Batavia News

A confirmed, working house fire is reported at 7650 Macomber Road in East Pembroke's fire district.

According to Bill Fox, a hunting safety instructor, in Western New York this past season, five people fell from tree stands.

A caller reported seeing people trying to break into a house and an RV at or near 23 Central Ave.

BATAVIA, N.Y. - It was a wild ride home from school Friday for more than a dozen students in Batavia.

Avon: 585-226-8111 Batavia: 585-343-3111 Brockport: 585-637-5100 Canandaigua: 585-393-1111 Webster: 585-265-3620 Toll Free: 1-866-812-8111 How insulting to have the "Rick who?" as an answer.

The death of a 24-year-old woman who was found unresponsive in her car late Wednesday is under investigation, Batavia police said this morning.

The Genesee County Baseball Club will hold its annual Batavia Muckdogs Hot Stove dinner and auction on Friday, March 2, 2012, from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Terry Hills at 5122 Clinton Street Road in Batavia.

A 39-year-old resident of Maple Street in Batavia is being accused of welfare fraud that spanned nearly 18 months following an investigation by the Department of Social Services.

STAFFORD, N.Y. - A man allegedly spraying graffiti on a NYS Thruway bridge in Genesee County has been arrested.

The Geneseean of the Year for 2011 is Donna Saskowski , executive director of the local chapter of NY ARC.

The Genesee Center for the Arts is delighted to be welcoming the First Family of Western New York's country music scene, the Ramblin' Lou Family Band .

A Batavia couple who admitted to welfare fraud were ordered by Judge Robert Noonan on Thursday to repay the government $14,017.14 they stole by filing false reports.

Angelo A. Cassidy , 35, of Lewis Place, Batavia, and Charles R. Gay , 59, of Hemlock Ridge Road, Medina, 59, are charged with petit larceny and conspiracy 6th.

The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce today released the 2011 honorees who will be feted at the 40th Annual Awards Ceremony on April 14 at the Clarion Hotel in Batavia.

The county is scheduled to receive a $7,200 grant to help fund training for potential food processing workers, as part of the Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative.

Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York.

A 35-year-old Batavia resident is accused of breaking into a home on Porter Avenue on Nov.

An accident with injuries is reported at Route 20 and Asbury Road in Pavilion. Pavilion Fire Department and medics are responding.

BATAVIA, NY - A Genesee County man has died from injuries he sustained in a head-on collision with a tractor trailer January 20th in the town of Bethany.

City fire is being dispatched to the area of 8 Central Ave., Batavia, for the report of an arcing transformer.