GAINESVILLE — Early Tuesday afternoon, investigators say, Wade R. Remington took his ex-girlfriend’s sister’s dog into the woods near his home on School Road and slit its throat with a utility knife.

Newark’s police chief calls it a “convoluted, drama-filled case.”

LOCKPORT — A call for more state and local COVID-19 relief funding was the reason for a Thursday morning press conference, held by Congressman Chris Jacobs and including state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt and Orleans County Chair Lynne Johnson.

LEICESTER – The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle collision and subsequent structure fire in the town of Leicester earlier this week.

LE ROY — By four votes, Le Roy’s 2020 Asset Preservation Project failed on Wednesday afternoon.

The four GLOW region counties reported 28 new lab-confirmed cases COVID-19, with Livingston and Genesee counties reporting double-digit increases on their own, according to data from the counties’ health departments.

BATAVIA — As the state pursues a “microcluster” approach to stem COVID-19 flare-ups, area officials are asking residents to stay vigilant.