Oneonta Police Department responded On the morning of Saturday, January 14th, at 8:58 a.m., for a report of a person down in Neahwa Park. Officers responded with members of the Oneonta Fire Department and located a 35-year-old male who was unresponsive and later declared deceased by Otsego County Coroner Terry Knapp. The male was identified, and his family notified of his passing. A death investigation was completed by the Oneonta Police Detective division and revealed no indication of foul play. Oneonta Police are not releasing the name of the deceased.

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The Raymond Corporation of Greene will be holding a Job Fair this Saturday at their facility, Executive Vice President Steve Van Nostrand told WCDO News what positions they will be looking to fill:

(Steve Van Nostrand 1-17-23)

The Raymond Job Fair will be Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at 22 South Canal Street in Greene.

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The Norwich City School District reported that on Early Friday morning, cafeteria staff in the Gibson school were following protocol, washing bananas to serve our students, employees discovered a scorpion in the bananas. It was quickly contained. Cafeteria and custodial staff followed all protocols and no staff or students were harmed in the discovery. In addition, High School Zoology students were able to capitalize on the discovery and feed it crickets and study it under a glow light. Norwich school Officials believe that the scorpion traveled to Norwich from Guatemala, in the banana box.

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State Police arrested 24 year old Patrick Combs of Roxbury for Grand Larceny, Criminal Possession of Cannabis and Operating a Motor Vehicle while Under the Influence of Drugs. State Police were called to State Highway 30 in the town of Roxbury Sunday for a report of a larceny by a store employee. A preliminary investigation determined that Combs stole $2000 from a safe and then left the store in his vehicle. Troopers located Combs and when approaching his vehicle could smell an odor of cannabis. While conducting an inventory of the vehicle, Troopers located a large amount of cannabis, a weight scale, drug paraphernalia and alcohol. The investigation is ongoing.

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Congressman Marc Molinaro announced he has been selected to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure for the 118th Congress. Congressman Molinaro represents New York’s 19th Congressional District

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The State Department of Health announced that the XBB.1.5. variant is now the most dominant strain in New York, accounting for more than 50 percent of COVID-19 infections statewide, the strain is more transmissible than other circulating variants, though there is not yet clear evidence of significant changes to virulence or severity of disease. Currently over 3400 New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID. The Health Department’s weekly flu surveillance report for the week ending January 7, shows influenza remaining widespread throughout the state for a fourteenth consecutive week, with a total of 293,541 positive cases across all 62 counties reported to date. Confirmed cases statewide dropped 36 percent, while overall hospitalizations were down 34 percent from the previous week with 1621 hospitalized.

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The State DOT reported that a tractor trailer jack-knifed on I-88 at about 11:30 this morning in the westbound between Exit 12 Otego and Exit 11. both lanes were blocked & traffic was detoured to state Route 7. DOT officials and other emergency personnel were on scene. WCDO will have additional details as they become available.

A.M. NEWS TUESDAY 1-17-23

State Police will step up speed enforcement efforts along the New York portion of U.S. Highway 20 today, as part of a 1 day project, targeted at reducing speed related crashes on non-interstate highways. The program was created by the Iowa State Patrol, U.S. Highway 20 spans 3,365 miles coast to coast. New York State has jurisdiction over 372 miles of the highway, other participating states include Iowa, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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State Police located 58-year-old Jan Dager of Salisbury in Herkimer County, deceased in a wooded area about half a mile from his home. Dager was reported missing from his home January 14th, The investigation is on-going.

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Village of Sidney announced that the water service disruption will be starting around 9:00 AM Tuesday, water system customers north of the Susquehanna River along Route 8 and the surrounding areas will experience water service disruptions, until about 4:00 PM. This service disruption is associated with the Village of Sidney’s work to install new water mains under the Unadilla and Susquehanna Rivers.

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The Sidney Police Department in 2022 handled a total of 3,050 calls for service. 1,791 were criminal in nature, while 1,259 were non-criminal in nature. Sidney Police responded to 85 were false business alarms, 100 were animal complaints, 196 were EMS or Fire related, there were 61 were mental health incidents. Sidney Police had 445 arrests consisting of 181 Violations, 204 Misdemeanors, 60 Felonies, 319 Traffic tickets were issued there were 389 Warnings, Sidney Police responded to 95 Motor vehicle accidents & 92 Parking tickets were issued.

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The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce will hold their next meeting this morning at 7:30 am. the meeting will be held at the back of Bob’s Diner. All are welcome to attend.

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The State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Units are participating in a national effort to call attention to human trafficking. Members are educating Commercial Drivers about human trafficking, and providing a card that contains the number for the National Human Trafficking Hot-line, which is 888-373-7888.

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Broome County Sheriff’s Deputies responded last Tuesday to a domestic incident at the Knights Inn in the Town of Union and arrested 60 year old Samuel Stukes of Endicott. Stukes was in violation of an order of protection and was wanted by the Binghamton Police Department. Deputies heard a disturbance coming from the rear of the motel building at the same address, 43 year old Keith Johnson of Endicott was found engaging in a physical fight a 15-year-old child, he resisted arrest, tried to fight with deputies and was tased and subdued. Johnson was charged with 5 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, & 1 count each of Obstruction, Resisting Arrest & Harassment. Both Stukes and Johnson were taken into custody.

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The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is holding a Legislative Leadership Forum with area lawmakers, on Wednesday April 12th at the Old Schoolhouse Inn & Restaurant in Downsville. The event will begin at 9:00 AM, Chamber members can register at delawarecounty.org/events.

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The Getthere Mobility Program is looking for Volunteer Drivers in Delaware County. Drivers will bring County Residents to Appointments, Shopping, Drivers are reimbursed at 62.5 cents a mile as well as $100 for training. More information is available at gettherescny.org, or by calling 833-373-4040. Getthere is a program of the Rural Health Network of South Central New York.

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State Police are searching for 58 year old Jan Dager of Salisbury in Herkimer County. Dager has been missing since January 10th, he was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a black T-shirt, with no jacket, he is 5’8″ & about 225 pounds with white hair, he left in an unknown direction, he did not have a cell phone with him. Anyone with information should call 315-366-6000.

A.M. NEWS MONDAY 1-16-23

The City of Oneonta Police Department is investigating the discovery of a deceased individual in Neahwa Park Saturday. No other details have been released, pending the results of an autopsy.

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced her plans to seek re-election to another 6 year term in the U.S. Senate. Gillibrand has served in the Senate since 2009, prior to that she served in the House of Representatives serving much of the WCDO listening area.

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An American Red Cross Blood Drive is being held in Oneonta today at the Quality Inn on State Route 23. The Blood Drive runs from 1:00 to 6:00 PM, Appointments can be made with the Red Cross App, calling 1-800 RED CROSS or going online to redcrossblood.org.