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.

Honeowner Seriously Injured In Elmira Fire

An Elmira man suffers serious burns after his house caught on fire Wednesday morning. Fire officials say the fire started in the kitchen of the home on Diven Avenue just before 8 o'clock. The man in the home was heating oil around 4 o'clock... Read More.

42 Arrested In Bradford County Drug Sweep

61 arrest warrants have been issued and 42 suspects charged Tuesday after a major narcotics investigation in Bradford County. Pennsylvania and federal authorities issued warrants for possession and intent to deliver controlled substances including heroin, marijuana, bath salts, methamphetamine, cocaine, and prescription drugs. Included... Read More.

Update On The South Waverly Standoff

Police have released more information about the South Waverly standoff that started Monday night and ended yesterday morning. 62-year-old Timothy Murphy has been taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police. The incident began when Murphy picked up his son from track practice on... Read More.

New York To Pay Owner's Share Of Flood Buyouts

New York State will pay the owner's share of buyouts to properties damaged by tropical storms Irene and Lee. Governor Cuomo announced the state's decision on Monday. Over 1,100 properties across 17 counties, including Tioga and Broome, are expected to be bought out through FEMA... Read More.

South Waverly Stand Off Is Over

A South Waverly man's overnight standoff with police is over. 62-year-old Timothy Murphy has been detained and taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police. The incident began when Murphy picked up his son from track practice on Monday night. According to his son, once... Read More.