WTSA News For Your Thursday, October 15th:
Four new Covid 19 cases reported in Vermont Wednesday, for a total of 1,889 with 58 deaths. Windham County remains at 130 cases and 3 deaths.
71 new positive test results for COVID-19 and two deaths in New Hampshire, including four new cases in Cheshire County. The state has 9,349 cases and 458 dead. In Cheshire county, 166 cases and 3 dead.
518 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, bringing the total number of confirmed cases statewide to 138,083. There are 16 new deaths reported for a total of 9,429 confirmed death. Franklin County remains at 426 cases and 71 dead.
A Brattleboro man has been ordered to immediately cease and desist holding himself out as an investment professional. Vermont Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak says a call to the department’s consumer hotline complained that William Therieau was representing himself as an investment advisor and had encouraged a consumer to invest money with his company. The department’s investigation determined that Therieau had misled the consumer through a consulting agreement that contained false and misleading statements. Further, neither Therieau nor his purported company were registered in Vermont or any other jurisdiction to provide investment advice or services. Last, the department found no evidence that Therieau had invested the consumer’s funds as directed.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy continues to criticize the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process for Judge Amy Barrett. Leahy says the unseemly and hypocritical push to ram a Supreme Court nominee through with just days before an election in which millions already have voted is not only an affront to the American people, but it damages the Senate and our courts. Republicans have cleared the Senate’s decks – not to work on much-needed COVID relief, but to spend two of the last weeks before the election on this mad rush to swing the balance of the Supreme Court for decades. Questioning of Barrett wrapped up Wednesday.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott and governors from four Northeast states are calling for reforms needed to achieve their states’ respective goals for clean, affordable, and reliable electricity. Scott says the work to address climate change can and must also work to make energy more affordable for Vermonters. According to Governor Scott, “With a strategic, multi-state approach we can have a greater impact on both climate change mitigation and energy affordability.”
A record number of ballots have been cast early in the November 3, 2020 General Election as compared to ballots cast early in prior elections. Secretary of State Jim Condos says as of the end of the day Tuesday, 110,016 Vermonters have voted early in the 2020 General Election, with three weeks of early voting remaining. The previous record of total ballots returned early/absentee in a single election was 95,203 in the 2016 General Election.
LOTTERY NUMBERS:
TRI STATE PICK 3 5-8-3
TRI STATE PICK 4 6-9-1-3
TRI STATE GIMME 5 3-24-26-29-39
TRI STATE MEGABUCKS 12-17-19-21-39 MEGA BALL 6
POWERBALL 21-37-52-53-58 POWERBALL 5
MASS CASH 2-3-6-9-20
WTSA SPORTS:
Locally, as heard on 99 5 The Beast, in Boy’s High School Football, Brattleboro beat Bellows Falls 28-21. Henry Thurber, Cobe Mager and Alex Kendall each had interceptions for the Colonels, who travel to Bellows Falls on Saturday for their next game. We’ll have the game for you on Saturday on 99 5 The Beast and 99 5 The Beast Dot Com, beginning at 12:40.
In Boys Soccer in overtime, Rutland beat Brattleboro 2-1. Alex Lier scored for the Colonels.
In Major League Baseball’s Championship Series, the Dodgers thumped Atlanta 15-3, and Houston beat Tampa Bay, 4-3. Atlanta leads their series 2 games to1, and Tampa Bay leads their series, 3 games to 1.