State Police responded the report of 2 adults and 2 children being thrown from an Amish buggy after being hit by a car in Madison County on Friday. State Police stated that 19-year-old Madison Mae Davis of South Otselic was driving on Lebanon Road around 6:00 PM when she hit a horse-drawn buggy traveling in the same direction. A 22-year-old man, a 27-year-old woman and two kids, ages 1 and 2, were ejected from the buggy upon impact. All four were taken to Upstate University Hospital to be evaluated. Davis was taken to Community Memorial Hospital and was later released, Davis received a ticket for failure to use due care for an animal.
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State Police arrested 36 year old Amber Suprunchik of Dolgeville for Tampering with Physical Evidence, Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Accident and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle. Back on June 15th, troopers were dispatched to a hit and run accident on State Route 26 in Cincinnatus, 4 people on bicycles were on State Route 26 when a vehicle struck 2 of them, and did not stop. 67 year old Kitt Warren of DeRuyter was killed and 67 year old John Rutan of McGraw suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle was ultimately located that night by a Cortland County Sheriff’s Deputy. The investigation has revealed that Suprunchik was operating the vehicle and was not impaired at the time of the accident, she is accused of tampering with the vehicle after the collision, she was processed Friday & was sent to Cortland County Central Arraignment and Processing.
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Delaware County Public Health reported 36 new COVID cases on Thursday & Friday, bringing their number of active cases to 170, hospitalized cases up to 7 & 290 quarantined. 51% of the total Delaware County population are vaccinated, 65% of the positive cases are unvaccinated, and 16% of the positive cases are Pre-K-12th students or school district employees.
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Otsego County reported a new death caused by the coronavirus on Friday, their total deaths from the virus in Otsego County to 70, including 51 in 2021. Today, they report 98 active cases, with 21 new cases, 7 are hospitalized & their 7 day rolling average for positive COVID tests is 3.5%, slightly above the state average.
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State Senator Peter Oberacker and Assemblyman John Salka criticized Governor Kathy Hochul’s veto of legislation to assist the Oneonta City School District and local taxpayers. State Senate Bill 396 would correct a clerical error and assist the Oneonta City School District by preserving $400,000 in state transportation aid due to the school district, correcting an oversight in the application process for the district’s transportation aid for the 2019-2020 school year, when the district did not file its application for transportation aid to the state education department in a timely fashion. Senator Oberacker talked to WCDO News about the situation:
(Senator Oberacker 10-11-21)
Senator Oberacker and Assemblyman Salka plan to meet with Oneonta City School District officials to seek an alternative solution to help avoid the $400,000 budget shortfall.
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A.M. NEWS MONDAY 10-11-21
The New York Lottery today announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the October 8 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing, worth $47,638.50, was purchased at TOPS MARKETS in NORWICH. Take 5 players with midday and evening draws on the same ticket must check their numbers at nylottery.ny.gov to determine if they have the winning numbers for the corresponding midday or evening drawing. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Norwich Police Department executed a search warrant at 11 Pleasant Street in Norwich Friday, following an investigation into the sale of Heroin and Methamphetamine in Chenango County. 35 year old Jennifer Shoales was charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia and Criminal Nuisance, Shoales was released on an appearance ticket to appear on a later date in the City of Norwich Court.
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The State Health Department conducted over 108,000 COVID tests Saturday, with just under 2800 positive tests, for a positivity rate of 2.58%. Hospitalizations were down to 2045, patients in an ICU bed went down to 456, & the number on a ventilator declined to 243, there were 34 more COVID deaths Saturday.
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State Police & local law enforcement are continuing their Columbus Day weekend crack down on speeding and impaired motorists. The Columbus Day campaign will run through tomorrow, last year’s enforcement period, State Police and local law enforcement issued 44,016 total tickets, including 11,618 for speeding and 941 for impaired driving.
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