Cortland News

Lee Berube won the 8-kilometer race in 25 minutes, 12.7 seconds for the Blue Devils.

State police have arrested three Tompkins County residents today after an hour-long pursuit that covered 75 miles.

Three people were accused of possessing cocaine as a result of ongoing investigations by the Cortland County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Cortland police department.

A Dryden man and Richford teenager are in Cortland County Jail today on charges they broke into a Marathon bowling alley and stole beer and money and also damaged several vending machines, Cortland County sheriff's deputies said.

A team of SUNY Cortland professors has estimated that the New York Jets 2009 summer training camp brought $4.26 million to the Cortland County economy.

Matthew Short knows pumpkins - big pumpkins. A student in Broome-Tioga BOCES' Oak Tree program, Short is making a name for himself among pumpkin-growers around the Central New York area.

It was only after trying his hand at financial analysis, bricklaying, screenwriting and philosophy that Jacob Wilcox stumbled into a career he loves.

A Cortland man was convicted today of first-degree manslaughter for fatally injuring another Cortland man in a street fight on New Year's Day.

Lawyers are to give closing arguments Friday in the manslaughter trial of Patrick West in Cortland County Court.

Two suspected heroin dealers in Groton were arrested Wednesday after a multi-agency investigation of heroin trafficking in Tompkins County.

The second day of testimony is underway today in the manslaughter trial of a Cortland man charged in the beating death of another Cortland man early New Year's Day.

Gina Ambriati founder of Beloved Pets by Gina, a customized alternative stuffed pet urn, came up with the idea of putting pet ashes inside a stuffed animal when her dog Mugsy passed away in 2006.

The Children's Museum in Cortland will host its 18th annual Education Club Halloween Party from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

'Creatures of the Night,' a guided hike to meet and learn about nocturnal creatures, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lime Hollow Visitor Center, 338 McLean Road, Cortland.

The Cortland County Health Department wants to assure the community that all efforts are being made to receive adequate quantities of H1N1 flu vaccine as it becomes available.

Seth Muller is a multi-skilled and loyal hired hand. He is the editor and "niche coordinator" for Mountain Living Magazine, which is co-located with the Flagstaff Daily Sun.

ITHACA -- It might seem like behind-the-scenes work, but it's had a direct impact on the front line of local law-enforcement, and earned Tompkins County Sheriff's Capt.

Three Tompkins Cortland Community College students have been charged with burglarizing property from a Dryden storage facility.

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Two Cortland women were stabbed early Friday morning in front of two children, Cortland police said.