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Top Stories, July 19, 2022

Tonya Smith Was Sentenced Today

A Steuben County Court official tells Wvin News the following: Tonya Smith was given 4 to 12 years on the Manslaughter 2nd Degree Conviction, 2 and 1/3 to 7 years on the Vehicular Manslaughter 2nd degree Conviction, 1 year on the Reckless Endangerment Conviction, the sentences are to run concurrently.   There were 113 people in the court, for the sentencing, and the family made victim impact statements.

 

No Monkey Pox Cases Yet In This County

So WVIN News caught up with Steuben Co Public Health Director Darlene Smith, who says, so far there are no cases of monkey pox in Steuben County.   "We do not have any cases of Monkey Pox in Steuben County at this point, for which we are grateful," Smith said.  "This will not be like covid, meaning, highly transmissible through all populations."  Smith also says, there are cases in other areas, but not here in Steuben.  

 

Where The Wind Projects Are, Here In Steuben County 

Wind is a big thing in Steuben County these days. There are projects that exist, there are projects that are being built now, and there are projects that are being planned. 

 

List of wind projects that are up and running:

Cohocton, Howard and Jasper.

 

List of wind projects that are under construction:
Greenwood and West Union, Cohocton, Wayland and the Steuben County Town of Dansville.

 

Wind projects that are being planned now:

Fremont, Canisteo, Cameron, Jasper, West Union, Greenwood, Troupsburg, Prattsburgh, Avoca, Howard, Cohocton and Wheeler.

 

Lee Zeldin: The Manhattan District Attorney Drops Charges

After weeks of public pressure, Alvin Bragg finally came to the same conclusion we all did a long time ago- Jose Alba should’ve never been charged with murder. Jose Alba was an innocent man acting in self-defense, and he’s now finally a free man. Thankfully, video surveillance footage captured the incident or Jose Alba may have still been facing this murder charge. The reality that the video showed Alba’s innocence as clearly as it did made it all that much worse that Bragg charged Alba in the first place, sent him to Rikers Island with an open stab wound, demanded absurdly high bail, and refused to charge the person who attacked Alba. The streets of New York will be safer and our criminal Justice system will be stronger when I remove Alvin Bragg as DA this upcoming January.

 

New State Hotline Number For The Sexually Harassed

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the launch of a statewide hotline, 1-800-HARASS-3 for issues of workplace sexual harassment. The confidential hotline will be operated by the New York State Division of Human Rights and will connect workers who have faced sexual harassment with experienced pro-bono attorneys to advise them…

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