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Yesterday at 1:23 PM  Authorities say an Auburn woman suspected of stealing $808,000 from the teachers union she headed lost more than $350,000 at a central New York casino over the last seven years of her life.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Authorities in central New York say they're investigating a teachers union claim that its former longtime president stole more than $800,000 from the organization before committing suicide last year.

Friday, March 01, 2013  A Yates County man is accused of sexually abusing a child.

Monday, February 25, 2013  A Dundee man was arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with a farm animal on private property in Yates County on Saturday.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Police say an upstate New York woman passed drugs to her son while kissing him when she visited him in a county jail.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Authorities say a woman has been killed in a fire at her home in the Finger Lakes region.

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.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  A Branchport man was arrested for intentionally causing $1,500 in damage to personal property, police say.

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.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  State police say a 22-year-old man is suspected of burglarizing nearly 20 homes in a three-county area of the Finger Lakes region.

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.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011  A funeral is set to be held for a soldier killed in Afghanistan just 12 days before he was to return home to get married in upstate New York.

Monday, September 05, 2011  A Fort Campbell, Ky.-based soldier from western New York has been killed in Afghanistan.