Regional News

Schoharie County farmer Richard Ball has been confirmed by the New York Senate as Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets.

On Thursday, April 24th, the New York State Police in Owego arrested Jennifer N. Grier, 33, of Spencer for grand larceny 3rd degree, a felony.

The New York State Assembly has passed the first in the nation legislation banning a form of plastic pollution that is an emerging threat to New York’s great lakes and other lakes.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer made an appearance on MSNBC Monday morning and talked about the possibility of natural gas fracking in New York and that he supports it if done carefully.

A Madison County man is accused of stalking a Cortland County woman.

Acting State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball and State Veterinarian Dr. David Smith announced Monday that the sows and piglets exhibit and competition at the 2014 New York State Fair has been suspended.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The mother of a 27-year-old disabled woman has sued four state workers seeking unspecified damages for failing to protect her daughter from being raped at an upstate New York group home.

GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a man after they had bumped into one another while walking on an upstate New York street six years ago. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown  reports that Atiq Weston of Wallkill, New York pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday in Orange County Court...

MADISON, N.Y. (AP) — Public health authorities say a norovirus caused dozens of diners to fall ill after eating at a central New York restaurant's Easter buffet. The Madison County Public Health Department tells local media that lab results confirmed that the gastrointestinal outbreak linked to the Hotel Solsville was caused by norovirus, which can result in nausea, vomiting and diarrhea... Read M

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a driver and his passenger both overdosed on heroin, causing the pickup truck they were riding in to drift to a stop 100 feet from a Syracuse fire station.