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CRITICALLY LOW: NY Blood Center issues urgent call for Type O blood donations
Summer months are a challenging time for the blood supply, but with the inventory at a lower level than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Blood Center has issued an urgent call for donations of particularly Type O blood.
Bid Accepted for Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrades
The City of Hornell’s Board of Public Works accepted bids for significant upgrades to the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) during their June meeting. The project, Phase 1b, was divided into four separate contracts and totals over $6.2 million in improvements. Funding for the project includes a $1.189 million...
State police ID victim of fatal tractor trailer/motorcycle crash on Route 17 near Owego
One person is dead and another injured following a tractor trailer collision with a motorcycle Thursday in Tioga County. New York State Police identified the person who died as Karie L. VanDeusen, 52, of Olean. VanDeusen was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by 52-year-old Steven Myszka, also of Olean, troopers said. Myszka was...
Hotel, restaurant, truck stop were proposed in Steuben County. Where does project stand?
While the pace of development hasn't quite matched the company's name, Quicklee's is still looking to build a major travel center at the old Ames Plaza site in Steuben County, located at the corner of Victory Highway and Erwin Hollow Road just off I-86. Erwin Deputy Town Manager Melissa Greenthal...
New York State Police Say SUV Hit Amish Buggy And Drove Off
Less than a week after a Kia Sedona allegedly hit an Amish horse-drawn carriage on State Route 3, offcials say another vehicle has struck a buggy. This time, the crash lead to the death of a teenage occupant, says police. One country Sheriff has a message for drivers in New...
Western New York continues to set more warm weather records...and we're not done
(WKBW-TV) BUFFALO, NY — It's report card time! Report card time for the climatological summer, that is, as we are now half way through that time frame, which runs June 1 to August 31. If you thought it's been a warm one, you'd be correct. The numbers in the...
NOAA Says New York State Will Stay Very Warm Well Into the Fall
While the brutal heatwave finally broke across New York state this week, meteorologists say the much warmer than average weather isn't going to stay away. Could summer-like temperatures last well into the fall across New York and the Northeast?. So far this year, Extreme Weather Watch says that it has...
YMCA encourages summer learning through Power Scholars Academy
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The YMCA of Greater Rochester is encouraging summer learning for kids through the Power Scholars Academy. The program blends small-group academic instruction with camp-like enrichment activities over a six-week period. It’s designed to help prevent summer learning loss for kids in pre-K through ninth grade. “We know that there are very […]
School and county offices closed, flights delayed, as global Microsoft & CrowdStrike outage affects Tompkins County
Some Tompkins County services are unavailable on Friday morning, school offices may be closed, and some Ithaca flight departures are delayed, in the wake of a “CrowdStrike outage affecting Microsoft systems worldwide,” officials say. According to local IT professionals, “a problem with an update distributed by CrowdStrike is...
Notre Dame reveals new home jerseys for 2024 on ESPN's 'First Take'
Notre Dame will have a brand-new look when the Fighting Irish make their long-awaited return to Notre Dame Stadium this fall. On Friday, head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive back Jordan Clark made an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” to discuss the upcoming season. In the process, the two showed off the new home uniform Notre Dame will wear this fall.
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