MORNING UPDATE: Wednesday, July 27th

Auburn residents talk Maxwell's closure, body of missing man found in Seneca County, violence at area prisons, and HWS welcomes familiar face as president.

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END OF AN ERA: Auburn residents react to closure of neighborhood grocery store

Another blow to the community. That's how residents feel after the announced closure of Maxwell's Food Store in Auburn, New York. The neighborhood grocer has been in business for over 90 years, but that will come to an end this week. FL1 Reporter Rebecca Swift was there talking with owners and shoppers about the closure.

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PUBLIC SAFETY ROUNDUP: Violence at region’s prisons, new state laws face challenge, and arrest after Auburn shooting

• Bath Police Department says it won’t enforce state’s new concealed carry law

• Several officers injured after separate ‘attacks’ at Elmira Correctional Facility, union says

• Rochester man arrested after shooting in Auburn

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Body of missing man found near Bishop Nature Preserve near Cayuga-Seneca Canal

After a nearly day-long search, the body of a man reported missing the night before near a nature preserve in Seneca County was found dead. No additional information was immediately available. However, FL1 Reporter Megan Hatch was on-scene talking with those leading search efforts on Tuesday hours before the body was found.

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Mark Gearan returning as HWS President, Jacobsen will return to teaching

Five years after leaving Geneva for a job at Harvard University, Mark Gearan has agreed to return as the 30th President of Hobart College and the 19th of William Smith College. Gearan was appointed by the Board of Trustees after President Joyce Jacobsen announced her resignation.

No Mega Millions winner: Next drawing will be worth over $1 billion

Lottery officials said the next drawing would rise to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers on Tuesday. It will be one of the largest in history.