COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-2-19
A WINDHAM MAN IS IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION
INTO AN OVERDOSE DEATH THAT TOOK
PLACE IN JUNE, IN THE TOWN OF JEWETT.
32 YEAR OLD JOSEPH HEISINGER WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ATTEMPTED
SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND
CONSPIRACY. BAIL WAS SET AT 10,000
DOLLARS.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT ON ROUTE 20 AT
LEBANON VALLEY SPEEDWAY. A LIFENET
HELICOPTER WAS REQUESTED. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST AFTER 9.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE INJURED LATE
THURSDAY MORNING, IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT
IN WINDHAM. EXTRA AMBULANCES WERE
REQUESTED TO THE SCENE ON ROUTE 23
JUST BEFORE NOON.
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT CLOSED ROUTE 9W
IN ATHENS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A
CAR STRUCK A UTILITY POLE, THAT
BROUGHT DOWN WIRES AND CAUGHT FIRE.
A 20 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED IN
THE CRASH.
MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED AFTER
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN CATSKILL
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A 39 YEAR OLD
WOMAN AND TWO YEAR OLD BOY WERE
CHECKED OUT BY CATSKILL AMBULANCE ON
WEST BRIDGE STREET JUST AFTER 5.
AN INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF CATSKILL
HAS A PALENVILLE MAN FACING CHARGES.
27 YEAR OLD CODY EDWARDS WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT,
CRIMINAL TRESPASS, AND CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF.
A MAN WHO REPORTED NEWS ON THIS
STATION FOR 15 YEARS HAS PASSED
AWAY. JACK RACE HAS LOST HIS BATTLE
WITH CANCER THIS WEEK. HE WAS 78.
JACK WAS NEWS DIRECTOR IN THE 70'S
AND 80'S. CALLING HOURS WILL BE
MONDAY AT THE BATES AND ANDERSON
FUNERAL HOME FROM 4 TO 7.