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A new player has been announced in the hunt for one of the region's casino licenses. Thomas Wilmot Sr. of Rochester has proposed building a $350 million hotel and entertainment project in the small Seneca County town of Tyre. Seneca County is considered in... Read More.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is putting the pressure on wireless carriers in his effort to require anti-theft measures be added to all smartphones. Schneiderman is sending letters to the nation's largest wireless carriers regarding the industry's decision to prohibit Samsung from... Read More.

A Tompkins County town is the latest to vote on a hydrofracking moratorium. Tuesday night, the Groton Town Board voted down a six-month ban on fracking by a 3-2 vote. The vote was preceded by a public hearing with over 100 people in attendance.... Read More.

New York Congressman Richard Hanna is speaking out against new regulations enacted by an office of the Federal Department of Transportation, which regulate the hours in which truck drivers will be able to drive. Before July 1st, truckers who drove 70 hours in one... Read More.

A man that was hit by a car late last week in Ithaca has been listed in critical condition according to police. The man was hit while crossing Ellis Hollow Road, by the East Hill Plaza Burger King near Cornell University. Paramedics drove the... Read More.

New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a delay to a sudden mandate that would force municipalities across the state to replace fire hydrants after January 4th. The senator says the Environmental Protection Agency is misinterpreting a 2011 law that was passed, which... Read More.

A statewide Day of Action was held across New York to reclaim what many say has slipped from public schools. Teachers, union members, administrators and students took turns speaking out on Monday to bring light to what they said are detrimental effects that... Read More.

A man wanted by police on drug-related charges tried to evade police, but instead crashed his bicycle into a police car. Cortland County Sheriff's spotted 46-year-old Miles Parrotta of Cortland riding his bike on the sidewalk, and when a deputy tried to stop him,... Read More.

News Radio WEBO Sports Schedule for Monday, December 2 through Sunday, December 8: Tuesday, December 3 at 6:45 PM - ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Syracuse BB vs. Indiana Saturday, December 7 at 6:30 PM - Syracuse BB vs. Binghamton University

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer was in Watkins Glen Monday to discuss cutting the excise tax on small breweries to help them grow their businesses. Schumer discussed the Small BREW Act of 2013, legislation that will cut the excise tax on small breweries in half,... Read More.

According to the report released Monday by a commission chosen this summer to study the level of New York's political corruption, New York has a pay-to-play political culture, assisted by a wide-open campaign finance system which allows donors with enough finances to set the... Read More.

The city of Ithaca is investigating the dumping of an unknown cleaning chemical into their public sanitary sewer system. According to the city, it happened sometime either Saturday and/or Sunday. They are trying to find out if it was intentional. The... Read More.