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Latest on 'agreement' to talk between Seneca Co.-Cayuga Nation, update on Clyde teens in court after assaulting student, and the efforts to get a FLX area resident released from Taliban custody!

Dec 07, 2023

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It’s Thursday, December 7th and that means the It’s a Wonderful Life Festival kicks off tonight! We have everything you need to know — including two exclusive interviews — in this story here! Now, let’s get you caught up with the biggest stories from the last 24 hours!

We start in Seneca County where it was initially believed a deal had been struck between the Cayuga Nation and Board of Supervisors to avoid future litigation. However, after a press release was sent out by officials, which said the two sides had agreed to talk—it was clarified that no actual agreement was in place. The two sides remain hopeful that this will lead to something more down the road. [Read More]
Next, we have a decision on the future litigation of the teens accused of sexually assaulting a student at a locker room at the Clyde-Savannah High School. Wayne County Judge Rick Healy ruled on Wednesday that the cases of three Clyde-Savannah High School football players will remain in the criminal court system, citing the “extraordinary circumstances” and “heinous manner” of the alleged crime. [Read More]
Staying in Wayne County—Kyle Evans brings us the latest from a busy night in the Wayne-Finger Lakes High School Basketball league. There were 13 games, and while most of them were one-sided—a showdown between Newark and Geneva delivered. The Reds came out on top, thanks to Kellen Foster’s big night. [Read More]
Peter Mantius has some in-depth, exclusive reporting on multi-billion-dollar plan to drill thousands of gas wells in the Southern Tier to store CO2 and extract methane. The new point of contention: Anonymity. Bryce Phillips, the promoter of the massive project, says his business partners and financial backers must remain anonymous. [Read More]
And finally, efforts are intensifying to secure the release of a Dansville man who has been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan since August of last year. Local, state, and federal officials are coordinating to get 40-year-old Ryan Corbett released. [Read More]