Finger Lakes Headline News

Friends, family, and community will gather to remember Geneva Varsity Football Coach Larry Guererri who passed away unexpectedly last week. Calling hours will happen Thursday at Palmisano-Mull Funeral Home from 1-4 p.m. A memorial service ... more

The Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) has reported a case of burglary at Clark Hall, which took place on Tuesday morning. According to CUPD, an unidentified male suspect stole power tools and a 55-inch television ... more

First responders were able to provide an update on a structure fire that happened in the town of Galen on Saturday. On March 24 around 4:30 p.m. the Clyde Fire Department was dispatched to a ... more

Deputies arrested a 29-year-old Ovid resident following a welfare fraud investigation in Seneca County. Megan Hackett, 29, was charged with welfare fraud, offering a false instrument for filing, and misuse of food stamps. it's alleged ... more

Deputies arrested a 26-year-old Waterloo resident following a welfare fraud investigation. Sierra Peters, 26, was charged with misuse of food stamps and welfare fraud on March 23. It's alleged that Peters failed to disclose household ... more

Police say they responded to the 100 block of Cherry Street for a harassment complaint on Monday around 7:35 p.m. Officers made contact with Jaymez Bailey, who was reported to have forced entry into an ... more

State Troopers and Ontario County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested three juveniles after they were observed intentionally crashing two stolen Kia Souls into each other on State Route 96 in the town of Manchester. The incident took ... more

Forest Rangers issued tickets for illegal cattail harvest in the Lakeshore Marshes Wildlife Management Area in Wayne County. The incident occurred on March 22 when rangers observed two individuals walking through a cattail marsh and ... more

The New York Assembly Health Committee passed a bill, introduced by Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, that would authorize Medicaid and other public health insurance providers to pay for patients' medical marijuana treatment. Co-sponsored by Dr ... more

Local government officials are calling for more incentives and community input in the statewide housing plan, which is intensifying as the budget negotiations proceed this week. The Association of Towns and the New York Conference ... more

Northeast College of Health Sciences has released its 2020-2021 financial report, showing the institution's total economic impact exceeded $48 million. The report, published by The Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York (CICU), ... more

Troopers from the State Police (SP) Wayland were called on March 26, 2023, to respond to a report of an erratic driver on State Route 371 in the town of Cohocton. They found the suspect ... more

Troopers from the State Police barracks in Painted Post arrested a man from Tioga, Pennsylvania for aggravated driving while intoxicated and traffic violations. The incident took place on March 26 when the troopers observed a ... more

New York State troopers from SP Bath were alerted to a vehicle involved in a pursuit in Allegany County on March 26, 2023. The vehicle was reportedly heading towards Bath at a high speed on ... more

A 21-year-old man from Derby, Kansas was arrested on March 25 for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after being caught with a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on the New York State Thruway ... more

A Horseheads man is facing several charges after being arrested in connection with two larcenies that occurred at the Aldi and Wal-Mart in the Town of Erwin on March 22. Jeremiah A. Perez, age 44, ... more

A man from Ontario was arrested on Thursday, March 23, 2023, following a larceny complaint at the Tops Market in the town of Ontario. According to the State Police of Williamson, troopers responded to the ... more

The Seneca County Sheriff's Office reported that an Auburn man was arrested on March 24, 2023, after he failed to appear in court for a scheduled hearing on a petit larceny charge. Lawrence A Atkins, ... more

House Republicans are pushing to prioritize their energy plan, the first bill introduced this Congress, for passage this week. U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy said that the plan is an all-of-the-above proposal that focuses on increasing ... more