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Local non-profit groups are competing for the shrinking amount of federal funding at their disposal. Each year, local agencies compete for Community Development Block Grants, which get money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On Monday night, the city agency in Binghamton... Read More.

The New York Department of Transportation is one of several agencies facing cuts in Governor Cuomo's budget proposal. Local highway officials worry that there won't be enough money for even the most basic road work. Counties and municipalities receive funds from the state in... Read More.

A SUNY Delhi building has been put on lockdown after a bomb threat Tuesday morning. Around 9:15, SUNY Delhi Police and the Delaware County 911 Dispatch received calls about a bomb that was set to explode in the Evenden Tower. College officials immediately evacuated... Read More.

Police are investigating an apparent drive by shooting at a northwest Pennsylvania natural gas drilling site. There were no injuries. According to newspaper reports, a suspect driving a pickup truck pointed a rifle in the direction of a drilling rig in Harrisville and... Read More.

One of the two men charged in an Ithaca homicide back in December of 2011 has plead guilty. The Tompkins County District Attorney says that Gary Lowe has plead guilty to first degree manslaughter. Lowe and co-defendant Lawrence Beauford were arrested in a drug... Read More.

By: Pete Pistone / MRN Matt Kenseth became the third driver in Sprint Cup Series history to win on his birthday when he took the checkered flag in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kenseth held off Kasey Kahne in a closing laps... Read More.

The Cortlandville Walmart is evacuated and closed for nearly seven hours after a bomb threat. The call came in just before 3 p.m. Saturday. The Cortland County Sheriff's Department responded to the Wal-Mart on Bennie Road and Route 13 in the Town... Read More.

The New York State Assembly has approved a minimum wage increase. The plan would pay minimum wage workers $9 an hour. Assembly Speaker, Democrat Sheldon Silver touted the measure Tuesday as a top priority for lawmakers. Silver joined members of the... Read More.

By: Jeff Wackerlin - MRN Carl Edwards held off the field in an overtime finish to end a 70-race winless drought when he took the checkered flag in Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Edwards led 122 laps, including the final 78, on... Read More.

State troopers released more information about a deadly crash that happened in Delaware County around 7 o'clock Saturday night on State Route 8, just north of Deposit. Investigators say 79-year-old Barbara Seymour was walking near the road, when she was hit by a... Read More.

Two women are behind bars Sunday on larceny and drug charges. 25-year-old Sierra Speed, and 26-year-old Alisha Paulk, both of Rochester, were arrested Friday at the Gang Mills Wal-Mart. State Police said Paulk was found trying to steal $200 worth of merchandise... Read More.

From MRN: After further evaluation by two different doctors in North Carolina, it has been determined that Richard Petty Motorsports driver Michael Annett has suffered a fracture and dislocation of his sternum. He will immediately undergo surgery for his injuries in Charlotte. He suffered the... Read More.