Your Morning Edition for Saturday, Feb. 24th presented by Riccelli Northern!
Driver leaves scene of crash with bicyclist in Ontario Co., Cornell deals with threat, and Waterloo Dollar General remains closed. Plus, your Friday scoreboard from Sectional basketball!
Daily Debrief: What’s trending in the Finger Lakes?
First up, we have the latest on a crash that left a bicyclist hospitalized in Ontario County. Deputies say the driver of a sedan in E. Bloomfield, who struck the bicyclist, sending them over a guard rail left the scene before they arrived. [MORE]
Cornell University, alongside several other institutions, received an anonymous email on Friday morning threatening violence, according to officials there. The threat was deemed not credible, but left some in the community concerned. [MORE]
LIVE AT 6 PM: Waterloo and Mynderse meet in girls basketball Section V quarterfinal!
The FL1 Sports team kicks off the Sectional season with a rivalry meeting in the Quarterfinal Round in Class B girls basketball. For the third time this season, the Waterloo Tigers and Mynderse Academy Blue Devils square off on the hardwood. The rubber match of the series will determine who moves on the Semifinal round next week. Paul Russo and Mike Alessio have the call courtside in Seneca Falls.
What’s the deal with the Waterloo Dollar General? The store located at 1328 Waterloo-Geneva Road has been closed since January 15 after a carbon monoxide leak was detected from its HVAC system. Company officials are now renewing efforts to make clear to residents that they do plan to reopen. [MORE]
Deputies say a medical event led to a fatal accident in the area of Eastview Mall on Friday. The incident, which was reported around noon, left the area busy with first responders. [MORE]
And finally — do courts have authority to rule on whether the state’s failure to abate air pollution around the High Acres Landfill violates the constitutional rights of the facility’s neighbors? That’s the key question in a lawsuit appeal in Rochester that is shaping up as a crucial test case for New York State’s Green Amendment. [MORE]
FL1 Sports: Scores and insight from the world of local sports!
FRIDAY HS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL REPORT: Marcus Whitman, Mynderse boys advance to semifinals; Jayla Bell’s triple-double leads Lyons in upset win
The high school basketball sectional quarterfinal round began Friday night with a full slate of games. Check out the scores, stats, updated brackets, and Saturday’s schedule here!
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Moon lit view from Yerkes Rd. by Isabel Jay Trudeau
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