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NYS Fair: Get free Narcan and demo of new overdose prevention video game on Saturday
Geddes, N.Y. -- Free Narcan will be available Saturday at the 2024 New York State Fair. Anyone can get the opioid overdose reversal kits (with two doses each) for no charge at the state Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) display in the Science and Industry Building, across the courtyard from the Milk Products Building.
History Lesson: Wait. A woolly mammoth? In Copenhagen?
COPENHAGEN, New York (WWNY) - Have you heard the talk of the town in the village of Copenhagen? It has to do with a new mural put in place by Naturally Lewis. It showcases what makes Copenhagen, Copenhagen. The school, the monument, the cows, the snowmobilers, and — what’s this? A woolly mammoth?
Health headlines: Sloth fever, West Nile virus and EEE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, sloth fever has been reported in New York, and there is an update on the West Nile and EEE viruses in the northeast, as well as what to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Albert Shaw, Yale Medicine...
More than 76,000 visit the NYS Fair on Day 10
Geddes, N.Y. — A total of 76,832 people came out to the New York State fairgrounds Friday. It was the third-largest turnout in a single day so far this year. Total attendance is now at 633,673. The fair is entering its final weekend with rain showers in the forecast....
Gas Station Owner Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million in Back Wages, Damages
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court judgment requiring 15 gas stations—incorporated under individual company names, operating under brands including bp, Mobil and Sunoco in Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York—and their owner and president to pay more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to more than 100 current and former employees in response to a federal investigation.
6 More Dead, Listeria Outbreak in New York State is Real
There is a big outbreak of of a disease that is making people really sick in New York State. Another six deaths have been reported of having listeria and people in New York are being told to throw out your Boar's Head lunchmeat. Listeriosis is a serious disease that, according...
ONC BOCES LPN students celebrate first-ever day at A.O. Fox Hospital
ONEONTA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — Assemblyman Brian Miller was on hand in Oneonta on Thursday, August 29 to welcome the first-ever class of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) from the Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES to begin their studies at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta. The program’s inaugural class — which will have...
Someone in Onondaga County forgot to cash a $750,000 tax refund. NY is looking for you
The New York State comptroller’s office has $750,000 that belongs to someone in Onondaga County. They say they’ve been trying to find the owner, but they won’t make the name public. The money belongs to a trust fund. It comes from an unclaimed tax refund. It made...
Ogdensburg store worker faces felony drug charges, jailed without bail
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - An Ogdensburg woman is in jail facing felony charges in connection with the recent crackdown on smoke shops. State police say its Violent Gangs and Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested 58-year-old Tina Hooper, an employee at West Coast Convenience in Ogdensburg. She was charged on Friday...
Lyons Falls receives state grant to restore former school
LYONS FALLS, New York (WWNY) - A $1.8 million grant will help restore the former Lyons Falls School in Lewis County. It’s part of the state’s Restore New York communities initiative. Lewis County Planning Department officials say some of the money is earmarked to redo the roof and...
NYS: New measures to prevent drowning
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– As summer winds down, two new bills were signed into law to help prevent drownings throughout New York State. One will now require the state department of health to have outreach programs teaching the public about fatal and non-fatal drownings and how to prevent them. “It will basically take drowning, which is […]
Popular NJ supermarket will stop selling cigarettes
🚬 A popular grocery chain will stop selling tobacco products permanently. 🚬 The goal is to help customers and staff make better health choices. As of Aug. 31, Stop & Shop will stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products at its 360 stores. The grocery chain announced it...
New York State Politician Wants to Increase Fine For Passing Stopped School Buses
School is almost back in session, and this will obviously mean the roads across New York will be filled with a lot of school buses in the coming days. Districts across New York state have cracked down in recent years in an effort to stop vehicles from passing stopped school buses. But lawmakers say that most school bus-related deaths and injuries happen when children cross the street after getting off the bus, not in bus collisions.
DWI crackdown, construction halted for Labor Day weekend
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — New York State is taking steps to make roads safer and ease traffic congestion for the Labor Day holiday weekend. The state is cracking down on impaired and reckless driving from Friday through Monday. Drivers can expect to see more NYSP patrols than usual, along with sobriety checkpoints. Troopers will be […]
Upstate New York Teen Illegally Sold “Aggressive Wild Canada Geese”
A "concerned" Upstate New York farmer" contacted the DEC and said he owned a dozen wild Canada geese he was tricked into buying. The man said he mistakenly purchased as the wild geese, thinking they were domestic geese. Wild Geese for Sale – Wayne County. The geese soon became...
NYSDOT helping explain new I-81 roundabouts at the NYS Fair
GEDDES, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — At the New York State Fair, the New York State Department of Transportation has a replica showing part of how the DOT is replacing I-81 where the current highway passes in front of the Dome. “Roundabouts keep people moving. There’s no more stopping at the...
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