Police/Fire

State police at Oneonta are seeking help to identify human remains found in a remote area in the town of Morris, Otsego County. The remains are those of an adult female, approximately 4-foot-9 to …

Four-legged officer joins Cortland Police Department

Cortland police Officer Kristyn Drake keeps a dog at home. After six-week training in Pennsylvania in late July, Kort – not a pet, but a canine for the Cortland Police Department – joined …

Six injured in two-vehicle crash in Homer

A two-vehicle crash Friday morning on Route 281 in the village of Homer injured all six occupants, two of them seriously, and closed the road past noon, village police said. A yellow Nissan NV200 …

Firefighter for a day -- maybe for a career

Six children rose 100 feet in the air Wednesday on an aerial ladder attached to a Cortland Fire Department truck as kids gathered at Suggett Park to learn whether they want to be a firefighter when …

The showroom model

The Cortland City Fire Department’s oldest fire truck, in service for 25 years, will be replaced in the next month or two by a nearly $600,000 engine, Fire Chief Wayne Friedman said …

As competitions go, corn hole, balloon tosses and relay races aren’t the stuff of gold cups – even if it’s for the First Responder Cup – but the goal isn’t to win, …

Teens learn traffic safety

Anialae Herbert said driving a car is serious business. The 17-year-old has been at Cortland High School’s driver’s education course the past two weeks and has another two weeks to …

Fire damages Elm Street apartment building

A Cortland firefighter was injured Thursday afternoon fighting a fire at 15 Elm St., Deputy Chief Mike Ten Kate reported. The mid-afternoon fire was apparently a cooking fire, Ten Kate said. The …

Tractor-trailer rollover closes Interstate 81

A tractor-trailer crash Wednesday night on Interstate 81 led to drunken driving charges against the driver and a cleanup of containers of herbicides that tumbled into the Tioughnioga River near Yaman …

SUNY Cortland police and Cortland County sheriff's officers found the body of a professor missing since Monday in a wooded area off Route 281 in Cortlandville, the Cortland County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday morning.

Police seek missing professor

Police in Cortland County seek a missing SUNY Cortland professor, last seen about 9:40 a.m. Monday on Tompkins Street in Cortland, Cortland County sheriff's officers said.

Four charged with making meth in Cortland

Four people have been charged in a methamphetamine operation when the Cortland County Drug Task Force searched a home Friday on Monroe Heights in Cortland and found more than 2 ounces of meth, …

Cafe’s owner to rebuild

Scott Reilly, owner of Reilly’s Cafe in Marathon, said he plans to rebuild the diner damaged in a fire last month, a process he hopes will take only a couple months. Reilly said on …

1 person killed in Cortlandville crash

One person was killed in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night on Route 13 north of Bennie Road in Cortlandville hamlet of South Cortland, a fire official said. Two pickup trucks apparently …

Forbes: Homer safer with police on Main St.

Homer town and village police officials have met in recent weeks to discuss moving the police department to town hall and Town Supervisor Fred Forbes Jr. said he plans to present proposed plans to …

‘Definitely more traffic’

Josh Pratt walked his two puppies at a Preble rest area on Interstate 81 on his way from Boston in Western New York to Oneida Lake. He was one of the 35 million people the American Automobile …

Cortland woman charged in death of child

A Cortland woman has been indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, accused of failing to administer medication to an 8-year-old child, leading to the child's death, Cortland police reported.

Blaze damages cafe

Two cats were rescued, and no injuries were reported in a fire Wednesday morning that heavily damaged Reilly’s Cafe on Main Street in the village of Marathon. Firefighters extinguished the …

Tully man charged following 4-hour standoff

RICHLAND — An 80-year-old Tully man was charged Wednesday following reports of shots fired and an afternoon-long standoff in the town of Richland, in Oswego County. Robert G. Bailey, 80, of …

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