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P.M. NEWS Tuesday 11-22-22

Attorney General Letitia James announced the convictions of Cross Tie Disposal of Kentucky, and its Vice President, Harold Young, for illegally dumping contaminated railroad ties treated with hazardous materials in Chenango County and creating fake receipts to conceal the illegal disposal. Cross Tie pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny and Endangering Public Health, Safety, or the Environment, while Young pleaded guilty to Endangering Public Health, Safety, or the Environment. Both Cross Tie and Young were sentenced in Chenango County Court to three-year conditional discharges, they will pay over $117,000 in penalties and fines.

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released a report showing that New York’s labor force decreased by 1% between 2011 and 2021 while the rest of the nation increased by 5.1%. The report showed that a rebound took place from 2105 on before dropping significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic & shutdown, the workforce began growing in 2022, it is still 400,000 workers below the state’s December 2019 peak. DiNapoli’s report found the long-term decline was due to population changes and New York’s 10-year average participation rate was 59%. The Southern Tier and North Country Regions suffered the worst, with had double digit declines during the reporting period.

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The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for October. New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 4.3% in September to 4.4% in October 2022. Preliminary statistics showed that all local counties had unemployment rates under 3% in October.

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The State Health Department announced that the regular strains of influenza are widespread for the 6th straight week. For the week of November 12th, 11,696 cases of the flu were detected out of over 68,000 samples, for a 17% positivist rate. The number of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza was 621, a 43% increase over the previous week. There have been no influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported this season.

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A hunter died Saturday after falling from a tree stand in Vega. 71 year old Fernando Paparatti of Harrison was climbing up to his tree stand when he fell 12 feet, his son found him hours later after he failed to return. Roxbury & Margaretville EMT’s responded, Paparatti was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office.

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A.M. NEWS Tuesday 11-22-22

42 year old Kory Minshall of South Otselic was arrested following a vehicle pursuit. Cortland County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to arrest Minshall on an active arrest warrant, he took off in a vehicle from Norwich to Oxford & back to Norwich, where his vehicle became disabled, he then fled on foot & was taken into custody. Minshall was charged with Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer, Obstructing Governmental Administration, Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Mischief, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle, plus the original An Arrest Warrant. Minshall was arraigned and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on bail. He is set to appear in the Town of Norwich Court, Town of Oxford Court, and the Village of Oxford Court to face numerous charges.

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Unadilla Fire Department, Wells Bridge Fire Department plus Sidney EMS & Firefighters responded to a a 1 car Motor Vehicle Accident with entrapment Monday Afternoon at about 3:20 PM, personnel began extracting both patients, Life Net took first patient to Syracuse, the second patient was loaded in the Mercy Flight which lifted off to Syracuse at approximately 16:26.

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The Unadilla Valley Central School District is proposing a capital project totaling $17.8 million, with voting on December 14th. The renovations and improvements would be funded through state aid and an allocation from the district’s reserve funds.

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The New York Cannabis Control Board issued the first 36 dispensary licenses this week, a total of 175 will eventually be issued, that is stalled as a court ruling earlier this month prevents the board from issuing licenses, following a lawsuit that claims that the state is violating interstate commerce laws by issuing the licenses to only New York State Businesses.

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