I overheard City Editor Kevin Conlon briefing reporter Jacob Mack on Thursday about the plan for Friday: warm boots, dry socks. We were expecting snow Thursday night, and planned a story on how the …
Tyshawn Pittman backed Johnessa B. Wing into a corner Friday and brandished a gold-colored .32-caliber revolver. She looked down the barrel of the gun, she told police, and turned her head."I begged …
The Tompkins County Health Department will reduce its COVID-19 reporting to a weekly update from a daily tally, because the state Health Departmetn will no longer report daily positive cases to an …
Tompkins County warned of a telephone scam following complaints Monday to the Seneca County Sheriff's Office. Several callers reported receiving a robocall from Tompkins County seeking personal …
TCAT will end bus service early on Christmas Eve and New Year's even, the agency reported, and will not operate on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. No service will be provided on routes 90 and …
Hed:Blue bags remain available, mayor says By JACOB MACKStaff Reporterjmack@cortlandstandard.com Garbage totes will start to be distributed to Cortland residents today as part of the …
Within moments of laying eyes on Rhett, Neena Testa knew she had found a partner. “He was very obedient,” said Testa, a Cortland County sheriff’s officer and the …
Cortland Mayor Scott Steve plans to sell the former Parker elementary school after plans to convert it into a child-care and early childhood education facility collapsed. The money, Steve said, …
Tyshawn Pittman will appear in Cortland City Court on Wednesday, accused of trying to murder a woman he shot Friday in an apartment on Main Street, police said.Pittman, 37, of 109 Main St., apartment …
A Ukrainian mother of two young daughters and her mother will be brought to live in Cortland County for two years while her husband helps defend their homeland from Russian invaders."I want to move …
Cortland County reported four cases of COVID-19 Monday, raising the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 12,975, the state Health Department reports. Tompkins and Cayuga …
Chabad at Cortland invites people to celebrate with the lighting of a 6-foot public Hanukkah menorah at 6 p.m. Thursday at Courthouse Park, the fifth-day of the holiday, the mayor's office announced …
Gasoline prices in the greater Cortland area are dropping into the holiday week, the American Automobile Association reported Monday, as it forecast more holiday travel than last year.The average …
Bri Keegan and Krystal Clink of Cortland dug through a box of toys Saturday, looking for the right gift to give to a young girl in their family. “Do you think she’d play with …
Winter can often bring loneliness and frigid air in its wake, but Lime Hollow Nature Center and Executive Director Ilya Shmulenson see it as an opportunity to bring people together. “The …
A new subvariant of COVID-19 is on the rise in New York, but federal and academic health experts suggets tha while it's more likely to get around vaccines, it's no more serious than other Omicron …
SUNY Cortland announced last week it has been named one of the top online universities in New York for 2023, according to a recent ranking based on cost, student success and reputation. The …
State police responded to 49 accidents and disabled vehicles in Cortland, Tompkins and Tioga counties during a snowstorm Thursday and Friday, but none involving life-threatening injuries, Troop C …
Kinney Drugs, which operates five stores in the greater Cortland area, announced Friday it has partnered with Lucid Hearing to sell over-the-counter hearings aids and other hearing devices. Of the 52 …
The snow was heavy; the roads were slick. And the greater Cortland area's first notable snowfall of the season led to accidents, power outages and probably a few sore backs. About 7 inches of …
Cortland and Tompkins counties remained a low risk of coronavirus spread, the federal government reported Thursday, as the risk in Broome and Tioga counties was dropped to medium, too.The risk level …
Police arrested a local man for his alleged involvement in a shooting Friday afternoon, and reportedly found the gun involved in the shooting. The Cortland Police Department arrested Tyshawn G. …
Cortland city police are investigating a possible shooting inside an apartment building downtown that left one woman with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, the police chief …
After performing CPR to save a 9-year-old neighbor having a serious asthma attack in May, Homer volunteer firefighter Kenneth Ford thought of a similar childhood tragedy."That felt great knowing that …
Greater Cortland area school districts dismissed class early and canceled afterschool activities, as other organizations closed early Thursday, at the start of a winter storm expected to drop up to …
