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Ithaca police serve arrest warrant
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- Ithaca Police Officers were called to the 300 Block of West Buffalo Street for an arrest warrant. According to the Ithaca Police Department, they served their arrest warrant around 7:54 p.m. for 26-year-old Devante Metz. Metz was taken into custody without incident and charged with attempted...
Cornell officer charged after crashing into Ithaca College student
A Cornell University police officer was charged with vehicular assault after striking a 19-year-old Ithaca College student with his vehicle while off duty, leaving the student with “serious injuries” according to New York State Police. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on May 4, state police were dispatched to the...
Cleanup underway in city homeless encampment
ITHACA, N.Y. — Crews of city workers began cleaning out an area of the city’s homeless encampments last week. Workers used heavy machinery to pile whatever refuse or belongings were left in the abandoned encampment. Bicycles, propane tanks, shopping carts, and plywood are some of the most visible types of debris put into mounds in preparation for their removal.
As loans grow more costly, local housing plans stall
ITHACA, N.Y. — In a market as tight as Ithaca’s, with housing costs rising as fast as they are, the last thing local electeds and economic development officials want to hear is a construction deceleration. But the extended period of high interest rates at the national level has...
Two people hurt in Trumansburg tractor crash
ITHACA, N.Y. — An overturned tractor crash left an adult and a child injured Monday afternoon in Trumansburg, according to a press release from Trumansburg Fire. Trumansburg Fire lieutenant Alix Gresov said first responders were called to Route 96 for a report of a tractor crash with two people trapped underneath the vehicle. When responders arrived, a neighbor was trying to free the two people from the tractor.
Patient attacks and abuses two nurses at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
CORTLAND, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — On Tuesday, May 7, the Cortland City Police were called to Guthrie Medical Center to investigate two separate incidents of two nurses being assaulted and sexually abused at the hospital. Cortland Police say 45-year-old Francisco Rodriguez attacked and abused the nurses, and also made threats...
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