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News Briefs

Veteran climber rescues parachutist stuck in tree -- It's a bird, it's a plane, it's .... Melissa Allport perched 65 feet in the air between branches in a Town of Barre oak tree and in need of help on New Year's Day. Allport is a member of WNY Skydiving based at Pine Hill Airport and was participating in the group’s annual New Year’s Day jump. She was assisted down by a local tree service. 

Get those Receipts in! -- The Wyoming County Chamber and Tourism office is reminding shoppers to turn in their holiday shopping receipts to be entered into the "Shop Wyoming and Win" contest. Receipts must be from purchases made in Wyoming County between "Black Friday," Nov. 27, 2020, and Christmas Eve. They must be submitted or postmarked to the Wyoming County Chamber by 5 pm Friday.

Despite pressure from Trump, Pence will not interfere in election count today (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)

A winter storm sits over the Plains and Deep South (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)

Proud Boys leader banned, arrests made in U.S. election protests (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)

Georgia Senate races that will decide fate of Biden's agenda too close to call on Tuesday but on Wednesday, it's looking like the Senate will go to the Democrats. Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Lawyers for U.S. death row's lone woman say she was tortured, seeks Trump's clemency Tuesday, January 5, 2021

In deadliest week so far, U.S. loses more than 18,400 lives to COVID-19 (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)

Another winter storm moves into the US but too early to predict. (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)

Did Trump break the law by pressuring a Georgia election official to 'find' votes? (Not determined yet.) (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)

Trump's EPA finalizes last minute limits on science used in rulemaking (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)

15.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 4.5 million administered (Monday, January 4, 2021)