Cortland County News

I'm not sure if this is a parallel universe or what but the groundskeeper for the New York Jets, Matt Henn is talking about how it is important to keep everything just so to prevent any injuries.

The right lane of Route 81 South between McGraw and Marathon remains closed this morning due to a jackknifed tractor trailer.

And so it was last month when Steve McMahon, the town supervisor in the Cortland County town of Scott, suggested to his neighbors that they should consider shutting down the town and merging with their neighbors in Homer.

This from Cortland County Sheriff Department: Defendant: Michael W. Conger, age 50, residing at 138 Port Watson Street, Cortland Date arrested: June 24, 2009 12:25 p.m. Charges: 2 counts - Offering a False Instrument for Filing 1st Degree - Class E Felony 2 counts - Welfare Fraud 5th - Class A Misdemeanor 2 counts - Petit Larceny - Class A ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - State police are charging the 22-year-old son of an upstate New York district attorney with raping a 16-year-old girl.

A city of Cortland man was charged today with raping a 16-year-old girl behind a town of Skaneateles residence last month, state police said.

Following a public hearing, the Legislature, by a vote of 11-3, adopted the proposed 2009-2010 operating budget for Tompkins Cortland Community College .

Despite the welcoming meassage hanging off of the front entrance, the Scott Hotel remains closed.

A budget approved by the Board of Trustees of the Tompkins Cortland Community College for the 2009-10 school year includes a 3 percent increase in contributions from Tompkins and Cortland counties.

A 67 year old man is under arrest by Cortland City police for sexually abusing a 9 year old boy.

This from Cortland County Sheriff's Department: Early Saturday morning 06/13/09 at about 4:20AM Sheriff's Officers were called to Route 281 in the area of the Homer High School for a fight.

The state for more than 30 years has reimbursed Onondaga County nearly $38 a day to keep parole violators behind bars until their court dates.

" One person has been injured in a Friday evening crash in the Cortland County Town of Cuyler.

Preble, Cortland County a ' Cortland County Sherriffa TMs officers are looking into the theft of a 100-gallon propane tank from a home in Preble.

A loaded handgun that was stolen June 3 from a Cortland County sheriff's deputy was recovered by Syracuse police after a brief foot chase Monday morning.

Fifth graders from Cortland County spent the day at EZ Acres in Homer getting a little taste of life on a farm.

Cortland a ' Cortland County Sheriffa TMs deputies are investigating a string of car break-ins which included the theft of a gun, duty belt and body armor from the private car of a County Sheriffa TMs officer.

A house is boarded up in the 300 block of West Kennedy Street near Midland Avenue in Syracuse.

Cortland County Judge William Ames has seen the law from both sides of the bench and presided over a range of cases there, including the Cheryl Thayer vehicular manslaughter case in 1999 and the Cori C. Ryan manslaughter case in 2002.

KIRKWOOD - Federal stimulus money could help bring high-speed Internet access to rural parts of eastern Broome County, places that can't get the service now, two county legislators said.