More than 480 thousand people die each year from tobacco use. A local group of students have taken on the task of warning the community and their peers about the dangers associated with tobacco use. Dolgeville Central School District has a group of students who have been writing letters to local leaders asking them to join their cause. The students didn't just focus on cigarettes, they also pointed towards evolving technology such as vaping as a new form of this dangerous habit.
Zombie Properties are abandoned buildings, and the Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank has acquired seven since June of 2018. The Land Bank is preparing to rehab those buildings, with projects including redoing roofs and ensuring structural integrity. The rehab work is made possible through grants, which the Land Bank has been applying for for a second time. Eyewitness News reporter Ben Dennis has more.
U.S. Army basic trainee Dez Del Barba, who is from Stockton, Calif., is currently being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He has had 14 surgeries and his left leg had to be amputated above the knee since becoming ill at Fort Benning, according to his parents. The doctors are hoping they can save his right leg, his parents said.
Car maintenance issues could go unnoticed during the winter months. From wheel realignment, to fluids under the hood, it's always a good thing to make sure your car is in top shape when winter is over. Eyewitness News reporter Ben Dennis shares more.
A standoff in North Utica over the weekend started as a domestic dispute on Deborah Drive. 40 year old Demetrius Williams of Poughkeepsie, New York allegedly barricaded himself inside the home, and cut the leg of a baby while swinging a knife. That baby is recovering tonight.
