{"id":7470,"date":"2020-01-22T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:59:08","slug":"wcdo-news-wednesday-1-22-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/wcdo-news-wednesday-1-22-20\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDO NEWS WEDNESDAY 1-22-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Local\nLawmakers reacted to the Governor\u2019s budget presentation in Albany Tuesday,\nState Senator Jim Seward comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Seward\n1-22-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local\nAssemblyman Cliff Crouch comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Crouch\n1-22-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers\nhave until April 1st to pass the budget, which totals 173.8 Billion Dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jury\nselection began Tuesday in Otsego County Court for the Murder & Arson Trial\nof 33 year old Gabriel Pruitt of Oneonta. \nPruitt is accused of setting a fire at 5 Walling Avenue in Oneonta on\nDecember 29th 2018 that killed John Heller as he tried to get his family out of\nthe building.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nOneonta Common Council voted to purchase the former Oneonta Ford Building at\nMarket & Chestnut streets at Tuesday Night’s meeting.  The purchase price was $425,000, the building\nwas owned by the 12 Tribes religious organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nGreene Central School District reported that at approximately 3:30 Tuesday\nafternoon, a vehicle belonging to Greene Central School District was involved\nin a 1-car accident on Genegantslet Road. Officials said that there were 2\noccupants; the driver & a bus monitor, NO students were in the vehicle. The\nvehicle left the road and struck a tree. Both patients were transported to a\nlocal hospital. The investigation into the accident is continuing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nChenango County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motor vehicle theft that\noccurred at a business in the Town of Norwich.  The theft took place in the morning hours Tuesday,\nthe suspect is described as a thin white male, the vehicle is a Buick Crossover\nSUV, pictures of both are located at the Chenango Sheriff Facebook page, and\nanyone with information is asked to call 337-1973.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former\nBinghamton Rumble Ponies Manager Luis Rojas has been named today as the new\nmanager of the New York Mets.  Rojas\nmanaged in Binghamton in 2017 & 2018, he replaces Carlos Beltran, who parted\nways with the team after being named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston\nAstros’ sign-stealing scandal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nAmerican Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types,\nto give blood, especially type O blood, Red Cross Spokesperson Mary Brant\nexplains:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Mary\nBrant 1-22-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Blood\nDrive will be held in Greene from 12:30 to 5:30 PM today at the Church of the\nImmaculate Conception, 1180 State Highway 206. \nAnother Blood drive will be held tomorrow at the Foothills Performing\nArts Center on Market Street in Oneonta from 1:00 to 6:00 PM, Appointments can\nbe made with the Red Cross Blood Donor App, at RedCrossBlood.org, by calling\n1-800-RED CROSS or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo\ndevice.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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