Author name: Samuel Tyson

Executive PJ Wendel went to Albany for a New York State Association of Counties conference with a different agenda only days after the Chautauqua County Legislature unanimously endorsed a measure demanding New York state approval for a new Brooks-TLC Healthcare System in the Dunkirk-Fredonia area. There was talk of a Medicaid proposal that may result […]

Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, all students attending Baltimore County Public Schools will once again be eligible to receive free lunches. At a school board meeting on Tuesday, the district acknowledged the free meals program but provided little information. Free lunches are “one of the most important developments in years for improving educational wellbeing

On Thursday night at Ixonia’s town hall, officials introduced Phase III of the Jefferson County Interurban Trail. Recreational path phases I and II extend from Watertown into Phase III. The eastern terminus of Phase III will be at the county boundary between Jefferson and Waukesha counties, while its western beginning will be at County Highway

One or more violations have been identified at the Heritage Environmental Services landfill south of Russellville, according to a notification on the EPA website. Two thousand tonnes of toxic trash from an Ohio train crash are destined for the Heritage dump. Even though local officials and a spokeswoman for the landfill have assured residents their

In Marion County, the process of contesting a traffic ticket will change slightly as of June. A representative for the Superior Court in Marion County stated that the traffic court would be abolished. Instead, the two types of traffic offenses, violations, and felonies, will be heard in separate locations. ”It should be easier in the

Twenty-nine houses were damaged by the tornado that ripped through Pickton in Hopkins County on County Road 2417, and dozens of trees were uprooted. Shirley Carden, whose grandchild was taking the school bus home, had one. ”So about that time we heard the roaring and sure enough here came the tornado,” Carden said. “And we

The county’s top health official has obtained an injunction against Ottawa County. This is the latest round in the legal dispute between Adeline Hambley, the county’s health administrator, and the newly elected conservative members of the Ottawa County board who voted against emergency pandemic measures. Hambley sued the county last month, claiming the new board

After a discussion and a protest by property owners earlier in the day, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors decided on Tuesday night to lift a countywide moratorium on home evictions on April 29. In the rain, about 100 people yelled to lift the embargo on Tuesday morning. It has resulted in some landlords losing

A U.S. representative will tour the area with regional officials as clean-up progresses two days after a propane-carrying train derailed close to the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Bradenton-Sarasota International Airport is nearby the derailment, which happened close to 16th Street East. Crews worked all day on Wednesday to clean up. One of their difficulties was uprighting