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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.

Contractors currently working on the expansion project at Tioga Downs banded together over the last month to collect 70 pounds of food and $1,700 that they donated to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier yesterday. LPCiminelli Project Manager Carl York spearheaded the... Read More.

Power was restored just after 11am for most of the 500 Village of Owego customers that lost their electricity during a severe thunderstorm at around 8:45pm Sunday. The storm brought down trees and large branches across parts of the village, bringing down power lines... Read More.

A Tompkins County jury will resume deliberations today in the murder trial of a man accused of stabbing an Ithaca College student last year. Nagee Green of Freeville in Tompkins is accused of stabbing and killing a 19-year old Ithaca College student last August... Read More.

Tioga Downs hosted ostrich and camel races yesterday during their Father's Day race card, and all dads were given a beer mug on their special day. Winding Hill with driver Mike Merton won the featured $9,000 trot yesterday. Merton has 18 wins at... Read More.

Applications are now being accepted for the first year of New York's Excelsior Scholarship program at state colleges and universities. The online application process runs until July 21st. If accepted, no tuition will be charged at New York state's two or four year colleges.... Read More.