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Students at a local school were evacuated for a short time Monday after an electrical problem. A short in an outlet in the kitchen of the Richard T. Stank Middle School caused the evacuation of both that school and the adjoining Susquehanna Valley High School,... Read More.

Vestal Police have arrested an Endicott man who they believe is responsible for a burglary at a home on Stamford Drive last week. 22-year-old Maurice Bentley is accused of entering the residence around 10:30pm on Nov. 14 – after the owners had gone to bed... Read More.

A Bradford County murder suspect waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Friday. 55-year-old Robert Gorman is accused of fatally stabbing his ailing brother in 2007. Robert was the primary care provider for his brother, Timothy, but was carrying on a relationship with his... Read More.

A planned memorial park for the victims of the American Civic Association shooting is in the running for a $50,000 grant. The project is one of the finalists for a Pepsi Refresh Everything grant. To win, it must be among the top 10 vote-getters on... Read More.

The 900 New York workers who are scheduled for layoffs at the end of the year are receiving letters in the mail from the state government. The letters are advising the workers about their rights under union contracts and civil service law, including an option... Read More.

Authorities arrested a local woman and a Texas man at the Elmira airport on Thursday after the two were caught trying to smuggle in methamphetamine from Texas. Police say 39-year-old Stacey Foust of Towanda was planning on selling the drugs locally. She was taken into... Read More.

A Cortland County man was killed in a hunting accident on Saturday. The Department of Environmental Conservation says 54-year-old Alton Carr was shot in the chest by his nephew while the two were hunting in the Town of McGraw around 11am Saturday. Carr was taken by... Read More.

State Police are calling the accident that killed a little boy in Greene on Thursday night a “horrible tragedy.” 23-month-old Collin Clark was struck and killed after running out into traffic on Route 12. State Police say the boy was with family at a home when... Read More.

Bradford County is now home to just the second training facility for natural gas workers in the nation. Chesapeake Energy unveiled its facility in Athens Thursday. The 3,600-square-foot campus can house up to 250 employees at one time. Each morning, the residents are taken to... Read More.

The man who was charged with murdering an Oneonta woman has been released from jail. The Otsego County District Attorney requested that the murder charge be dropped against 27-year-old William Sprague after new evidence came to light. The DA’s office has declined to comment on... Read More.

Broome County legislators have turned down an offer to lease their drilling rights to a natural gas company. Legislators voted 10-3 Thursday against the offer from Denver-based Inflection Energy, which would have given the county $7.8 million up front and 20 percent royalties on any... Read More.

New York State Electric and Gas says they will cut down a tree in the Town of Maine, despite the property owner’s objections. Lidiko Mitchell chained herself to the tree earlier this month in an effort to save it from being cut down. She met... Read More.