Staff Report

Entrepreneur Greg Galvin was the 2014 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. He's the founder of the company Rheonix, which is an Ithaca-based biotech company. His COVID-19 test is the one that enabled Cayuga Health System ... more

Finger Lakes Community College is one of just five community colleges across the U.S. that was selected to share a $1.9 million grant to design pilot programs to support rural students. The program is also ... more

A trio of local churches in this Seneca County community will ring their bells 400 times to remember the 400,000 lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19. Trinity Episcopal Church, the Seneca Falls United Methodist ... more

A Shortsville student at Finger Lakes Community College received the 2020 Norman R. McConney Jr. Award. Gabrielle Young received the honor which recognizes excellence in the SUNY Educational Opportunity Program. She was nominated by Lisa ... more

The Dove Block in Geneva has been sold. It was officially transferred to Corbett, Inc., a developer based in Philadelphia. A new creative arts collaboration will be part of the plan for the Dove Block ... more

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of a Clyde man following a traffic stop in the village of Newark. It happened on Route 31 when deputies performed a traffic stop on January 17th ... more

Sen. Pam Helming (R-54) has joined the chorus of voices across the state calling for high school sports to resume. She says that countless students, parents, coaches, and concerned family members have contacted her to ... more

The U.S. Small Business Administration says that it has approved approximately 60,000 PPP loan applications submitted by nearly 3,000 lenders, for over $5 billion, between the program’s re-opening on Monday, Jan. 11, at 9 a.m ... more

A Phelps man faces a child endangerment charge after a reported domestic incident this week. Deputies say that on January 18th a little before 3 p.m. Peter Tournois was arrested for endangering the welfare of ... more

A local man faces felony charges after a reckless driving complaint near Penn Yan Academy. Police arrested Brandon Miller, 21, of Penn Yan after the School Resource Officer for the district received a complaint of ... more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined opposing scenarios for the upcoming budget. One of them included $15 billion in federal bailout money to make the state's books flush. The other included a version of events where New ... more

A Geneva man is facing a felony charge after an incident in the city. Police say Daniel Dorobiala, 32, of Geneva was charged with aggravated family offense, a felony, following a dispute. He was initially ... more

Police say a several month long investigation into the sale of drugs concluded with the arrest of a 32-year-old. Eugenio Diaz-Gomez, 32, of Geneva was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He's ... more

Police arrested a 45-year-old Penfield man following an incident in the city of Geneva. On January 14th at 12:33 p.m. police took Fontaine Brooks, 45, of Penfield into custody on a felony strangulation charge. Brooks ... more

New York State United Teachers is calling on the state Education Department to request a federal waiver of grade 3-8 and high school testing requirements. The request would mirror what occurred last year. NYSUT says ... more

The Seneca County Sheriff's Office reports that on January 16th a little before 2 p.m. deputies responded to Dunham Road in Waterloo for a tree logging accident. Todd Washburn, 52, of Waterloo was severely injured ... more

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation working in partnership with The Landmark Society of Western New York announced the availability of the Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization Grant Program to support ... more

Over the last two weeks we've been highlighting stories of frustration and disappointment as seniors and others attempt to get vaccinated. While the state contends with overall supply issues - not having enough doses of ... more

Senator John Manion, who represents the 53rd District has joined the growing list of lawmakers who want to see high school sports resume. The newly-elected representative of a district in Central New York says that ... more

Officials with the United State Postal Service say that scams are being reported, as workers continue to get through a backlog of packages. That's right, some people still have not received packages they sent in ... more

New York State Police say a 55-year-old man has been charged with murder after his girlfriend was found dead in the town of Bath. It was a suspicious death investigation over the weekend. Police were ... more