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Accused: Michael A. Demott, 56, Cheningo Solon Pond Road, Taylor Charges: Attempted first-degree sex abuse, a felony; attempted second-degree sex abuse, attempted third-degree sex abuse, …

The CNY Living History Center will open the doors Saturday on a new addition, years in the construction, housing a collection of fire apparatus and gear dating back nearly 200 years. The Antique …

Cortland County sheriff’s officers are investigating the theft of portable generators over the weekend from the Greek Peak Campgrounds at Hope Lake. The generators were taken between …

Damage was extensive, but no injuries reported in a fire early Sunday morning at Penguin Trailer Park in Cortlandville, Cortlandville Deputy Chief Mike Biviano said in a release.   …

Accused: Nicholas G. Stone, 39, of Woodland Avenue, Cortland Charges: Third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer, second-degree obstructing governmental administration, third-degree …

Accused: Matthew S. Clark, 36, of Elm Street, Cortland Charges: Second-degree burglary, a felony; petit larceny, a misdemeanor Details: Clark entered a home on Angel Road in Truxton …

Injuries minor in crash at Cortland airport

A pilot received minor injuries Thursday afternoon when his plane crashed on the runway of Cortland County Airport in Cortlandville and flipped upside down. The pilot, who state police identified as Bradley S. Fitchett, 58, of Ellsworth ...

Fire damages barn on East Court Street

No injuries were reported in a fire Thursday afternoon on East Court Street in Cortland, even though the department issued a call for all hands to fight it. The fire was reported at 1:04 p.m. at …

Days before a victim’s advocacy group called for it to do so, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse notified all parishes, Catholic schools and other Catholic entities in the seven counties it …

Suspect sought in carpet store robbery attempt

Police are asking for the public’s help to find the person who tried to rob a Cortlandville carpet store at knife-point Tuesday after determining a man matching the description of the suspect …

Man arrested after Cortland robbery attempt

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after threatening an employee at Cortland Carpet Outlet on Route 281 and holding a knife against her throat as he demanded she open a safe in a back room, said …

SUNY reports 4 on-campus sex assaults in first week

Within a three-day period of SUNY Cortland’s first week back, students were notified of four sexual assaults that took place. “A single incident is too many, but to see four in such …

Cortland County sheriff’s officers seek help identifying the person who passed a counterfeit $100 bill about 9:45 p.m. Sunday at a Dollar General store in Cincinnatus. The subject is a …

'How staggering is that?'

Twenty-two years. Twenty-two years of grief, of anger, of a sense of lost innocence. As Taps echoed Monday across Courthouse Park in Cortland to mark the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on the …

Accused: Chase M. Hopkins, 30 Charges: Second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, felonies; possession of a synthetic drug, second-degree menacing, misdemeanors …

TULLY — An Onondaga County man died Wednesday in a one-car crash on Interstate 81 in Tully, state police said. Oleg Stepaniuk, 49, of North Syracuse, was traveling north on the interstate …

Accused: Hope A. Eades, 48, of Cortland Charges: Third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, petit larceny, …

Victim: ‘I know now he was grooming me’

A misdemeanor forcible touching charge was filed against Roman Catholic priest last week because he had pressed his groin against a teenage girl during a church bus trip to Ohio in 2021, the girl …

Accused: Ereik L. Alexander, 27, of Cortlandville Charges: Second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor Details: Cortland County sheriff’s officers found Alexander in the presence of a person …

State Police have charged a Dryden woman in the kidnapping and killing of an Ithaca man, the 11th person charged, they announced Friday.   The first 10 arrests were announced Monday in …

A Roman Catholic priest was charged Thursday night with sexually abusing a minor while serving at churches in the greater Cortland area. The Rev. Nathan W. Brooks, 36, of Lafayette was charged …

Coming soon to a Groton near you: A new fire station

GROTON – Groton firefighters have been discussing a new fire station since 1990. By next summer, they’ll have it. And new offices for village administration, too. The $4.2 …

Accused: Albert M. Thompson, 66, of McGraw Marathon Road, Cortlandville Charges: Criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor Details: Thompson was arrested at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday after a victim …

‘It happens in rural America’

Snak:           kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …

Dryden fire departments win $400,000 grant together

DRYDEN – Fire departments often assist each other with putting out fires. The Town of Dryden fire departments have taken mutual aid to another level - applying for and winning a $400,000 grant. …

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