ITHACA, N.Y. — Downtown Ithaca’s culinary landscape expanded recently with the opening of Tavern on the Commons, a new eatery located on the ground floor of the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Seneca and Tioga streets. The tavern opened during the Apple Harvest Festival weekend, replacing Kilpatrick’s Publick House, yet preserving its iconic…
The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced late Friday that it won’t bring criminal charges against an NYPD officer who, responding to an emergency in October 2020, sped through a red light at 60 mph and fatally struck a young woman crossing a street in The Bronx. The Office of Special…
Landlords and realtors sent a clear message to the Syracuse Common Council at a Thursday public hearing on “good cause” eviction protections: opt into a local version of the eviction protections bill and they will take their business to the suburbs and other cities.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Frustration boiled over in City Hall before three members of Common Council walked out over a contentious vote near the end of a late-night city budget meeting on Thursday. Instead of voting on an amendment that would have set aside funds to raise the mayor’s salary from $30,000 to $62,500 a year,…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Candidates endorsed by charter-friendly groups have out-raised their opponents in the most competitive and expensive IPS board election since 2020. The election for four seats — three of which are contested —…
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. SPRINGFIELD, Il. – Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar…
ITHACA, N.Y. — On Oct. 22, New York State Police in Ithaca arrested 28-year-old Ross Haley of Syracuse for Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, a class “E” felony. An investigation revealed that in 2022, Haley engaged in a text conversation with an unknown victim. During the exchange, the victim believed he received sexually explicit…
WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. — On October 24 at 11:47 a.m., New York State Police and EMS personnel responded to a fishing access site across from 2677 Main Street in the village of Whitney Point. Authorities discovered a 35-year-old male from Whitney Point deceased along the riverbank. The investigation is ongoing, but police do not believe…
Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday the indictments of three individuals involved in a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 184 firearms in Queens County.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a new real-time weather data tool aimed at informing New Yorkers about increased wildfire risks. Developed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in collaboration with researchers from the University at Albany.