Author: MyHometownToday

The Broome-Tioga Workforce says business owners in the Southern Tier could be reimbursed more for training new employees. Businesses and organizations in the two counties could receive up to 90% of the hiring and training costs for each new worker. All they need to do... Read More.

A portion of Route 6 in Bradford County was closed for most of Monday after a natural gas drilling rig slid down an embankment. The 72,000-pound rig fell down on Friday when the chains holding it on a truck snapped. It took nearly 8 hours to... Read More.

An Endicott man has been convicted of starting the fire that damaged his apartment complex on Monroe Street in Oct. 2009. 53-year-old Randy Foote faces up to 25 years in jail when he is sentenced on March 14. Foote was facing eviction when Broome County fire... Read More.

New York lawmakers have started changing some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposals. One of the governor’s top priorities is capping property taxes at two percent per year or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a fellow Democrat, says his conference... Read More.

The lawyer for Cal Harris was in Albany Monday to appeal his client’s murder conviction. William Easton asked a state appellate court to reverse his client’s conviction on second-degree murder charges and order a new trial or dismiss the murder indictment altogether based on a... Read More.

Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s help to find the person responsible for stealing over $100,000 worth of jewelry from a home in Tioga County, PA. Troopers say an unknown individual or a group of people entered a residence on State Street in... Read More.