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Carmen Basilio Quest for Champions will be a two-night event this year
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - There’s a boxing event coming up the middle of September that is turning out to be a two-night affair — and a bit of history will be featured along the way. The boxing event will be held at the FX Caprara Exhibition Hall...
Record Mega Millions Jackpot In New York State
Tonight's Mega Millions drawing could end up being a record-breaking one in New York State. The current jackpot of $627 million would blow away the current record for the largest lottery jackpot ever won by a New York State resident. The current record was set in April 2023 when Johnny...
NYS Fair: Get free Narcan and demo of new overdose prevention video game on Saturday
Geddes, N.Y. -- Free Narcan will be available Saturday at the 2024 New York State Fair. Anyone can get the opioid overdose reversal kits (with two doses each) for no charge at the state Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) display in the Science and Industry Building, across the courtyard from the Milk Products Building.
A mostly cloudy, pleasant day
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - It will be mainly dry today with rain on the way for Saturday. Today will be mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. Highs will be in the mid-70s. Rain starts early Saturday morning. It will be hit or miss all day and thunderstorms...
History Lesson: Wait. A woolly mammoth? In Copenhagen?
COPENHAGEN, New York (WWNY) - Have you heard the talk of the town in the village of Copenhagen? It has to do with a new mural put in place by Naturally Lewis. It showcases what makes Copenhagen, Copenhagen. The school, the monument, the cows, the snowmobilers, and — what’s this? A woolly mammoth?
Philadelphia has a new museum celebrating the formerly incarcerated
A 650-square-foot storage building in Germantown has been transformed into a new museum aimed at highlighting the stories of formerly incarcerated people. Why it matters: The Formerly Incarcerated Renaissance Museum, or F.I.R.M, is a beacon of hope for many, including 400,000 Philadelphians with criminal convictions, about the possibilities of life after prison.
Lawmakers discuss changing status of Alexandria Bay Fire Department
ALEXANDRIA BAY, New York (WWNY) - Changes could be in store for the Alexandria Bay Fire Department. A few months after the department proposed forming its own fire district, the Alexandria Bay village board and the Alexandria town board had a joint meeting with an attorney on Wednesday. The fire...
Health headlines: Sloth fever, West Nile virus and EEE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, sloth fever has been reported in New York, and there is an update on the West Nile and EEE viruses in the northeast, as well as what to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Albert Shaw, Yale Medicine...
More than 76,000 visit the NYS Fair on Day 10
Geddes, N.Y. — A total of 76,832 people came out to the New York State fairgrounds Friday. It was the third-largest turnout in a single day so far this year. Total attendance is now at 633,673. The fair is entering its final weekend with rain showers in the forecast....
Gas Station Owner Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million in Back Wages, Damages
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court judgment requiring 15 gas stations—incorporated under individual company names, operating under brands including bp, Mobil and Sunoco in Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York—and their owner and president to pay more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to more than 100 current and former employees in response to a federal investigation.
6 More Dead, Listeria Outbreak in New York State is Real
There is a big outbreak of of a disease that is making people really sick in New York State. Another six deaths have been reported of having listeria and people in New York are being told to throw out your Boar's Head lunchmeat. Listeriosis is a serious disease that, according...
ONC BOCES LPN students celebrate first-ever day at A.O. Fox Hospital
ONEONTA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — Assemblyman Brian Miller was on hand in Oneonta on Thursday, August 29 to welcome the first-ever class of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) from the Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES to begin their studies at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta. The program’s inaugural class — which will have...
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