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A New York State Trooper was shot and killed by an active duty soldier during a domestic dispute last night in Jefferson County. Trooper Joel Davis was shot and killed by 32-year-old Justin Walters while approaching the man's house last night in the Village... Read More.

The 2nd-annual "Get Your Flea Fix on Route 96" will be held today and tomorrow at several locations along the highway from Owego, through Candor, Spencer, and into West Danby. Flea markets, yard sales, and several businesses will participate this year, including Up the... Read More.

Tioga Downs hosted New York Sire Stakes racing during a special Fourth of July card yesterday. The program is designed to promote the breeding, buying, and racing of standardbred horses across the state. Horses are broken into divisions, and Tioga Downs hosted four... Read More.

Tioga Downs had to cancel Saturday night's planned 38 Special concert due to severe weather that owner Jeff Gural said made it impossible to put the show on safely. In a statement, Gural said that they will try to reschedule the concert and will... Read More.

New York lawmakers approved a deal that will help keep Vernon Downs open during a two-day special session that concluded yesterday in Albany. The Tioga Downs sister track will receive $2 million per year for the next two years. Owner Jeff Gural says... Read More.

New York legislators are closing in on a deal to extend sales tax measures for county governments for three years and mayoral control of New York City schools for two years during an extraordinary session called by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Besides the legislation,... Read More.

State lawmakers passed a bill last week to provide a tax break to the craft beverage industry in New York. The State Senate voted to exempt tastings at breweries, cideries and distilleries from sales tax. Currently, only tastings at wineries are exempt from sales tax.... Read More.

A woman decided to pull out a machete and a stun gun during an argument over fireworks in a Kmart parking lot in Cortlandville on Monday. The Cortland County Sheriff's Office was called to the parking lot just before 5pm for reports of... Read More.

An Endicott man was taken into custody over the weekend after he was found semiconscious and bent over the open trunk of a stolen car in the parking lot of the Oakdale Mall. 25-year-old Adam Morneau is accused of taking his mother's car without... Read More.

Another anchor store will close at the Oakdale Mall this year. Sears has announced that both their store and auto center will close. The Sears Auto Center will close in late July, while the store portion will begin a liquidation sale on June 30... Read More.

An Ithaca plan to provide safer consumption spaces to people addicted to drugs has received support from the American Medical Association and other medical professionals. Safer consumption spaces - also known as supervised injection facilities - are locations where people can legally consume previously-purchased... Read More.

More than 100 pounds of prescription drugs and 67 bottles of opioids were collected Saturday at a "Shed the Meds" event in Binghamton. 40 people also received free Narcan training at the event co-hosted by State Senator Fred Akshar, Binghamton Mayor Rich David, and... Read More.