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Friday, April 26, 2013  A central New York man who killed his sister-in-law last year and dumped her body in a ravine outside Syracuse has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A 39-year-old upstate New York man has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of his estranged wife and another man.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  A truck driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is dead after his tractor trailer hit a guardrail on State Route 26 in the Town of Lee on Friday, March 15 at about 1:30 pm.

Monday, March 04, 2013  An oil and gas industry group is warning that a business exodus from the state will worsen while Gov. Andrew Cuomo awaits the results of a Pennsylvania health study before deciding whether to allow fracking.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office say a property owner on Shields Road in the Town of Venice reported that he had witnessed a suspicious van repeatedly driving past his farm on Thursday.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Prosecutors say an upstate New York man has admitted robbing a string of banks near his hometown and in neighboring Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A pro-gas drilling county executive is proposing a new Office of Energy Development in Broome County.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Tops Friendly Markets acquires Big M's in Mexico, Elbridge and Jordan.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Proponents of shale gas drilling have launched a new ad campaign calling on state officials to bring a four-year environmental review to a close and allow gas development to begin in New York.

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

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  Farmers in both New York and Pennsylvania remain strongly divided on the issue of hydrofracking, a controversial process of drilling for natural gas.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  UPDATE: A Phoenix man, suspected of killing his sister-in-law, a Geddes woman, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday night and will be charged with second degree murder. Investigators say he confessed to killing his sister-in-law Patricia Gryczka.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Tuesday afternoon the 49 year old man accused of killing 53 year old Patricia Gryzcka was arraigned in Geddes Town Court.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A man is killed after a shootout with police in Binghamton.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A man attempted to rob the Sunoco on Wolf Street on the north side of Syracuse.