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Tuesday, May 22, 2012  A South Carolina island is the home to thousands of monkeys, and not much else. But there's a secret that few want to talk about - the reason why the monkeys live there.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  A 42-year-old man faces up to 24 years in prison for the crash that killed six Amish farmers and injured eight others as they traveled on an upstate New York road last summer.

Monday, October 03, 2011  Update: Grand jury indictment against driver in deadly Amish crash that killed 6 people released. Aggravated homicide and 6 counts of manslaughter among the charges.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011  The man police say caused a crash that killed six Amish people last month is back in jail after a psychiatric evaluation.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  A sixth person has been killed following last week's crash in Yates County, according to  Yates County Sheriff Ron Spike .

Thursday, July 21, 2011  The case against the man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five people in Yates County will now head to a Grand Jury.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  The man charged after a wreck that killed five Amish farmers in rural Yates County had spent time in prison for stealing a Rochester police car and leading cops on a chase.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  A Yates County man is accused of killing five Amish people in a horrific drunk driving crash, and now police have released the names of those who were killed.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  UPDATE: A Penn Yan man is facing Criminally Negligent Homicide and DWI charges in the deadly crash.

Monday, July 11, 2011  Police say a 16-year-old girl has drowned after the paddle boat she was on tipped over during an outing on a pond in the Finger Lakes region.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  The Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office tells CNY Central that it has positively identified the body found Easter Sunday in the Town of Benton as that of Marilyn Whitaker of Penn Yan.