P.M. NEWS TUESDAY 8-25-20
Governor Cuomo announced today that travelers from Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland and Montana will no longer have to self-quarantine for 14 days when arriving in New York. The U.S. territory of Guam was added to the states quarantine list, the full list can be found at coronavirus.health.ny.gov.
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The Federal EPA is planning to complete the clean-up of the GCL Tie & Treating plant in Sidney that closed over 26 years ago, and was included on the Federal Superfund site in 1994. The plant was contaminated by creosote, which was used to treat railroad ties, the owners abandoned the business & the creosote contaminated groundwater. The EPA will hold an online public meeting September 3rd at 7 PM at Eventbrite.com.
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Chenango County Public Health released their latest COVID 19 statistics this morning. They report that they are up to 223 total confirmed cases since March, there are 84 people in quarantine, 1 is hospitalized, there have been 7 deaths, 200 recoveries, & over 21,300 tests have been performed.
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The Broome County Health Department announced that they were up to 1165 COVID 19 cases, with 75 deaths, 1009 recoveries, 536 are being monitored by the department. They have conducted over 35,700 tests.
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The Broome County Sheriff’s Office arrested 27 year old Ridge McCollum of Whitney point following an investigation into the report of a car in a ditch in Windsor. Deputies accuse McCollum of trying to ingest cocaine that was discovered by sheriff’s deputies during their investigation. McCollum was charged with tampering with physical evidence, DWI, Criminal Possession of a controlled substance & obstructing governmental administration, he faces court action at a later date.
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Oneonta Fire Fighters responded to a garage fire on Railroad Avenue at about 4:00 this morning. Early reports indicated that there were 3 vehicles inside; WCDO NEWS will have more information as it becomes available.
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Attorney General Letitia James today announced an $85 million multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Company over allegations that Honda concealed safety failures in the airbags of certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States. The settlement was reached between a coalition of 48 attorneys general and Honda & it concludes a multistate investigation into Honda’s alleged failure to inform regulators and consumers of issues related to the frontal airbag systems installed in certain model cars, which resulted in at least 14 deaths and over 200 injuries in the United States alone. Customers can learn about the class action settlement at AutoAirbagSettlement.com or visit Honda’s airbag recall website at HondaAirbagInfo.com.
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The Otsego County Health Department announced that they will hold another free COVID 19 testing on Thursday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NOON at the former “Greenies” site on state route 7 in Otego, near the Unatego school campus. This testing site is for people who are not sick but want to be tested by a nasal swab. This is a drive up testing site. Individuals will be required to remain in their vehicle and wear a mask when pulling up to the testing tent. This testing site is for Otsego County residents only who preregister by calling 547-4279.
A.M. NEWS Tuesday 8-25-20
State Police arrested 48 year old Robert Gregory of Oneonta for 3 counts of Forcible Touching, 3 counts of Sexual Abuse and 2 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child. An investigation was opened when the parents of two victims under the age of 17 contacted State Police, an investigation revealed that Gregory allegedly made inappropriate sexual comments and forcibly touched the intimate parts of 2 under aged victims. Gregory was virtually arraigned and remanded to the Otsego County Jail on $500 cash bail or $1,000 bond. The judge issued orders of protections to each of the victims.
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Governor Cuomo issued an executive order that requires county boards of elections to be ready for the changes in voting in the November elections. The executive order requires county boards of elections to Send a mailing outlining all deadlines for voters by Tuesday, September 8, Send staffing plans and needs to the State Board of Elections by September 20th so they can assist them in ensuring adequate coverage, make sure that boards are ready to count votes and reconcile affidavit and absentee ballots by 48 hours after elections & Provide an option for New Yorkers to vote absentee in village, town and special district elections.
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Delaware County received no new positive test result for COVID-19 since Friday, 1 additional recovery has been reported. The known active cases in the County as of today is 3, all are recovering at home. To date there have been 101 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County, with 29 people now under mandatory quarantine, 6 people have died and 92 have fully recovered.
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The Cancer Services Program’s mobile screening coach will be at the Oneonta Southside Mall, Today from 9:00am to 2:30pm to provide NO COST mammograms and Pap tests to women 40 and over, more information is available at 1-888-345-0225.
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