Chemung County News

Work is under way on forest land owned by Chemung County intended to make the forests healthier, preserve them for posterity and provide some income, officials said.

The Chemung County Elmira Sewer District Board will hold a special meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Milton Street Wastewater Treatment facility, 600 Milton St.

A Corning woman has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing her ex-husband during a dispute Wednesday in a parking lot, Horseheads village police said.

Chemung County Transit will operate on its Sunday service on Saturday, July 4. The Sunday schedule consists of service on the No.

A fire severely damaged a shed Monday and singed the exterior of the rear of a house at 446 Schuyler Ave.

The Buffalo development firm planning to build a state parole office on Elmira's Southside is protesting some of the legal fees it is being charged for the project.

A male cat was found beaten to death Wednesday in a ball field near Woodbine Avenue in Southport, and the Chemung County SPCA is seeking information on the incident.

A national tour to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in 2010 will be at the Arnot Mall on Friday.

Big Flats Town Supervisor Mary Ann Balland announced today that she will seek election to a third term in office.

The Finger Lakes Region Vintage Chevrolet Club of America is hosting the eighth annual Car Show and Car Corral on Sunday at the Chemung County Fair Grounds on Grand Central Avenue in Horseheads.

Rex Andrews Jr., convicted of first-degree attempted assault in March for the September 2008 attack of an Elmira man, was sentenced in Chemung County Court today to a determinate sentence of 15 years in state prison and five years of parole.

The town of Southport, in partnership with Chemung County, will offer town residents a free household trash disposal program.

A daylong community empowerment conference in Elmira drew more than 150 people Friday who joined forces on how to make Chemung County an even better place to live.

The Research Foundation of Binghamton University will receive a $37,357 grant to help protect Chemung County battlefields associated with the 1779 Sullivan and Clinton campaigns.

Pending final approval by Horseheads town and planning boards, construction of Seneca Beverage's new warehouse and office facility is expected to begin later this summer.

Steuben County got some recognition Thursday it didn't want. Outside of New York City, Steuben County has the highest unemployment rate in New York State.

Elmira has gone from a $3.1 million deficit at the end of 2005 to a $4 million surplus at the end of 2008, according to an audit report discussed this morning at a City Council workshop.

The woman who was charged recently in the October death of an elderly Horseheads woman appeared in Chemung County court Tuesday afternoon for proceedings in the case.

Nancy Tebo Charged With Murder ELMIRA - WETM 18 News received the letter from Nancy Tebo Tuesday.

The U.S. Army has released a cause of death of Army Pvt. Justin P. Hartford, 21, who died in Iraq May8 at Joint Base Balad.