Former Northwood Elementary School Principal Kirk Ashton has been sentenced to 63 years in prison after a jury found him guilty last month of sexually abusing 21 students between 2014 and 2021. Because his sentence is capped under state law, the Monroe County District Attorney says he will serve only 20 years of that sentence. […]
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a cryptocurrency mining moratorium, putting a two-year lid on renewing air discharge permits for fossil fuel power plants used to power cryptocurrency mining operations. They use banks of computer servers to acquire bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, and they’re heavy consumers of electric power. The governor’s order also requires the State […]
UPDATE – FROM THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Marjuan Calhoun-Timmons has returned to “The Children’s Home” at 1751 Penfield Road in Penfield safely. MCSO appreciates everyone help in this matter. —————– The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing teen who fled from the Children’s Home, a shelter for youth in Penfield. Marjuan Calhoun-Timmons is 16. He […]