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Child Care Center to Open in Former Johnson City Grocery Store
An abandoned supermarket building in Westover is being transformed into a modern child care center. United Health Services is developing a child care facility at 619 Main Street, just west of Johnson City. The 18,000-square-foot building had been home to an Aldi grocery store for nearly a quarter-century. Aldi moved...
Several Homeless After Binghamton House Fire
A three-story home in Binghamton's First Ward was heavily damaged by a blaze that left about eight people without a place to stay. Authorities said the fire at 31 Grace Street was reported around 6:20 a.m. Monday. The first firefighters on the scene reported flames could be seen on the...
New Program Aims To Save Lives Of Domestic Violence Victims In Broome County
Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar announced on January 22nd, 2024, a new partnership to help better protect victims of domestic violence and save lives. Sheriff Akshar along with members of the Crime Victims Assistance Center and the Family Violence Prevention Council spoke about the implementation of a new Lethality Assessment Program that is designed to help identify victims who are at an increased risk of being killed by their intimate partner.
Catch Up Here For Southern Tier New York Local News
Every Monday, I recap some of the essential local news we reported on 1290 AM/92.1 FM WNBF, our Townsquare Media Binghamton sister radio stations on-air, our websites, and social media platforms. Catch up here on local, regional, or state news items in a short recap we reported on for the...
Dairy Queen Coming to Vestal? Town Supervisor Says “I Wish!”
Vestal's new town supervisor says she knows nothing about the recent report that a Dairy Queen restaurant is to be opened on the site of a long-vacant eatery. Maria Sexton was asked about town board member Stephen Donnelly's social media post that the Vestal Parkway property once occupied by a Friendly's restaurant would be "the future home of Dairy Queen."
New York Nonprofit Organizations Partner To Expand Care And Services For Families
The Berkshire Farm Center and The House of the Good Shepherd, which are two of the largest nonprofit child welfare organizations in the State of New York announced a strategic alliance on January 17th, 2023 to provide care and programs to over 11,000 families in New York State. In addition,...
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More than 100 Animals Rescued from Owego Horse Farm
An urgent rescue of several dozen farm animals found to be living in poor conditions was being conducted near Owego. According to the Tioga County Sheriff's Office, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was called in to assist with the operation. Sheriff's office units and ASPCA...
$2.6 Million Vestal Rail Trail Expansion to Get Underway
Preliminary work has started for the next phase of the rail trail system in the town of Vestal. Town engineer Vernon Myers said a 3,500-foot expansion of the existing trail is to be built this year. The walking and biking path will be extended behind the Town Square Mall from...
10 Years Ago: Trump Talked About Binghamton and Spiedies
A decade ago - when Donald Trump was considering running for New York governor - he called into a radio station and wound up discussing the Binghamton area and spiedies. The future president spoke on WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now program on January 17, 2014. As might be expected, most of...
Endwell House Destroyed by Fast-Moving Fire
Dozens of firefighters endured below-zero wind chills as they battled a blaze in Endwell. The fire in a single-family house at 3802 Country Club Road was reported around 8:55 a.m. Wednesday. Endwell fire chief Michael Battaglini told WNBF News there was an active fire on a porch at the rear...
Five Broome County Women Killed in Lackawanna County, PA
In a devastating collision on Tuesday evening, five women from Broome County, New York State tragically lost their lives in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 North in Scott Township, Lackawanna County. Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland confirmed to WNEP that there were five victims. WICZ reports that all five...
Nobody Wants the Southern Tier’s Abandoned Pizza Hut Buildings
Three empty Pizza Hut restaurant sites are haunting the Binghamton area, years after the last family-style unit in the region closed its doors. The final traditional Pizza Hut operation in the area shut down in early 2020. That restaurant was located on East Main Street in Endicott. That property remains...
Broome County Hit-and-Run Case: Guilty Plea Entered In Fatal Johnson City Incident
Broome County District Attorney Paul Battisti held a press on Tuesday, January 16 to announce the guilty plea of Rajee Al-Mashni in a fatal hit-and-run case that occurred in Johnson City in 2023. According to the DA's office, the plea was entered on January 11, 2024, in Broome County Court,...
Repairs to “Square Deal Arch” at JC-Binghamton Line to Begin
It's taken nearly a decade but a contract finally is in place for rehabilitation work on Johnson City's Square Deal Arch. The village commissioned an engineering study on the Main Street structure in 2015 after some of the stone on the arch started to crumble. The state Department of Transportation...
Search Starts for New Home for “IBM Endicott Collection”
People who fought to keep the historic "IBM Collection" in Endicott are working to find a new home for the exhibit that highlights innovations developed by the company's workers in the 20th century. The items that had been on display at the Endicott History and Heritage Center for nearly a...
Construction Starts on New Endicott Street Department Garage
Workers have started building a new garage facility for use by the street department in the village of Endicott. The structure is being constructed just east of the department's main garage on Jennings Street. Rob Kaczynski, the village street and parks supervisor, said the project has been in the works...
Broome County Sheriffs Investigate Larceny at Johnson City Home Depot
The Broome County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into a larceny complaint reported from the local Home Depot store on December 19, 2023. According to the report, the suspect walked out of the store with a .14 Cubic Foot Digital Scale, valued at $74.98, an Atomic 20V drill/driver kit worth $99.99, and a Milwaukee 15A Sawzall saw with a $199.99 price tag, without paying for any of them.
Apalachin Resident Charged After Vestal Parkway Rollover Crash
A driver was charged with DWI and several other traffic violations following a vehicle crash on the Vestal Parkway near the former Chucksters Fun Park. Authorities said the rollover crash happened around 9:45 a.m. Monday on Route 434 west of Castle Gardens Road. The first Vestal police officer on the...
Historic “IBM Collection” Exhibit Moved from Endicott Museum
Efforts to keep a priceless collection of IBM time clocks, punch card machines and computers in Endicott have been unsuccessful. A moving crew on Monday started packing hundreds of items that have been on display for about a decade at the Endicott History and Heritage Center on Washington Avenue. A...
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