A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of a gay student alleging that the Mohawk Central School District failed to protect him from threats and physical assaults and ignored repeated bullying.
The case against alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff returns to Suffolk Superior Court Monday for another administrative hearing. The former Quincy resident and medical student is accused of killing a woman he met on the “erotic services” section of Craigslist nearly a year ago.
With an abrupt resignation followed by at least three different explanations, and charges of both sexual harassment and Democratic Party conspiracies, the twisting tale of now-former Rep. Eric Massa has gone from regional political story to national curiosity.
Congressman Erica Massa announced late Wednesday afternoon that he will not seek re-election.
Assemblyman Marc Butler (R-Newport) answered some Evening Telegram questions on this year’s budget.
If you’re among the multitude of unemployed workers in the nation, help might be on the way in the form of a Senate bill passed Wednesday. A bipartisan measure sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the bill seeks to give businesses an incentive to hire the unemployed.
A new state law went into effect Monday requiring an operable carbon monoxide detector in nearly all homes and other residences. The legislation is called “Amanda's Law,” named after an upstate teenager who died of carbon-monoxide poisoning when a boiler malfunctioned at her friend’s home. It changes the state building code, mandating that detectors be in any residence with an adjoining garage or appliance that produces the gas.
Cupid normally brings couples together, but this time he did just the opposite to a couple on Valentine’s Day.
Nothing about Dennis Rodman’s arrival in Elmira came close to the speculative chatter during the hour-long flight delay from Detroit to the Corning-Elmira Regional Airport on Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith, 19, a U.S. Marine from Hornell, was one of two U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Saturday.
An Alfred Station, N.Y., man who allegedly disguised himself as a burn victim was charged by Alfred police over the weekend with several theft-related felonies.
If there’s pain and suffering and a medical need, chances are he wants to be there. Dr. Ismail Mehr, 37, an anesthesiologist at St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell, N.Y., is preparing for the front lines of another disaster area. This time, it’s Haiti.
He’s not Mike Shanahan or Bill Cowher, but he is the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills.
Jacob, a teenager who sued the Mohawk Central School District last year alleging the district failed to stop bullying over his sexual orientation, now has a supporter in a very high place. The U.S. Justice Department has intervened on his behalf in his federal lawsuit against Mohawk schools.
Two families in New York state are feeling their own aftershocks from the devastation caused by the major earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday.
Never at a loss for words, it stands to reason George Wilson would have had plenty to say after Sunday’s season-closing 30-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts. He did not disappoint.
Truckers and some smaller communities are at odds over the use of some state roads in rural areas. People in towns such as Skaneateles in rural Onondaga County don’t like large trucks driving through their communities. But truckers like Ken Johnson, vice president of Leonard’s Express in Farmington, say the roads were designed for trucks in the first place.
Some Walmart shoppers in the Maple City got a surprise when they left the retail giant Monday afternoon — Congressman Eric Massa, D-Corning, and his Chief of Staff Joe Racalto were outside the store ringing Salvation Army bells.
Clearing out industrial waste and helping builders make more eco-friendly structures are the name of the game for three new lines of products at Trikeenan Tileworks.
The first African-American woman to become a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester was ordained at Christ Church in the Maple City last week.
