Hornby Gang Assault Case:  Steuben County D.A. Brooks Baker Says You'll Be Hearing More About This Soon

Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker says the investigation continues into the November gang assault case out of Hornby.  "The case is still pending and the investigation is still ongoing," Baker tells WVIN.  "Obviously in a case like this, there are a number of witnesses and gang assault is a very serious charge so we're taking our time in putting the case together.  The victim in this case did suffer significant injuries and facial fractures, and we're taking this case very seriously.  We have yet to indict the case but it is one that you'll probably be hearing Steuben County Court information about, in the relatively near future," Baker explained.  

 

Corning Resident Will Be On A Black History TV Special

Coming up on Big Fox on Friday night at 10:30, and rerun Sunday at 11am, Steuben County Hall of Fame Inductee and Corning resident Georgia Verdier, will be a guest, on Black History Month.   Georgia Verdier is in the Steuben County Hall of Fame for her civil rights work. 

 

SUNY Chancellor Might Take Job At Harvard Univ

Empire Report New York has a story up today about how SUNY Chancellor John King, might be the next president of Harvard University.  King previously served as the Education Secretary for President Barack Obama. 

 

Schumer: We Got The Ukraine Funding Bill Passed

Democrat US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the legislation passed early this morning will show Putin he will regret the day he questioned America’s resolve to help Ukraine.  "The Senate has just passed the national security bill for our security, our values, and our democracy.  With the passage of this national security bill, the Senate is telling Putin he will regret the day he questioned America’s resolve. With the passage of this national security bill, the Senate is sending a clear bipartisan message of resolve to our allies in NATO."

 

Palmesano: Repeal The Requirement That School Buses Must Be Zero-Emissioner By July 1 2035

“The consequences seem to get worse by the day while the Albany Democrats keep rushing to implement unreasonable and unworkable energy mandates on all of New York state’s citizens, businesses, communities, manufacturers, farmers, schools and others. This is especially true for local school districts, local economies and local property taxpayers if Gov. Hochul keeps pushing to meet the current timeline to transition to all-electric school bus fleets," Palmesano stated. "School districts are facing one of the most expensive mandates they have ever faced. This state is forcing school districts to move, at breakneck speed, to implement a misguided, politically driven climate policy that the state itself has no idea if it is affordable, feasible or reliable. If we do not revise this timeline and significantly delay the implementation of the current mandate until we have more information, the benefit of experience and more efficient and less expensive technology, we are putting our schools, students and their families at serious risk and we are breaking the backs of local property taxpayers across this state at the worst possible time. We need to put a stop to this madness and reassess and reexamine this policy with common sense, expertise and a full cost-benefit, feasibility and safety analysis.”