Lisle Man Arrested in Tioga County

A Lisle man was arrested after he fled from Tioga County Sheriff's deputies that were trying to stop him. 27-year-old Justin Perce was arrested for five vehicle and traffic citations, two penal law charges, felony reckless endangerment and fleeing a police officer in a...

Meth Caused House Explosion in Newark Valley

The Tioga County Sheriff's Office is now saying that an explosion inside a Newark Valley home on Friday was caused by the manufacturing of methamphetamine. 23-year-old Melissa Callahan is being charged with one count of unlawful manufacturing of meth in the third degree. Crews...

Two Owego Men Busted for Making Meth

A pair of Owego men have been accused of making methamphetamine after Tioga County sheriff's deputies found them in a parked vehicle in Newark Valley. The two were found around 1:30 Wednesday morning near the Trout Ponds in Newark Valley. That park is a...

Family Safe Following Campville Fire

Multiple fire departments responded to a working structure fire in Campville this morning. The fire, at 1691 Ford Road, was put out by firefighters from Campville, Apalachin, and Newark Valley. The house was home to a woman and her four children and they were...

Friday Morning Power Outage Affects Thousands

Parts of Tioga and Broome counties are without power following an outage shortly after nine o'clock. NYSEG is reporting 185 outages in Tioga County with over 6,000 outages in Broome. The outages in Broome County are mainly affecting Johnson City, Maine, Union, and Nanticoke,...

Area School Budgets Pass

Voters across Tioga and Broome counties approved their school budgets on Tuesday. Some margins of approval were greater than others, with the greatest margin of approval in the region belonging to Chenango Valley, whose budget passed by a 6-to-1 margin. One of the toughest...

Thousands Lose Power in Tioga County Tuesday

Over 10,000 NYSEG customers lost power yesterday in both Owego in Newark Valley. While no official cause for the outages has been released by NYSEG, unofficial reports say that NYSEG crews were working at Lockheed Martin when the power went out. Lockheed Martin had...

Five Local Students to Compete in Tioga Downs Scholarship Race

Five local high school students started to prepare this weekend for the 2014 Tioga Downs Scholarship Race. The scholarship race is set to take place on June 1st, and five local students are each working with a veteran Tioga Downs horseman to learn the...

Two Arrested for Stealing in Newark Valley

A pair of Newark Valley residents have been charged by Tioga County Sheriff's deputies after allegedly stealing cash and jewelry from family members. 31-year-old Nicholas Sacco is accused of stealing $45,000 from a family member's safe in Newark Valley. He was arraigned on charges...

Two Sentenced to State Prison for Alcohol Related Incidents

Two area men were sentenced to state prison on Thursday as a result of alcohol related offenses. 33-year-old Matthew Poch of Johnson City was sentenced to a state prison term of one to three years for a DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation. However, it's...

Openings for Head Start in Tioga County

Tioga Opportunities Head Start has announced openings for the 2014-2015 school year, and is accepting applications now. Applications can be submitted for children who will be at least three years old by December 1st, but not yet 5 by that date. The program is...

Newark Valley Home Destroyed By Fire

A house in Tioga County is ruled a total loss after a two-alarm fire ripped through the second floor on Saturday. According to Newark Valley Fire Chief George Wahl, the call came in around 11 a.m. Saturday morning for a structure fire at...