Southwest Airlines is adding some non-stop flights from Rochester to key Florida destinations this coming winter.

That according to Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, who says the airline’s winter schedule from January 6 – March 6, 2020 includes new, seasonal non-stop flights to Ft. Lauderdale on select Saturdays.

The airline also will continue seasonal, non-stop service on select Saturdays to Ft. Myers for January and February.

New York State Senator Rob Ortt on Saturday joined the race for the Republican nomination in the 27th Congressional District.

That’s the seat currently held by Rep. Chris Collins, who has been facing federal insider trading charges. Collins has not yet announced if he will run for another term next year.

Ortt currently represents the 62nd district in the NYS Senate, which includes Orleans and Niagara counties and the towns of Sweden and Ogden in Monroe County.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  New York health officials have issued emergency regulations restricting medical exemptions from vaccination for children attending school or child care.

The increased scrutiny of medical exemptions was announced Friday and follows the elimination of religious exemptions. The new regulations aim to keep people from obtaining medical exemptions for non-medical reasons.

The city has ended the public comment period for its first comprehensive plan since Bill Johnson was mayor in the 1990s. 

Since Rochester 2034 was announced in the spring, people have had a lot to say about it. 

Dorainne Kirkmire manages planning for the city. She said four people in her department are cataloging hundreds of comments from city residents.

There’s a change in ownership coming for the del Lago Resort & Casino in Seneca County.

The Wilmot family, Rochester-based developers who operate Wilmorite, have owned half of that casino in the town of Tyre.

The casino concept was something long championed by Wilmot Chairman Tom Wilmot, and del Lago opened two years ago.