalties on New York physicians.   Just last week, a jury in Louisiana indicted a doctor from New Paltz in Ulster County for approving an abortion medication for a minor in Louisiana.

 

A Dunkirk man is facing time in prison after pleading guilty to labor trafficking and kidnapping charges. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Augusto Mateo Francisco, a legal permanent resident from Guatemala, provided work and housing to Guatemalan migrants he brought to the Dunkirk area. Francisco would then take a cut of the migrants’ earnings and threaten them if he did not receive the money they “owed” to him. Prosecutors said he also repeatedly raped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl beginning in March 2019. He then abducted her in May 2020 and held her for nearly two weeks before she was rescued by police. Francisco faces a maximum of life in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in May.

 

The Super Bowl is coming up Sunday, and law enforcement statewide will be working to ensure people get to and from their big game parties safely. The annual Super Bowl week crackdown on dangerous and impaired drivers is underway and it runs through Sunday. During last year’s campaign, a total of almost 8,400 tickets were issued. Anyone who spots suspicious activity on the roads is asked to dial 911 immediately.

 

Aerial file photo of KeyBank Center

The Buffalo Sabres are hoping to wrap up their latest home stand tonight with a fourth straight victory. The Sabres are hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets at the KeyBank Center. Buffalo last played on Sunday when they fought off a late rally and defeated the New Jersey Devils by a final score of four to three. Face-off for their contest is scheduled for 7:00.

 

The Richmond Memorial Library is once again partnering with volunteers from the New York State Department of Tax and Finance to offer income-eligible citizens assistance with filing their taxes online this tax season. Tax Department employees will help by going through your income tax returns, step-by-step, as you complete and then e-file your tax return for free. The first session will be offered this Thursday, February 6th. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 585-343-9550, Extension 3. You can also find the library online at batavialibrary.org.

 

 


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