Gov. Cuomo visits Tompkins Airport for groundbreaking of $24.7M expansion (video)

Published: 10/16/2018 @ 05:51 pm

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo was in Lansing on Tuesday celebrating the start of construction on the $24.7 million expansion of the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport. The project, set to be complete in late 2019, will expand the terminal by nearly 50 percent, including the addition of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection building that will transform the airport into... more

74-year-old killed in Lansing crash after being struck by commercial truck

Published: 10/14/2018 @ 08:07 pm

Deputies say a 74-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash last week in Lansing. Karl R. Wolfe, 74, was killed in the collision after he entered the southbound lane on North Triphammer Road – being struck by a commercial vehicle. Wolfe was transported by Bangs Ambulance to Cayuga Medical Center where he later died of injuries sustained in the crash.... more

EPA, DEC shy from ordering cease fire as Salmon Creek gets showered with lead

Published: 09/13/2018 @ 08:48 am | Updated: 09/27/2018 @ 01:54 pm

In defiance of a 2016 federal consent order that calls for penalties of $500 a day for violations, members of the Lansing Rod and Gun Club have continued to fire lead bullets above and into Salmon Creek, a major tributary to Cayuga Lake. Hobby shooters have been doing so since the 1950s, pouring tons of lead shot into the creek... more

Lansing native dies after falling or jumping from train in Iowa

Published: 07/26/2018 @ 05:30 am | Updated: 07/26/2018 @ 05:37 am

A man who grew up in Lansing died after falling or jumping off of a moving train. An eastern Iowa sheriff said the body of Robert Lamb, 29, was found near Princeton in Iowa's Scott County. Lamb was a graduate of Ithaca High School and the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane said Monday that... more

MANTIUS: Cuomo’s conflicting interests collide over plan for Cayuga plant

Published: 07/19/2018 @ 08:51 am | Updated: 07/26/2018 @ 01:50 pm

An affiliate of the politically-connected Blackstone Group seeks to convert one of the two coal-fired units at its Cayuga Lake power plant to burn natural gas, hauled in by truck. The plant, built in Lansing in the mid-1950s, is one of only two remaining coal-fired facilities still operating in New York State. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to convert or... more

State Police investigating armed robbery in Lansing

Published: 07/15/2018 @ 09:47 pm | Updated: 07/15/2018 @ 09:50 pm

New York State Police are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery that happened late Saturday night. Troopers responded to the mobile gas station on North Triphammer Road in the Village of Lansing just before midnight after a man entered the store, showed a handgun, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes. Officials said the suspect... more

Auburn McDonald’s locations purchased by Lansing couple

Published: 06/20/2018 @ 09:10 pm | Updated: 06/20/2018 @ 09:14 pm

The two Auburn locations of McDonald's are now under the ownership of a local couple. Courtney and Mike Feehan, of Lansing, have purchased the 198 Grant Ave. and 357 Genesee St. restaurants in the fast food chain, they announced in a news release Wednesday. As owners of the Cayuga Restaurant Group, the Feehans already own six McDonald's restaurants in the... more

Lansing McDonald’s robbed by two people displaying handguns, police say

Published: 06/20/2018 @ 05:28 am | Updated: 06/20/2018 @ 05:39 am

Tompkins County deputies say two people displaying handguns robbed the McDonald’s in Lansing. The robbery occurred at around 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Both subjects demanded money from employees at the McDonald’s located at 2350 North Triphammer Road. The two subjects exited the restaurant with an unknown amount of cash and fled the area in an unknown direction, deputies said.... more

Missing vulnerable adult reported in Tompkins County

Published: 06/18/2018 @ 05:37 am | Updated: 06/18/2018 @ 05:41 am

A missing vulnerable adult alert has been issued for a woman with disabilities in upstate New York. 21-yr-old Sophy Sok went missing from Lansing, NY, 10 miles south of Ithaca. Deputies say Sok was last seen 8:30 Sunday morning. She is developmentally disabled and deputies say she may be disoriented and confused. Sok does not speak English and does not... more

