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Saturday, May 11, 2013  Investigators still not sure who was driving

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Authorities say a central New York man faces charges after he barricaded himself in a home and set it on fire before police stormed the house and took him into custody.

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.

Friday, February 24, 2012  A western New York man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed six Amish farmers and injured eight others last July.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  A former upstate New York police officer already serving time for drunken driving has pleaded guilty to weapons-related charges.

Friday, September 16, 2011  A Penn Yan man is under arrest after police say he had sexual contact with a child.

Saturday, August 27, 2011  Sheriff's Deputies blocked off wooded area, residents alerted by 911

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Yates County Sheriff's deputies say 27-year-old Kendall Burkholder killed a dog that was routinely hanging around his property.

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.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Senator Charles Schumer wants the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to clear a bureaucratic logjam and speed up the labeling approval process.

Thursday, December 23, 2010  The pilot of a small plane is dead after a crash in Yates County.

Friday, December 10, 2010  Officials say a school bus driver accused of leaving a three-year-old New York boy alone on a bus for three hours has been fired.

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.

Friday, January 29, 2010  Marilyn Whitaker, an 83 year old female who has been missing since Friday, January 22.