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Monday, April 29, 2013  State police say a 44-year-old woman was drunk behind the wheel late in the morning when she was clocked going more than 100 mph on a western New York highway.

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.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Authorities say a western New York woman has been charged after police say she turned on a clothes dryer while her 2-year-old son was inside.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Authorities say a man has been struck and killed by a train outside Rochester.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Heart Disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some people have a problem and don’t even know it.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  92-year-old missing retired police officer Manuel Leone has been found safely in Pittsford near Rochester.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose burned body was found in the driveway of a suburban Rochester home.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Classes are starting Thursday at a repurposed school for students who survived a shooting rampage three weeks ago in Newtown, Conn.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A western New York woman has pleaded guilty in the deaths of four of her children who died in a blaze started when she set fire to pictures of her boyfriend inside the family's home.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A Pennsylvania company is planning a natural gas pipeline that will run 75 miles, icluding across three Southern Tier counties.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Wayne County Sheriff deputies say the body found at a western New York recycling center last week has been identified as a 51-year-old man transported there from Monroe County.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  The Town of Hastings plans to spray for mosquitoes on Thursday evening, weather permitting, says the Town of Hastings Supervisor James Weatherup.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  The Town of Hastings and West Monroe will not be spraying for mosquitoes on Wednesday night as planned.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Private contractors will be spraying to fight the mosquito population, trying to curb the West Nile Virus spreading in the Town of Hastings and West Monroe in Oswego County.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  The Oswego County Health Department reports that evidence of West Nile virus was found near the Toad Harbor Swamp in West Monroe.