Elmira Jackals Under New Management

It was a deal nine months in the making, but the Elmira Jackals are officially under new ownership. The team's spokesperson announced Wednesday that Elm Arena has acquired the team from the Afr family. The team's new owners, Tom Freeman and Nate... Read More.

Services Held For Firefighter John Janos

Hundreds visited St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Binghamton to pay their final respects to firefighter John Janos, 57, who died Saturday morning after responding to a call. Most of the eulogies focused on Janos' service to the community and personal life. That included... Read More.

Vestal FD Re-Evaluating New Rescue Truck

The Vestal Fire Department is back to crunching numbers after residents denied the town's request to borrow money for a new rescue fire truck. On Tuesday, Vestal residents voted down a chance to allow the volunteer fire department to borrow $800,000 to replace... Read More.

Vestal Man Arrested Following Traffic Stop

Tens of thousands of dollars worth of drugs, cash and a gun land a Vestal man in jail Wednesday. The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force arrested 30-year-old Rhamel Matthews, of Vestal, Wednesday after executing a search warrant during a traffic stop in the... Read More.

Brief Power Outage in Tioga & Broome Today

Areas across Broome and Tioga County were without power briefly this morning. NYSEG reported more than 2,600 Johnson City residents without power, and at one point, the city and town of Binghamton had nearly 4,000 residents without power. NYSEG now reports that... Read More.

Lockheed Martin – Owego Receives Contract

Lockheed Martin in Owego has been awarded a more than $13 million contract from the Navy. The contract extends a previously awarded contract for the upgrade of data and software systems of MH60R helicopters. Lockheed Martin will be working on improving the... Read More.

Six Departments Fight Owego Brush Fire

Owego Firefighters responded to one of the first brush fires of the year yesterday afternoon on Route 38 near McLean Road. What was initially reported as a 40 by 60 foot grass fire ended up in a response from 6 departments. The... Read More.

Vestal Fire Department Request Rejected By Voters

Voters in Vestal Tuesday turned down their fire department's request for a new apparatus by fewer than 10 votes. Tuesday's special election drew just 371 residents to the polls. At issue was whether the town could spend $800,000 on a new heavy rescue... Read More.

Good & Bad News In Vestal School Budget

A Vestal middle school technology teacher and an elementary school teacher will have jobs next year thanks to an 11th-hour gift from the state. But it's not enough to save everyone's job. Vestal's nearly $73 million budget will include a tax levy... Read More.

Radioactive Waste May Be Shipped On I-81

Highly radioactive nuclear waste, the kind used in nuclear bombs, could be loaded up on trucks and shipped through New York State, down Interstate 81. It's a plan that is still in the early stages of approval, and has some people worried. ... Read More.

Public Hearing Held On McArthur Elementary

After the students of MacArthur Elementary in Binghamton were displaced by the flood of September 2011, administrators are hoping a new proposal will have them soon returning to a permanent building. On Monday evening, a public hearing was held to present the rebuilding project... Read More.