Author: MyHometownToday

The economy is on its way up in Chemung County, according to a report released this week. The Southern Tier Economic Growth report is forecasting continued growth in the county thanks to the booming natural gas industry over the border in Pennsylvania’s Bradford County. The natural... Read More.

A Sayre man who was convicted of killing his passenger in a crash while driving drunk five years ago has been arrested again for DWI. 25-year-old Trevor Bennett was taken into custody by Sayre Police this week after they say he was driving 60 miles... Read More.

An Appellate Court has declined to raise the award given to a woman who was wrongfully imprisoned in the early 1990s. 74-year-old Shirley Kinge served two years in prison wrongfully accused of arson and murder in connection with the shooting deaths of a Dryden family... Read More.

There will be no WEBO Morning Show or local news coverage from Monday, Dec. 27 through Friday, Dec. 31. Both the Morning Show and local news coverage will return on Monday, Jan. 3. Happy Holidays from all of us at News Radio, WEBO and the Radigan... Read More.

The investigation continues into the fire that killed a person in Elmira on Wednesday. The victim, who has still not been identified, was found dead after a fire at a two-story home on Irvine Place, near Elmira College. Flames were reported at the building around 10pm... Read More.

A Broome County man is in the hospital after a crash in Bradford County Thursday. Pennsylvania State Police say 28-year-old Michael Davies of Port Crane was driving north on State Route 187 in Orwell Township around 5:30pm when his vehicle crossed into the southbound lane... Read More.

A new law will take effect in New York State on Jan. 1. The Ambrose-Searles Move Over Act will require drivers to give police and other emergency vehicles room on the roadways and move from the lane closest to any vehicles on the side of... Read More.

Tompkins County legislators took a stand against hydrofracking this week. Lawmakers voted 14-1 to ban natural gas drilling that uses hydraulic fracturing on county-owned land. The resolution came after concerns about the dangers of hydrofracking. Nearly a dozen county residents spoke in favor of the measure. Lawmakers... Read More.

One person was killed in a fire in Elmira Wednesday night. The Fire Department has not identified the victim of the fire on Irvine Place, which was reported around 10pm. The narrow street is near Elmira College. Firefighters say two people and a dog were able... Read More.