STATION.
HERE'S YOUR NEWS ON THE GO THIS
MORNING.
AS COVID-19 CONTINUES TO TAKE
ITS TOLL AROUND THE COUNTRY --
NEW YORK STATE IS SEEING
ENCOURAGING NUMBERS.
ACCORDING TO THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, A LITTLE MORE THAN
17-HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19.
AND THAT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER
SINCE MARCH 20TH.
NOW THE COVID-19 DEATH TOLL DOES
CONTINUE TO CLIMB -- BUT IT'S AT
THE LOWEST RATE WE'VE SEEN SINCE
THE CRISIS BEGAN.
JOSH:
PROTESTERS HAVE MARCHED FOR TWO
STRAIGHT WEEKS IN SYRACUSE.
ON SATURDAY -- PROTESTS
CONTINUING TO CALL FOR POLICE
REFORM.
THIS AFTERNOON-- PROTESTERS WILL
BE HEADING TO VICTORY TEMPLE
FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND WILL ALSO
BE TAKING TIME TO CLEAN UP THE
NORTHSIDE.
JOSH:
A BLACK LIVES MATTER MURAL WAS
PAINTED ON THE GROUND IN FRONT
OF SHELDON HALL AT SUNY OSWEGO.
THE SCHOOLS PRESIDENT ORGANIZING
THE PAINTING AHEAD OF TODAY'S
PLANNED STUDENT DEMONSTRATION TO
CELEBRATE BLACK LIBERATION DAY.
A SIMILAR PAINTING IS SCHEDULED
TO BE DONE IN SYRACUSE NEXT
FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, AT NOON.
JOSH:
ONE OF YOUR STORIES-- THE
SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL
BEGIN CRACKING DOWN ON ALL THOSE
ILLEGAL FIREWORKS--WE KNOW THERE
WERE MORE LAST NIGHT.
A SPECIAL GROUP OF OFFICERS WILL
BE TASKED TO INVESTIGATE AND
RESPOND TO FIREWORK COMPLAINTS.
THEY ASK CALLERS TO BE AS
SPECIFIC AS THEY CAN WHEN THEY
GIVE A LOCATION AND TO REMEMBER,
THIS IS FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS,
NOT SPARKLERS OR SMALL
FOUNTAINS.
JOSH:
AT 7:XX ....
