GENESEO – A SUNY Geneseo student went to a hospital on Friday after allegedly ingesting a mixture of illegal drugs. According to Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, the student, a male, aged 20, was conscious and alert when first responders transported him from an address on Wadsworth Street. "He said that he took cocaine, Xanax and alcohol," said Osganian. "I can't stress enough the danger of mixing substances like this. Everyone needs to … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo Uses Special Ticket Rules for First Hockey and Basketball Games Since Sunday
GENESEO – SUNY Geneseo is using a special ticket sale location in anticipation of a huge outpouring of attendees to the women's basketball game on Tuesday and the men's ice hockey game on Saturday. These will be the first games played by the basketball and hockey teams since the passing of basketball player Kelsey Annese, 21, of Webster and hockey player Matthew Hutchinson, 24 of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the tragedy at 18 Wadsworth on … [Read more...]
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Time for Healing
Suicide is an ugly, vicious beast. I lost my brother to it in 1994. A murder-suicide is a beast without a soul. I lost my best friend in a similar incident five years after losing my brother. These pains haunt me to this day. Sunday's double murder-suicide brings that horror back to me as a new horror begins for the many others affected by the tragedy. The violence on Wadsworth Street in Geneseo is beyond a nightmare. It's beyond … [Read more...]
Community Shows Love for Slain SUNY Geneseo Students
GENESEO – The Geneseo community is mourning the deaths of two SUNY Geneseo students and a Geneseo resident in the incident at 18 Wadsworth Street which rocked the campus and Village on Sunday. Members of the Village and college are sharing their thoughts and prayers for the three families involved. Many are coming forward on social media to celebrate the lives of students Kelsey Annese, 21, of Webster, NY, and Matthew Hutchinson, 24, of … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo Releases Letter to Grieving Campus after Deaths of Students
GENESEO – The following is a letter sent by Dr. Leonard Sancilio, Dean of Students at SUNY Geneseo, to students and staff Sunday evening following the Geneseo Police Department's releasing the names of two current students and a former student who all tragically lost their lives on Jan. 17 at 18 Wadsworth Street. Early this morning, January 17, 2016, the Geneseo Police Department reported that three deaths occurred in a residence on Wadsworth … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo Students Identified in Wadsworth Street Deaths
GENESEO – Two current SUNY Geneseo students and a former student were identified Sunday afternoon as the individuals who were found deceased at 18 Wadsworth Street Sunday morning. Kelsey Annese, 21, of Webster, NY, Matthew Hutchinson, 24, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Colin Kingston, 24, of Geneseo were found deceased inside the house after a 911 call dispatched police officers to the house at about 6 a.m. "I can say that Mr. … [Read more...]