Finger Lakes Headline News

Mere hours before the Victor Town Board was set to hold a public hearing on the future of five parcels at Eastview Mall, the mall’s lenders opened a new front in the dispute, moving forward ... more

A Woodhull woman faces two felony charges after Steuben County sheriff’s investigators said a credit card was opened in another person’s name and used without permission. The sheriff’s office identified the woman as Sara Treusdell, ... more

New York Democrats are using Nassau County's network of license-plate-reading cameras to challenge Bruce Blakeman's public-safety record as he runs for governor. The party criticized the county executive Monday after a report counted more than ... more

Alfred State College has been awarded a five-year, $3 million federal education grant to expand skilled-trades training, alongside a separate $150,000 award to improve computer-controlled machining equipment on its Alfred and Wellsville campuses. Rep. Nick ... more

A Geneva driver was charged with drug-impaired driving Friday after police stopped a vehicle on North Main Street for traveling 43 mph in a 30-mph zone. Joannie O'Donovan, 29, was arrested after officers determined that ... more

A Geneva man with two active bench warrants was arrested Saturday and charged with cocaine possession after officers found the drug in his bag, police said. Denim Noble, 22, was arrested on Genesee Street after ... more

A Geneva man was charged with petit larceny Friday after Byrne Dairy staff reported that a 12-pack of beer was stolen, police said. Ramon Arroyo-Morales, 49, was arrested on Castle Street after the complaint, according ... more

A Geneva woman was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a months-long investigation into narcotics sales in the city, police said. Gwendolyn McFadden, 47, was arrested on Exchange Street, ... more

A Corning man faces a felony stolen-property charge after Steuben County sheriff's investigators accused him of using another person's public-benefits card without permission. Deputies and investigators arrested Clark Fenchel, 43, of Brick Street, on Sept ... more

New York's Department of Veterans' Services will hold a free online discussion Oct. 14 about the experiences of Hispanic and Latino veterans, service members and military families. The program is open to the public from ... more

A 75-year-old Waterloo man was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday after Seneca County sheriff's deputies stopped a vehicle on West River Road in the town of Fayette. Deputies accused Robert Buffone of failing to ... more

Tompkins County's district attorney has reopened his office's review of sexual-assault allegations involving Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity and assigned a senior prosecutor to prepare the case for a possible grand-jury presentation. Later Monday, Ithaca ... more

Six fire departments in Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties have been awarded a combined $417,789 through the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, according to two announcements from Rep. Nick Langworthy's office. The Sept. 28 ... more

New York's attorney general will not seek criminal charges against an off-duty Monticello police sergeant who struck and killed a pedestrian last year, but her office says sheriff's deputies failed to collect evidence and initially ... more

Seneca County sheriff's deputies charged a driver with two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop in the town of Tyre early Saturday. Deputies said they stopped Damian Hartt of Ellershouse, Nova ... more

A Waterloo driver faces drunken-driving charges after deputies stopped a speeding vehicle Saturday on Waterloo Geneva Road, according to the Seneca County Sheriff's Office. Deputies arrested Braulio Cantu Jr., 29, at about 2:30 a.m. in ... more

An 18-month project will use caregiver outreach, education and grocery vouchers to increase childhood lead testing in Yates and Seneca counties, where fewer than half of 1- and 2-year-olds received blood lead tests in 2025 ... more

A mix of crash data, school pedestrian traffic and neighborhood complaints is driving a proposal to change traffic control at three Auburn intersections. City Council heard the first reading Thursday of an ordinance that would ... more

Low clouds, patchy fog and a few lingering showers will keep Monday gray across the Finger Lakes and Central New York before drier air and a steady warming trend take hold through the middle of ... more