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The New York State Senate Majority this week approved legislation that leaders say will combat gun violence and protect all New Yorkers. Some of the elements of the legislation…it bans armed teachers in schools. Another bill allows law enforcement officials, family and household members... Read More.

A Tompkins County woman faces numerous felony and misdemeanor crimes following a traffic stop. Ithaca-based troopers report the arrest of 28-year-old Tiffany Hall of Newfield. She was charged with felony counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle and two... Read More.

A person is dead and a New York State Trooper was wounded during a shoot-out last night on Route 17 in Kirkwood. State police issued a statement saying that shortly after 6:20 p.m. Monday night a State Trooper observed a vehicle wanted in connection... Read More.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a consumer alert…warning New Yorkers about a bug in the Apple FaceTime app that reportedly allows users to receive audio and video from the device of the person they are calling even before the person has accepted or rejected... Read More.

A Sayre man remains in jail this morning after Athens police charged him with felony strangulation. That counts was filed against 24-year-old Michael Jones. Police also charged him with simple assault, harassment with physical contact and disorderly conduct. Arraigned in court, he was remanded... Read More.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced nearly $4.5 million has been awarded to 13 animal shelters and humane societies across the state through the New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund. The funding will support construction, renovation and expansion projects.  No funds were awarded locally.

Five people are facing drug charges following an investigation by Ithaca-based troopers. While following up on a previous methamphetamine manufacturing investigation Troopers located materials and the remnants of materials used to manufacture methamphetamine at 3 Congers Mobile Home Park in Freeville.  As a result... Read More.

The Child Victims Act passed in the New York State Legislature on Monday more than a decade after the bill was introduced…that from Albany TV station WTEN. The bill passed with unanimous support in the NY Senate and passed in the Assembly by a... Read More.

26 school districts have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. Although the same numbers of districts were designated in fiscal stress last year, many of the entities in this year’s list have changed. The... Read More.

Senator Fred Akshar has released his latest in a series of online surveys that he says is an effort to listen his constituents. Akshar is asking his constituents to weigh in on the Governor's proposal to legalize recreational marijuana.  Governor Cuomo estimates that legalization... Read More.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sunday a bottle bill expansion and a plastic bag ban will be included in the 2019 Executive Budget. To combat litter, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment for future generations, the Governor is advancing legislation to... Read More.