Auburn News

ALBANY - The state has notified 544 businesses - including 26 in the Rochester region - that they face removal from the Empire Zone tax-break program for failing to meet standards for job creation and investment.

A 60-year-old Auburn man who was "ratted out" by his truck driving partner was sentenced on Tuesday for possessing child pornography on his computer.

A 9-year-old Auburn boy was airlifted to an unidentified Syracuse hospital Sunday night with leg injuries he suffered when he darted into the path of a moving car on Clymer Street, city police said today.

LANSING - The pile of old logs stacked near the town highway department may not look like much now, but Ed LaVigne has a vision of a beautifully restored relic of the area's past.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did some traveling in June. And one of the places she visited was Auburn, NY, the home of former Secretary of State William Seward, the mastermind who brokered the purchase of Alaska from Russia under President Andrew Johnson.

" Auburn police have arrested the man Caught on Tape robbing a convenience store Monday night.

A Moravia teenager was arrested Wednesday night and charged with the knifepoint robbery of the Kwik Fill gas and convenience store on State Street in Auburn this week, Auburn police said today.

Two teenagers arrested Wednesday who are accused of stealing from parked cars face additional charges, Auburn police said today.

U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer's appearance today in Auburn to discuss the Cayuga Indian Nation land trust issue has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Schumer spokesman Max Young said the senator will be at the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce office, 35 South St.

Students face trials and tribulations to get through high school. How about adding a serious illness to the mix? Or drug abuse and jail? What about a father going off to war? Then there are those with disabilities to work through.

Wells College in Aurora has offered an 87-acre parcel to a group looking for a site on which to build a Finger Lakes museum.

25, 1918, Los Angeles, Calif. Main American children's author whose writing tended to either heartrending fiction about desolate children or lively, factual nature pieces.

U.S. Rep. Michael A. Arcuri, D-Utica, has earmarked $300,000 for Cayuga County's 911 upgrade.

A survey out today by the Niagara Health Quality Coalition shows that New Yorkers who stay overnight in hospitals are less satisfied with their care than patients in the rest of the country.

Syracuse-based Child Care Solutions will provide child care resources and referrals in Cayuga County after an Auburn child care agency closes June 30.

Good news for Auburn taxpayers, bad news for Karen Green, the city's human resources director who was the focus of a public outcry six months ago.

Cayuga County could be the next one in New York state to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 19, thanks in part to an Auburn High School senior.

John Chick, who was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in Cayuga County's asbestos scandal, is back home.

KEVIN RIVOLI / The Associated Press / Gov. Sarah Palin walks the parade route during a Founders Day celebration in Auburn, N.Y., June 6, 2009.

New York State Assembleymen Gary D. Finch and Brian Kolb have called upon CBS executives to fire David Letterman after the late-night talk show host made jokes about the daughter of Alaska governor and former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to reports from Syracuse.com. In a letter to CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves, Finch ...