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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A Tompkins County man with a history of driving drunk was convicted Wednesday of drinking and driving again.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Lawmakers in Tompkins County are about to consider a proposal to ban plastic grocery bags.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The mood was somber this evening at Taughnnock Falls State Park in Tompkins County. More than 100 family and friends, as well as member from the Ithaca community came out tonight to grieve and remember Christopher Dennis, 22.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The man accused of shooting two men in a Newfield trailer park on Tuesday is wanted by the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office. They say he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Ithaca man partially convicted of shooting an Ithaca Police Officer is now accused of assaulting a corrections officer while in jail awaiting sentencing.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Schools in the Newfield School District were briefly on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a report of a shooting in Newfield.

Monday, April 22, 2013 

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Old Tompkins County Courthouse in Ithaca has been renamed in honor of the New York governor credited with helping abolish slavery in the state in the early 19th century.

Friday, April 12, 2013  A Syracuse was is accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase through Ithaca.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Testimony is underway in the trial of a 23-year-old man charged with wounding a central New York police officer last fall.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Ithaca, Rome airports spared until at least mid-June

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A 22-year-old Cornell University wrestler has been charged after a woman said she woke up to find him raping her Saturday night. The woman's partner later took a photo that led to his arrest on Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  Officials have released preliminary data showing the unemployment rate in upstate New York was 9.2 percent in February, unchanged from a year earlier.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A Liverpool man admits his role as ringleader of a prostitution enterprise.