Deputies: Woman seriously injured after being ‘attacked’ by man with machete

Published: 06/08/2018 @ 07:32 am

A Lansing man is in custody after a violent, physical attack on Sunday, according to authorities. Daniel I. Truesdale, 47, was charged with first-degree assault after reportedly attacking a woman with the machete. Police say Truesdale caused “serious physical injuries” to the female victim’s face. Due to the severity of the attack, the charge was upgraded to felony, first-degree status.... more

Avon tops Lansing in state semis despite pitching gem from Bell

Published: 06/09/2018 @ 10:41 am | Updated: 06/09/2018 @ 10:54 am

Garrett Bell delivered his usual excellence on the mound Friday, but it wasn’t enough as Lansing’s season ended with a 1-0 loss to Avon in a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C baseball semifinal at Binghamton’s Conlon Field. Bell, a junior right-hander, pitched a three-hitter for the Bobcats after tossing a five-hitter in a 3-1 win... more

Lansing man’s weather experiment on its way to Mars

Published: 06/01/2018 @ 07:16 am | Updated: 06/01/2018 @ 07:18 am

On May 5, at 7:05 a.m., an Atlas V rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Ninety-three minutes later, the "Centaur" second stage of the rocket released NASA’s “Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport” (InSight) spacecraft on its 300-million-mile journey to Mars. InSight is scheduled to touch down on the Red Plant’s “Elysium... more

Bell’s five-hitter lifts Lansing over Edison in Class C baseball final

Published: 05/26/2018 @ 10:31 am | Updated: 05/26/2018 @ 10:46 am

Lansing and Thomas A. Edison had played two tight games earlier this season in which neither team scored more than three runs. That left a sense the Bobcats escaping a bases-loaded, no-out situation unscathed in the opening inning Friday night would end up a clutch moment in the teams’ Section 4 Class C baseball final at Binghamton University. As it... more

Salt Point Brewing Co. opens in Lansing

Published: 05/18/2018 @ 08:25 am | Updated: 05/18/2018 @ 08:33 am

Kelly Lanham makes a great sandwich. That was the considered opinion of Helen Baker, of Myers, who was making her way through a grilled roast beef and bleu on a pouring down rainy day in April. Helen was having a cider wine with her sandwich, which was curious, as she was at the Salt Point Brewing Co. in support of... more

Local towns, environmental activists petition Cargill and DEC for environmental review

Published: 05/13/2018 @ 05:16 am | Updated: 05/13/2018 @ 05:24 am

Concerns over mining under Cayuga Lake were brought to the steps of Tompkins County Courthouse on Friday. A crowd of nearly 50 people gathered outside before heading into court to hear discussion about a petition filed by local municipalities, homeowners and activists against Cargill and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The petitioners in this case include the... more

$5.1 million in state funding awarded to Milton Meadows Apartments project in Lansing

Published: 05/11/2018 @ 05:18 am | Updated: 05/11/2018 @ 05:21 am

The Milton Meadows Apartments to be built at the intersection of Route 34/34B in Lansing will receive $5.1 million in financing from the state, according to the Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo. The development will be composed of nine two-story buildings on vacant land in the Town Center, the 156-acre area across from the Town Hall, Lansing Community Library and... more

Two Ithaca College students, one from Lansing, win Coca-Cola and Regal Films competition

Published: 05/01/2018 @ 05:56 am | Updated: 05/01/2018 @ 05:59 am

Theater-goers preparing to watch summer blockbusters, such as those from Marvel Studios, may see a pre-film commercial made close to home. "The Library," a promotion created by Ithaca College students Eva Kirie and Clara Montague, won the Coca-Cola and Regal Films Program. Filmed at the Ithaca College Library and Regal Stadium 14 in Ithaca, “The Library” features a student studying... more

Lansing state championship team honored in Albany

Published: 04/30/2018 @ 11:21 pm | Updated: 04/30/2018 @ 11:27 pm

Senator Pam Helming proudly celebrated the members of the Lansing High School varsity boys soccer team at the State Capitol Tuesday, April 17. The players and their coaches were special guests of Senator Helming. She welcomed them to the Senate floor and sponsored a resolution to honor the state champions. Senator Helming offered remarks in which she congratulated the team... more

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