PORTAGE – Hearts sank when apparent vandalism and theft deprived a veteran interred at Pennycook Cemetery of several World War I medals, but kind, able BOCES students and a county official are doing their best to make it right. On Wednesday, Town Supervisor Ivan Davis acknowledged to the Livingston County Board of Supervisors that the tomb of 44-year veteran Frank Adams Wilmer was broken into and looted. "Somebody went in there, broke the … [Read more...]
Sheriff Expects Felony for Portage Woman Who Shot Herself and Lied about ‘Masked Man’
PORTAGE – The Portage woman who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly lying to police about an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound is expected to be charged with more crimes, including a felony, for tampering with evidence at her home. According to a press release from Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Brittney Ellis, 26, has already been arrested for Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree, Making a Punishable False Written Statement, … [Read more...]
Portage Woman Shot Herself, Arrested for Lying to Cops
PORTAGE – The investigation into a woman being shot in the leg at her home on New Road has resulted in her arrest for allegedly lying to police after shooting herself. Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty took to Twitter on Monday to say that there was more to the story and no threat to the community, and followed up with another tweet on Tuesday announcing the arrest of Brittney Ellis. "The [investigation] in portage has resulted in … [Read more...]
Portage Woman Calls 911 After Being Shot at Home
PORTAGE – A Portage resident called 911 in the early hours of Monday morning to report that she had been attacked and shot at her home. Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty confirmed that the woman reported a masked man knocked on the door of her residence on New Road and shot her in the leg with what appeared to be a long firearm when she answered. Dougherty added that the community is not in danger. The woman is being treated for … [Read more...]
Second Round of 2015 NYS Preservation Grants Open to the Region
NYLON – The second round of grant applications has begun for eligible municipalities and not-for-profit organizations competing for Technical Assistance Grants (TAG), a signature grant program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). According to the Preservation League of New York State, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall in Portage and the Livingston County Museum in Geneseo … [Read more...]
NEWSROOM REWIND: From House Fire to Newborn Baby, News in the Valley Never Sleeps
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — It looks like the winter is finally behind us as Josh Williams and Conrad Baker recap this past week's big stories from across the Valley. They start by discussing the house fire and heroic rescue by firefighters in Portage, mention some wild weather and safety concerns as we transition to spring, and finish up with the big announcement of a new addition to the Williams family. … [Read more...]
‘Hotspots’ Extinguished at Portage Rekindling
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. PORTAGE – The house fire that rekindled Friday afternoon has been once again extinguished by firefighters with the Nunda Fire Department. First Assistant Chief Travis Rawleigh says that the home collapsed on itself while burning, and flared up again as small pockets of heat ignited the rubble. "The way the structure collapsed on itself, it is not … [Read more...]
Nunda Firefighter Recalls Heroic Rescue at Portage Home Fire
PORTAGE — Brave Nunda firefighters made a heroic rooftop rescue in the early hours of Friday, carrying two trapped women through thick clouds of seemingly impenetrable smoke and down a ladder and to safety. Firefighters Travis Rawleigh and Travis Deiter, along with Chief Rob Walker, were some of the first firefighters on scene as smoke quickly engulfed the two story structure. They were only able to discover the pinned women because of their … [Read more...]