Broome Opioid Awareness Council Funds Mini Grants Again

The Broome Opioid Awareness Council has announced that it is releasing funds for another year of opioid overdose mini grants. $25,000 total in funding is available in 2019 for community agencies to conduct opioid overdose awareness activities. The funds will be available to non-profit... Read More.

Red Cross Helping Union Center Family

The American Red Cross is providing immediate emergency assistance for a family of four displaced by a fire on Union Center Maine Highway. Red Cross assistance typically includes funding for temporary housing, food and clothing as needed, and specially-trained Disaster Mental Health volunteers are... Read More.

Man Charged in Broome Deputy Crash

As a result of the motor vehicle accident Friday morning on Route 17 involving Broome County Sheriff’s Deputy Kristy Botsford, Vestal police have charged Daniel Butash, 34, of Endicott with the following charges: DWI Vehicular Assault in the second degree (E Felony) Assault in... Read More.

Shelters Open in Binghamton

A Code Blue is in effect in Broome County. It gets activated when the temperature drops below 32°. Its goal is to get people off the streets. There are three emergency shelter facilities in Broome County available for homeless housing. The YWCA (80 Hawley... Read More.

Broome Upgrading Public Safety Radio System

Some good news for emergency services and the public coming out of Broome County. County Executive Jason Garnar and Legislature Chairman Daniel Reynolds will join the Director of Broome County Emergency Services Michael Ponticiello and local first responders to announce the county’s plans to... Read More.

NYSP Release Kirkwood Shooting Details

New details on the shooting of a man by a state trooper Monday night in Kirkwood. It happened on Route 17 as a trooper tried to stop a man driving a car he wasn’t supposed to be in. There was gunfire…Dead is 30-year-old Nicholas... Read More.

Airport Inn Destroyed By Fire

Fire Tuesday destroyed the Airport Inn in the Broome County town of Maine. Apartments over the restaurant and bar were also destroyed. Four people were displaced. Heavy equipment was brought in to dismantle the structure.

Reproductive Health, Women’s Equality Talk Scheduled

The League of Women’s Voters will present a program this week on reproductive health, women’s equality and well-being. It will be held Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Broome County Public Library. Julie Weisberg from Family Planning will share information and updates about two... Read More.

Urgent Blood Drive Scheduled in Endicott

The American Red Cross says the need for blood this winter continues to be an urgent. A blood drive has been scheduled for Thursday at the Ann G. McGuinness Elementary School in Endicott. The Drive will run from 4-7 p.m.

Binghamton School Board Denies Strip-Search

Binghamton School District Board of Education released this statement Thursday in response to allegations by four 12-year old girls who claimed they were strip-searched at East Middle School by the school nurse and an assistant principal after an incident in the school cafeteria. Here... Read More.

New Marquee Lights Up Forum

Binghamton's entertainment scene got a bit brighter downtown Thursday.Sen. Fred Akshar (R-52) joined local officials and representatives from Friends of the Forum, Broadway in Binghamton, the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Tri-Cities Opera and the Binghamton Theater Organ Society to officially unveil a new digital marquee... Read More.