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Psych evaluation sought in shooting case

The attorney representing Tyshawn Pittman, accused of trying to murder his girlfriend’s friend, asked Thursday morning for a psychiatric evaluation. Attorney Jarrod Smith requested a …

Accused : Richard L. Bower, 33, of Groton Charges : Two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia, misdemeanors; …

Fire damages Cincy homeFire damaged a house on Gee Brook Road in Cincinnatus Tuesday night, the Cincinnatus Fire Department announced via social media.The fire at the ranch-style home at 5203 Gee …

Delays slow 911 center; county meetings move for elevator work

Construction of a new Cortland County emergency communications system is progressing, despite delays in delivery of air conditioning equipment and a generator, and issues involving fiber optic cables …

Garcia’s fire caused by electrical issue

The odor of burned wood and melted materials lingered in the air Tuesday morning. Charred bits and pieces of roofing littered the street and sidewalk around Garcia’s Restaurant on Main …

An Endicott woman has been charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl mutltiple times in the summer of 2021, Cortland police announced Monday. Crystal J. Bruzee, 30, was arrested Thursday at …

Accused: Lyle T. Pierce, 51, of BridgeportCharges: Driving while ability impaired by drugs, seventh-degree criminal possesion of a controlled substance, misdemeanors; driving to the left of pavement …

Fire breaks through roof at Garcia’s Restaurant

More than a hundred people watched Monday night as fire heavily damaged a building that housed Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant on Main Street in Cortland. Firefighters from Cortland – all hands were called – Cortlandville and Homer, responded shortly after 6 p.m. to the report.

Police officer, dog retire Very few police officers can simply jump on their colleagues when they retire: Lummel could. Lummel, the canine partner for Officer Kenneth Bush, retired Friday from …

Bob Johnson, a 46-year veteran of the Homer Fire Department, was manning the pumps on a fire truck during a house fire Feb. 22 on Haights Gulf Road when he felt the telltale signs of a heart attack. …

Hit-and-run defendant will cite medical cause

A Dolgeville woman plans to present evidence that hypoglycemia was a mental defect as a defense in a case where she's accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run collision in June 2021.The …

$5 million grant to upgrade county emergency communications

When Cortland County’s emergency dispatchers walk into a new call center, it won’t be an empty building. It’ll have millions of dollars in new equipment ready for them to work …

Accused: Kiersten G. Libbey, of Cortland Charges: Second-degree intimidating a witness, a felony; third-degree assault, fifth-degree conspiracy, misdemeanors. Details: Libbey and another person …

City man charged with vehicular homicide

A city man was charged Monday with vehicular homicide, following a one-car crash Saturday morning on Homer Avenue, Cortland police said.

Could Ohio derailment happen here?

The response was difficult when a tractor-trailer crashed in June on an Interstate 81 bridge in Cortland, spilling hundreds of gallons of concentrated weed-killer into the Tioughnioga River, said …

Seventy-nine people opened their mail this week to find a letter sent on behalf of the Stone Lounge: If they don’t pay $10,000 for using false identification to get into the bar, they’ll …

Disaster training program Wednesday The Cortland County Department of Emergency Response and Communications will present the Citizen Preparedness Training Program Wednesday at the Cortlandville Fire …

All-In-One Market accused of selling children THC vapes

Cortland police charged a store cashier Wednesday with selling THC vape pens and other cannabis-related products to children as young as 13, and seized nearly $60,000 of product. Abdulla Saleh …

Accused: Micheal C. Palmer, 32, of Cortland Charges : First-degree criminal contempt, a felony Details: Palmer sent text messages Tuesday to a person in Freetown in violation of an order of …

Renovations to Homer Town Hall still in preliminary stages

Homer Police Chief Robert Pitman and Homer Town Supervisor Fred Forbes walked through the basement of Homer Town Hall on Wednesday. This space would be the reception window to the new police …

Man found inside C-ville home Accused: Jason D. Belt, 44, of Cortland Charges: Second-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor Details: Cortland County sherriff's officers checking a home on Kinney …

Cortland County won a $5 million state grant to create a new 911 center at 22 W. Court St., Cortland, the county announced Friday.The project was initially priced about $1 million pre-pandemic, but …

Dryden grants exemption for firefighters, medics

DRYDEN – The Dryden Town Board adopted a local law Thursday night to give volunteer firefighters and medics a 10% break on their property taxes. The law, adopted unanimously, requires …

C’ville firehouse fries food truck permit costs

The Cortlandville Fire Department hired a food truck to park in its lot for a week in December to raise money, but the effort instead lost money because the town has such high permit fees, a …

Homer OKs fire department conversion to 501(c)(3)

The Homer Board of Trustees approved a plan Tuesday night to convert the village fire department to a non-profit organization that can accept fully tax-deductible donations. Nobody commented at a …

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