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Endwell native Ali Touhey has been named Chief-of-Staff to newly elected Assemblyman Sean Hanna. Touhey was assignment editor and anchor at WROC-TV and WUHF-TV in Rochester. She is a graduate of State University College at Geneseo. Hanna represents portions of Monroe, Ontario, and Livingston counties.

Congressman Maurice Hinchey has announced a $1.5 million, two-year U.S. Navy contract for the ENSCO, Inc. facility in Endicott, New York. The contract will dramatically improve the Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities by displaying the positions of enemy submarines in 3-D, instead of 2-D. The contract... Read More.

Joe Gibbs Racing announced Monday that Michael McDowell will join their team of drivers for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. McDowell is currently slated to drive in both Nationwide Series races in Iowa behind the wheel of the No. 18 Toyota Camry with... Read More.

Corning Police responding to a report of a foul odor found a Meth Lab in full production. Police say that Michael Wheeler, age 45, of Corning was manufacturing methamphetamine on the second floor of an East Denison Parkway address. Hazmat teams removed the dangerous chemicals from... Read More.

NYSEG reports that the natural gas distribution system in the Southern Tier is being returned to normal, after repairs were made for a pipeline leak this weekend. Customers in Tioga and Broome counties are no longer asked to curtail usage. The leak was near the Broome &... Read More.

Lockheed Martin has won a U.S. Navy contract to continue providing sonar systems for U.S. submarines. The $84 million contract contains options which will bring the total contract value to $2.1 billion, if exercised. The program's scope includes the development, production, support, and modernization of all... Read More.

Many fire stations across Broome County held a volunteer recruitment event Saturday afternoon. Most fire stations in the area are volunteer based and those involved say it's critical to recruit more people in order to keep providing necessary services. Firefighters say the rate of volunteerism... Read More.

An early morning fire caused heavy damage to a mobile home in the Town of Conklin. Fire crews responded to 1048 Powers Road just before 9 a.m. Sunday. No one was home at the time of the fire and officials are unsure if anyone lives... Read More.

Gun shops and private gun traders from throughout the Twin Tiers showed off their weapons Sunday. More than 40 vendors filled the Port Crane Fire Hall for the 10th annual Big Gun Show. Vendors had everything from new and used hunting guns to... Read More.

The Pennsylvania woman who was found to be storing the dead bodies of her husband and twin sister will soon receive them back from the county morgue. A walk-in crypt has been built in the backyard of Jean Stevens’ home in Wyalusing. The 91-year-old was... Read More.

A Pennsylvania court has denied an appeal from Steven Colegrove. The 32-year-old Bradford County native who last lived in Broome County, N.Y. was convicted in 2009 of killing three family members. Colegrove was found guilty of shooting his mother, father and brother with a shotgun inside... Read More.

A standoff that lasted over nine hours ended peacefully in Chenango County early Thursday. Sheriff’s deputies and a state trooper were called to a home on State Highway 23 in the Town of Plymouth for reports of a man who was threatening suicide. The man... Read More.