Walmart said it would resume two-way shopping in all of its 4,753 U.S. stores at the beginning of October and also reopen some additional store entrances that had been closed temporarily to help control the flow of customer traffic.
Congressman Anthony Brindisi and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to consider Rome as a future drone testing site.
Walmart locations in Utica, Rome, New Hartford, Herkimer, and Oneida have all closed nightly at 8:30PM. Walmart has announced they will be open later once again.
Utica Police were called to the Walmart in North Utica on Thursday afternoon after someone made a threat to the store and its patrons over their customer service line.
The Herkimer Walmart was shut down for hours Sunday afternoon after the Herkimer County 911 center received a call about a possible bomb threat incident at around 3:30 p.m.
A shopper who was at Walmart in Oneida has tested positive for COVID-19 and health officials there are alerting the public who may have been in the store last Wednesday night.