Ithaca

In our continuing journal of Upstate New York counties, this time we shine the spotlight on Ithaca and Tompkins County.

Police are on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca after a bomb threat was called in and students are being asked to evacuate and avoid the area.

An 86-year-old driver with Dementia apparently traveled close to 20 miles going the wrong way on Route 17 early October 25.

Talk about realists.  Ithaca has finally given up, thrown up their hands and waved the white flag of surrender.  After suffering through a brutal winter, even the tourist website that tries to get people to come to Ithaca is now telling people to stop, turn around and head to Florida instead...

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two people are recovering from injuries suffered in a small explosion in a can recycling machine they were using at a central New York supermarket.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation recently announced that nearly 43.7 million people visited state parks and historic sites from the first of the year until now. It is a 2.3 million increase over the same time frame in 2011.