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A meth lab was found at an apartment fire in Susquehanna County. The fire started Friday night on Main St. in Great Bend. The fire began in a bedroom toward the front of the house. The tenant told authorities the fire was ignited by... Read More.

New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under criminal investigation. Sources familiar with the investigation say that the U.S. Attorney is taking a hard look at Skelos' ties to the real estate industry. The Republican, from Long Island, has not been charged... Read More.

Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver has agreed to vacate the position he has held for the last 21 years. Reports are that the 70-year-old Democrat will yield his position to Majority Leader Joseph Morelle. Last Thursday, Silver was arrested by... Read More.

The son of New York Senator Tom Libous was convicted of tax fraud yesterday in U.S. District Court. In July, Matthew Libous, was indicted by a federal grand jury in White Plains on one count of obstructing the IRS in its administration of the... Read More.

The speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, has been taken into custody by the FBI on alleged corruption charges. Silver was taken into custody before 8 a.m. yesterday in Manhattan. The charges reportedly stem from payments he allegedly received from two... Read More.

Yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Anti-Poverty Opportunity Agenda, a 10 point plan to combat poverty and fight inequality. The plan includes raising the statewide minimum wage in 2016 from $9.00 per hour to $10.50. He also promised to double funding for the Urban... Read More.

One man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Susquehanna County according to Pennsylvania State Police. Gregory Jones of North Carolina, was pronounced dead at the scene. It happened at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday on Guiton Road in Middletown Township. Jones was... Read More.

Taste NY vending machines, stocked with New York State-produced options, are now fully operational at two state rest stops. One is at the Broome Gateway Rest Area, located between the Pennsylvania state line and Exit 1 on I-81, The New York State Department of... Read More.

A Police Standoff in Danby, New York, which started on Tuesday, has lasted until today. According to authorities, on Tuesday, Tompkins County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to arrest a man wanted on an arrest warrant. During this encounter the man barricaded himself and his family... Read More.

There was a fire early this morning at the Villa Serene Apartments in Elmira Heights. Fire officials have confirmed one death. The high rise apartments sit at the corner of East 14th Street and Horseheads Boulevard. The fire started on the 11th floor. Multiple... Read More.

A new state-of-the art unit was unveiled at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital yesterday afternoon. Doctors, nurses, Guthrie officials and more celebrated the ribbon cutting of the new Intensive Care Unit on the second floor of the hospital. The new ICU is more than double... Read More.

Yesterday, a judge sentenced Ganesh "Remy" Ramsaran to the maximum of 25 years to life for second degree murder for the death of his wife. On Sept. 23, a jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife, Jennifer,... Read More.