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Guthrie Cortland Medical Center has been named a 2025 Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke by Healthgrades, the hospital has announced. This recognition puts the hospital on a path to …

The State University of New York will wave up to five applications fees per student at its 64 campuses through Nov. 3, Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced this week. That potential savings …

Apartment fire leaves families homeless

Two people were treated for smoke inhalation and several households are without homes following a fire early Wednesday morning on Park Street in Cortland. Firefighters were called just after 3 …

Homer pauses LED signs

The long debate over LED signs on Homer has now come to a six-month pause.  A public hearing was held Tuesday to hear comments from about five people on a six-month moratorium on new LED …

Homer superintendent search to stay open

The hunt for the next person to lead the Homer Central School District will be conducted in the open, despite a few recommendations that the board conduct a closed search. Matt Cook, …

1890 House to host Halloween Family Fun event

The 1890 House won’t just be the 1890 House on Saturday. It’ll be Oz, Elsa’s castle, the Addams Family home and the Mickey Mouse house. The Avengers will be running around. The …

Unemployment fell to 3% in September in Cortland County, which other than 3% in October 2023, is the lowest rate in the 33 years the state has kept records. State Department of Labor data …

Ex-Homer teacher charged with rapes from 2006-08

Editor's note: This story was updated with new detail about Andre's employment and reaction from the Homer Central School District. A former Homer High School art teacher from Solon has been …

United Presbyterian Church will have a trunk-or-treat event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the church’s parking lot off Central Avenue in Cortland. The even will include decorated cards with …

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Board will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Friday to consider: •Responses to a request for proposals to prepare plans to develop land behind the town hall …

Accused: Jody R. Minor, 42, homeless Charges: Seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor Details: Minor was a passenger in a vehicle Cortland County …

Molinaro supports abortion rights

Rep. Marc Molinaro said Monday he supports a woman’s right to an abortion and opposes a national ban on abortion. “My position is this,” Molinaro said in a meeting with the …

TC3 marks 50 years on the hill overlooking Dryden

DRYDEN – The on-campus child-care center is somewhat new, as are the dormitories and some of its newest student activities, but the Tompkins Cortland Community College campus “remains a …

The headline was a warning, more in my sociology classes as a college student than in my journalism classes. It was published Nov. 3, 1948, in the Chicago Daily Tribune: “Dewey defeats …

The Cortlandville Town Board will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to consider moving the 2025 tentative budget as the town’s preliminary budget. The $12,026,491 proposed budget …

Tompkins County has announced it will take direct control of services for homeless people after St. John’s Community Services notified it that it will no longer operate a shelter at 618 W. …

Tickets go on sale Nov. 3 for this year’s Cortaca Jug, which is Nov. 16 at Grady Field at SUNY Cortland, the college has announced. Tickets will be sold online starting at noon at …

The Crown City Divas of Cortland have raised $4,000 for the Renzi Cancer Center at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center, the hospital has announced. The money comes from the Divas and Dudes for a …

First Responders Day fundraiser coming Oct. 26

Mahlon Irish knows the cost of being a firefighter. In his case: $2.1 million – the cost to treat the cancer he contracted. The first First Responder Appreciation Day will be Oct. 26 at …

SPCA pivots, to try to stay open

A day after announcing it planned to shut down its shelter next March, the Cortland Community SPCA pivoted and said it would try to reorganize to keep the agency going. “We’re …

The American Legion Post 489 in Cortland will host its monthly breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post, 212 Tompkins St.

The Cayuga County Health Department and the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York will offer a free rabies vaccination clinic from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York, 41 …

TULLY — Dr. Gregory Steencken, of SimplifyMD Wellness and Sports Medicine, has opened an office in Tully. Steencken, who has 15 years experience in emergency medicine, urgen care and …

Teens design gravestones to bury nicotine use

Imagine looking at a headstone – not in a cemetery, but in a yard next to a school in Homer. The messages on a few of the headstones are unusual, too. “Finally free from …

DA candidates make their cases to voters at forum

Patrick Perfetti and Elizabeth McGrath met with Cortland County voters Thursday. And both made the case that each feels deserving to be the county’s next chief prosecutor. Perfetti, a …

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