Weekend News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on December 16, 2022
Genesee and Wyoming Counties are under a Lake Effect Snow Warning this weekend. The warning started at 10pm on Friday and goes till 1pm Sunday for Genesee County and 1pm Monday for Wyoming county. There could be up to 2 feet of snow in the southern part of the region with particularly heavy accumulations on the higher areas and in narrow bands on the roads. Watch out for drifts that could make travel treacherous.
Friday Governor Hochul announced that PreK will be getting a nearly 12 million dollar boost. In western NY Several local schools will be getting some big bucks to help make preK more available to 4 year olds. Batavia will be getting 200K, Pembroke will get 307K, Elba gets 118K and Wyoming Central Schools get 140K. This money will go towards starting or expanding PreK programs for the school districts.
The St John Fisher University student that has been missing for the last several weeks from his Study Abroad Program in France has been located in Spain. Apparently Kenneth DeLand didn’t even know he was reported missing. He called his mother to say that he saw himself on TV and that he is OK. His mother has traveled to France to get him and bring him home. She thanks congresswoman Claudia Tenney, Senator Pamela Helming, The FBI, and American Institute for Foreign Study for their help.
The Batavia woman whose dog reportedly ingested narcotics, leading to her arrest and to the dog being confined to the Genesee County Animal Shelter, once again failed to appear in Batavia City Court Thursday. 30 year old Cassandra Elmore has had a colorful relationship with the court since her initial arrest. She has failed to show up for appearances, had fake representatives call the court from out of state, said that there is hidden information that she will expose, and been given a lot of leniency by the Judge. The Judge, Thomas Burns, gave her attorney 48 hours to find her. After that he would issue a warrant for her arrest. Her dog, Oddey, is still in volunteer care and can’t go to a new home till the case is resolved.
