BU Graduate Dies In Navy Seal Training Exercise

A 2010 Binghamton University graduate was killed during Navy training. According to the university, 23-year-old Jonathan Kaloust, died last Wednesday during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Kaloust, who joined the Navy in March of 2011, was a Navy Seal... Read More.

Cornell Graduate Named To Head IRS

Just one day after removing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, President Obama has already found a replacement. He has appointed Daniel Werfel as the new acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Werfel is a Cornell University graduate, and is currently the Controller of... Read More.

Oneida Indians Reach Casino Deal With New York

The Oneida Indians have struck a deal with the Cuomo administration to guarantee exclusive territory for their central New York casino in exchange for an estimated $50 million in annual payments to the state. The proposed deal announced Thursday would be part of Gov. Andrew... Read More.

Candon Westervelt Returns Home After Surgery

Candon Westervelt received an overwhelming show of support for his homecoming on Friday. Candon is the 9-year-old boy from Lockwood who underwent brain surgery late last month at John's Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The procedure, a hemispherectomy, removed the entire right side... Read More.

Gas Pipeline Through Broome County Being Considered

A major natural gas shipping company is studying the possibility of installing a 60 mile pipeline which would run through parts of Broome County. Millennium Pipeline Company is considering running an extension pipeline from the Town of Union up to the Syracuse area. The... Read More.

Prospect Mountain Highway Project Progressing Well

Progress is being made on the highway work near Prospect Mountain. Massive steel girders were lowered into place on Wednesday. The girders are the next step in constructing the new bridges which take Interstate 81 and Route 17 over the Chenango River. Work on... Read More.

Food Bank of the Southern Tier Receives Grant

The Food Bank of the Southern Tier received thousands of dollars for additional funding. The Food Bank was one of 40 winners in Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together Initiative. Winners each received a $45,000 grant. A total of 120 food banks across the country competed.... Read More.

SBA Honors Several Local Businesses

Several area businesses including one from Tioga County were honored by the Small Business Administration earlier this month. Northeast Implements, a division of Klett Enterprises, owned by Charles Klett of Owego’s Southside, was one of 23 businesses honored statewide with an Excellence Award... Read More.

K-9s Locate Missing Binghamton Boy

After a two hour search, a K-9 unit in Binghamton helped find a 13-year-old boy with Down Syndrome who had gone missing. Just before 6:30 Wednesday night, officers responded to Ely Park Boulevard in Binghamton to a report of a missing boy. After an... Read More.

Police Seek Missing Chenango Man

The Broome County Sheriff's Office is looking for a sex offender who has gone missing. 54-year-old Paul Terwilliger of Chenango was arrested last month after being charged with felony sexual conduct. He was bailed out of the Broome County Jail, but friends who had lived... Read More.

Endicott Man Arrested For Theft Of Copper Pipe

An Endicott man sees jail time after stealing copper pipe and scrapping it for cash. The Broome County Sheriff's Office Detective Division charged 32-year-old Donald House with criminal mischief and grand larceny, both felonies. House was living in an unoccupied apartment, where he allegedly... Read More.